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Costco Wholesale Corporation

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Costco Wholesale Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended August 2026) was $303.2 billion, up 10.1% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue: +11.1%
EPS: +14.8%
Free cash flow: +30.3%
Total debt: +6.46%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

1,092.38 4.77 +0.44%

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Market cap: $482.0B
P/E: 52.3×
Fwd P/E: 46.2×
Dividend yield: 0.53%
F-score: 7/9
ROIC: 35.3%
Net debt / EBITDA: −1.1×
Dividend safety: 80/100

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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Price to free cash flow

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As of 11 November 2026, Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) trades at a price to free cash flow of 51.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.0× (October 2017) to 163× (September 2022); the current reading is higher than 77% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 31.7× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 15.0×.

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Period	Price to free cash flow	Change
FY2026	44.7×	(16.02%)
FY2025	53.2×	(9.60%)
FY2024	58.8×	36.97%
FY2023	43.0×	(72.74%)
FY2022	158×	372.82%
FY2021	33.3×	31.14%
FY2020	25.4×	(33.56%)
FY2019	38.2×	4.94%
FY2018	36.4×	124.02%
FY2017	16.3×	(85.28%)

Period	Price to free cash flow	Change
Aug 2026	44.7×	(6.35%)
May 2026	47.7×	(2.52%)
Feb 2026	48.9×	8.79%
Nov 2025	45.0×	(15.45%)
46 more quarters	Free account

Against its own ten years

Low 16.0× High 163×

Ten-year median 39.0×

Current reading's percentile 77

Company	Price to free cash flow
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare	13.8×
DG Dollar General Corporation compare	15.0×
TGT Target Corporation compare	16.6×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare	25.6×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare	31.7×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare	39.3×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare	48.8×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation	51.4×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare	72.9×
Discount Stores industry median	31.7×
Consumer Defensive sector median	15.0×
Market median	14.2×

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Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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