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Costco Wholesale Corporation

COST

Consumer Defensive Discount Stores

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%
Market cap
$482.0B
P/E
52.6×
Fwd P/E
46.2×
Dividend yield
0.52%
F-score
7/9
ROIC
35.3%
Net debt / EBITDA
−1.1×
Dividend safety
80/100
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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) P/S ratio

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As of 12 November 2026, Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) trades at a P/S ratio of 1.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.5× (August 2015) to 1.8× (February 2025); the current reading is higher than 95% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 1.4× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.8×.

P/S ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
FY2026 1.4× (8.72%)
FY2025 1.5× (1.19%)
FY2024 1.5× 51.83%
FY2023 1.0× (0.12%)
FY2022 1.0× (0.84%)
FY2021 1.0× 10.54%
FY2020 0.9× 9.64%
FY2019 0.8× 16.47%
FY2018 0.7× 35.58%
FY2017 0.5× (11.06%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
Aug 2026 1.4× (3.38%)
May 2026 1.4× (8.01%)
Feb 2026 1.6× 7.69%
Nov 2025 1.4× (4.65%)
46 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.5× High 1.8×
Ten-year median 0.9×
Current reading's percentile 94

P/S ratio against peers

Company P/S ratio
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 0.6×
TGT Target Corporation compare 0.7×
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 0.7×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 0.9×
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 1.4×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 1.4×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 1.5×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.6×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 2.0×
Discount Stores industry median 1.4×
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.8×
Market median 1.9×

What P/S ratio is

Price to Sales Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual sales, whether or not it is profitable.

(Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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