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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. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue grew 11.1%, EPS grew 14.8%, free cash flow grew 30.7% and total debt rose 6.46%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; revenue growth for ten consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three.

1,003.66 14.55 −1.43%
Market cap
$451.2B
P/E
48.9×
Fwd P/E
43.4×
Dividend yield
0.69%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
9.04
Beneish M
−2.66
Dividend safety
80/100
Overview Business Profile Earnings & Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios Filings 10-Q 10-K

Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) P/S ratio

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As of 22 October 2026, Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) trades at a P/S ratio of 1.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.5× (August 2015) to 1.8× (February 2025); the current reading is higher than 86% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 1.2× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.7×.

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 85

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 1.2×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 1.3×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 1.4×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.5×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 2.0×
Discount Stores industry median 1.2×
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.7×
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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