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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
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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Revenue growth

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Costco Wholesale Corporation's revenue growth over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 10.1%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.17% (fiscal 2016) to 17.5% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 83% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 8.64% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 5.12%.

Revenue growth, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
FY2026 10.1% 1.97
FY2025 8.17% 3.15
FY2024 5.02% (1.74)
FY2023 6.76% (9.07)
FY2022 15.8% (1.66)
FY2021 17.5% 8.28
FY2020 9.21% 1.35
FY2019 7.86% (1.87)
FY2018 9.73% 1.05
FY2017 8.68% 6.51

Quarterly newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
Aug 2026 11.1% (0.48)
May 2026 11.6% 2.36
Feb 2026 9.22% 0.92
Nov 2025 8.30% 0.20
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Against its own ten years

Low 2.17% High 17.5%
Ten-year median 8.42%
Current reading's percentile 83

Revenue growth against peers

Company Revenue growth
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 48.3%
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 14.4%
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 10.2%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 10.1%
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 9.09%
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 8.18%
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 6.16%
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 4.77%
TGT Target Corporation compare 1.95%
Discount Stores industry median 8.64%
Consumer Defensive sector median 5.12%
Market median 7.41%

What Revenue growth is

Revenue Growth shows how fast a company’s sales are rising or falling compared with the same period a year earlier.

(Revenue − Revenue a year earlier) ÷ |Revenue a year earlier|

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