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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) Shares outstanding

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Costco Wholesale Corporation's shares outstanding at the end of fiscal 2026 was $444.4M, unchanged from fiscal 2025. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $440.9M (fiscal 2017) to $444.8M (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 67% of that period. Costco Wholesale Corporation ranks 3rd of 10 Discount Stores companies by shares outstanding.

Shares outstanding, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Shares outstanding Change
FY2026 $444.4M (0.08%)
FY2025 $444.8M 0.01%
FY2024 $444.8M 0.07%
FY2023 $444.5M (0.07%)
FY2022 $444.8M 0.09%
FY2021 $444.3M 0.10%
FY2020 $443.9M 0.22%
FY2019 $442.9M 0.25%
FY2018 $441.8M 0.20%
FY2017 $440.9M (0.07%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Shares outstanding Change
Aug 2026 $444.4M (0.01%)
May 2026 $444.4M 0.00%
Feb 2026 $444.4M (0.02%)
Nov 2025 $444.5M (0.06%)
46 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $440.9M High $444.8M
Ten-year median $444.1M
Current reading's percentile 67

Shares outstanding against peers

Company Shares outstanding
WMT Walmart Inc. compare $8.0B
TGT Target Corporation compare $456.6M
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation $444.4M
DG Dollar General Corporation compare $221.5M
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare $190.9M
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare $127.7M
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare $118.8M
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare $60.2M
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare $30.3M

What Shares outstanding is

Shares (Diluted, Weighted) tells an investor how many shares a company’s earnings are spread across once potential new shares are counted.

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