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Costco Wholesale Corporation

Costco Wholesale Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended August 2026) was $303.2 billion, up 10.1% from fiscal 2025. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; revenue growth for ten consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three.

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Market cap: $414.8B
P/E: 45.0×
Dividend yield: 0.59%
F-score: 7/9
Altman Z: 9.04
Beneish M: −2.66
Dividend safety: 80/100

Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios Filings 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 12.84

Totals in millions of $.

	Dec 25			Mar 26			Jun 26			Sep 26
Buy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sell	1	1	4	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	2	—

Insider Ownership 0.28%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 414,760.00

Revenue 303,154.00

Net Income 9,226.00

Free Cash Flow 9,390.00

Net Debt (15,139.00)

Current Ratio 1.06

Debt/Equity 0.17

P/E ratio 45.03

P/S ratio 1.37

P/B ratio 11.60

Past 5Y EPS Growth 13.00%

This Y EPS Growth 9.80%

Next Y EPS Growth 9.43%

Next 5Y EPS Growth 9.71%

Scores & Valuation vs History

F-score 7/9 Altman Z 9.04 Beneish M −2.66 Dividend safety 80/100

P/E against its own 10 years 71.87%

10-year low 10-year high

P/S against its own 10 years 78.78%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 69.94%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 78.45%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/FCF against its own 10 years 58.78%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.27

Annual Dividend Rate 5.54

Annual Dividend Yield 0.59%

	total	individual payouts
2028	Powerpack
2027	Powerpack
2026	5.21	1.30 1.47 1.47
2025	5.06	1.16 1.30 1.30 1.30
2024	4.50	1.02 1.16 1.16 1.16
2023	3.96	0.90 1.02 1.02 1.02 15.00
2022	3.49	0.79 0.90 0.90 0.90
2021	3.07	0.70 0.79 0.79 0.79
2020	12.75	0.65 0.70 0.70 0.70 10.00 10.00
2019	2.52	0.57 0.65 0.65 0.65
2018	2.21	0.50 0.57 0.57 0.57
2017	1.95	0.45 7.00 0.50 0.50 0.50
2016	1.75	0.40 0.45 0.45 0.45

predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

	2023	2024	2025	2026
Cash	15,234	11,144	15,284	21,301
Receivables	2,285	2,721	3,203	3,959
Inventory	16,651	18,647	18,116	19,324
Other	1,709	1,734	1,777	1,998
	35,879	34,246	38,380	46,582

	2023	2024	2025	2026
Payables	17,483	19,421	19,783	22,591
ST’ Debt	1,081	103	—	2,248
Other	6,254	6,313	6,589	7,429
	33,583	35,464	37,108	43,952

Compound Annual Growth %

	10y	5y	3y
Sales	9.83%	9.12%	7.76%
Cash Flow	17.00%	12.05%	12.66%
Earnings	14.66%	13.00%	13.61%
Book Value	11.25%	14.64%	12.63%

Revenue $m

	Nov	Feb	May	Aug	Year
’26	—	—	—	—	—
’26	67,307	69,597	70,527	95,723	303,154
’25	62,151	63,723	63,205	86,156	275,235
’24	57,799	58,442	58,515	79,697	254,453
’23	54,437	55,266	53,648	78,939	242,290
’22	50,363	51,904	52,596	72,091	226,954
’21	43,208	44,769	45,277	62,675	195,929

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

	Nov	Feb	May	Aug	Year
’26	—	—	—	—	—
’26	4,688	2,996	3,449	4,692	15,825
’25	3,260	2,748	3,460	3,867	13,335
’24	4,651	731	2,999	2,958	11,339
’23	2,610	3,192	1,541	3,725	11,068
’22	3,258	401	1,227	2,506	7,392
’21	2,647	38	3,333	2,940	8,958

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

	Nov	Feb	May	Aug	Year
’26	—	—	—	—	—
’26	3,162	1,707	2,036	2,485	9,390
’25	1,996	1,611	2,329	1,901	7,837
’24	3,611	(300)	1,937	1,381	6,629
’23	1,553	2,302	721	2,169	6,745
’22	2,203	(322)	373	1,247	3,501
’21	1,754	(535)	2,305	1,846	5,370

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

	Nov	Feb	May	Aug	Year
’26	—	—	—	—	—
’26	4.50	4.58	4.93	6.75	20.76
’25	4.04	4.02	4.28	5.87	18.21
’24	3.58	3.92	3.78	5.29	16.56
’23	3.07	3.30	2.93	4.86	14.16
’22	2.98	2.92	3.04	4.20	13.14
’21	2.62	2.14	2.75	3.76	11.27

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Group	Line	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	150.00	175.79	199.85	271.28	307.00	406.51	447.90	640.51	844.06	852.50	Analyst estimates 2027–2029 Powerpack
	High	195.35	245.16	307.34	393.15	571.49	612.27	681.91	1,008.25	1,078.23	1,096.50
People
People	Employees	231,000	245,000	254,000	273,000	288,000	304,000	316,000	333,000	341,000	—
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.56	0.58	0.60	0.61	0.68	0.75	0.77	0.76	0.81	0.00
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	129,025	141,576	152,703	166,761	195,929	226,954	242,290	254,453	275,235	303,154
	Gross margin, %	13.29	13.01	12.98	13.09	12.88	12.15	12.26	12.61	12.84	12.82
	EBT	4,039	4,442	4,765	5,367	6,680	7,840	8,487	9,740	10,818	12,251
	EBT margin, %	3.13	3.14	3.12	3.22	3.41	3.45	3.50	3.83	3.93	4.04
	Net income	2,714	3,179	3,704	4,059	5,079	5,915	6,292	7,367	8,099	9,226
	Depreciation	1,370	1,437	1,492	1,645	1,781	1,900	2,077	2,237	2,426	2,674
Per share, $
Per share, $	Revenue	294.28	322.85	347.25	377.03	442.19	511.56	545.88	573.20	619.92	682.85
	Earnings	6.11	7.15	8.32	9.05	11.30	13.17	14.18	16.59	18.24	20.78
	Cash flow	15.34	13.17	14.45	20.03	20.22	16.66	24.94	25.54	30.03	35.65
	Capex	(5.71)	(6.77)	(6.82)	(6.35)	(8.10)	(8.77)	(9.74)	(10.61)	(12.38)	(14.49)
	Free cash flow	9.63	6.40	7.64	13.68	12.12	7.89	15.20	14.93	17.65	21.15
	Book value	25.27	29.88	35.44	42.29	40.80	46.54	56.46	53.21	65.69	80.65
	Shares, m	438	439	440	442	443	444	444	444	444	444
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	25.70	32.61	35.10	38.42	39.89	39.46	39.12	52.93	51.44	45.42
	P/S	0.53	0.72	0.84	0.92	1.02	1.01	1.01	1.53	1.51	1.38
	P/B	6.20	7.80	8.24	8.22	11.16	11.22	9.73	16.51	14.29	11.70
	EV/Sales	0.55	0.72	0.82	0.89	1.00	0.99	0.97	1.51	1.48	1.33
	EV/FCF	16.73	36.20	37.47	24.47	32.55	154.52	41.41	58.04	51.98	43.02
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	6,726	5,774	6,356	8,861	8,958	7,392	11,068	11,339	13,335	15,825
	Capex	(2,502)	(2,969)	(2,998)	(2,810)	(3,588)	(3,891)	(4,323)	(4,710)	(5,498)	(6,435)
	Free cash flow	4,224	2,805	3,358	6,051	5,370	3,501	6,745	6,629	7,837	9,390
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	(178)	363	248	3,276	64	698	2,296	(1,218)	1,272	2,630
	Total debt	6,666	6,577	6,823	7,609	7,491	6,557	6,458	5,897	5,713	6,162
	Net debt	887	(682)	(2,621)	(5,696)	(4,684)	(4,492)	(8,776)	(5,247)	(9,571)	(15,139)
	Shareholders’ equity	11,079	13,103	15,584	18,705	18,078	20,647	25,058	23,622	29,164	35,803
Returns, %
Returns, %	ROA	7.71	8.12	8.49	7.93	8.72	9.47	9.45	10.61	11.02	11.11
	ROIC	21.47	22.54	22.84	26.11	31.30	30.15	31.15	31.58	33.12	35.34
	ROE	22.89	25.92	25.51	23.34	27.22	30.18	27.53	30.27	30.69	28.40

Negative figures in brackets.

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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) key facts

Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) is a Discount Stores company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on Nasdaq.
Costco Wholesale Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended August 2026) was $303.2 billion, up 10.1% from fiscal 2025.
Net income was $9.2 billion, or $20.78 per share (basic), a net margin of 3.04%.
As of October 6, 2026, COST traded at $935.68, a market capitalization of $414.8 billion.
At that price the stock trades at 45.0× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.4× sales; its P/E is higher than 72% of its own readings over the past ten years.
Costco Wholesale Corporation pays an annual dividend of $5.54 per share, a yield of 0.59%, with a payout ratio of 26.7%.
Return on equity was 28.4% and debt-to-equity 0.17.
Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 9.04 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 2, 2026.

Financial Analysis (summary)

Updated 2 October 2026

Costco generated $303.2 billion of revenue and $9.2 billion of net income in FY2026. Diluted EPS was $20.76 in FY2026, while operating cash flow was $15.8 billion and free cash flow was $9.4 billion in FY2026.

In Q4 FY2026, revenue was $95.7 billion, net income was $3.0 billion, and diluted EPS was $6.75. At Q4 FY2026, Costco reported −$15.1 billion of net debt, $21.3 billion of cash and short-term investments, and $35.8 billion of shareholders’ equity in FY2026.

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