COST · Costco Wholesale Corp /New - Financials
Annual line items from SEC XBRL filings, sourced from EDGAR's Company Facts API with fallback to the quarterly Financial Statement Data Sets. See issuer overview for Form 4 activity and 10-K signals.
Income Statement
| Line item | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q3 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q3 '23 | Q2 '23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $69.60B | $67.31B | $63.20B | $63.72B | $62.15B | $58.52B | $58.44B | $57.80B | $53.65B | $55.27B |
| Cost of Revenue | $60.72B | $58.51B | $55.00B | $55.74B | $54.11B | $51.17B | $51.14B | $50.46B | $47.17B | $48.42B |
| Gross Profit | $8.88B | $8.80B | $8.21B | $7.98B | $8.04B | $7.34B | $7.30B | $7.34B | $6.47B | $6.84B |
| R&D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SG&A | $6.27B | $6.33B | $5.68B | $5.66B | $5.85B | $5.14B | $5.24B | $5.36B | $4.79B | $4.94B |
| Total Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| D&A | $552.00M | $597.00M | - | - | $548.00M | - | - | $501.00M | - | - |
| Operating Income | $2.61B | $2.46B | $2.53B | $2.32B | $2.20B | $2.20B | $2.06B | $1.98B | $1.68B | $1.90B |
| Interest Expense | $33.00M | $35.00M | $35.00M | $36.00M | $37.00M | $41.00M | $41.00M | $38.00M | $36.00M | $34.00M |
| Income Tax | $686.00M | $582.00M | $677.00M | $634.00M | $508.00M | $603.00M | $494.00M | $517.00M | $469.00M | $517.00M |
| Net Income | $2.04B | $2.00B | $1.90B | $1.79B | $1.80B | $1.68B | $1.74B | $1.59B | $1.30B | $1.47B |
| EPS - Basic | $4.58 | $4.51 | $4.29 | $4.03 | $4.05 | $3.79 | $3.93 | $3.58 | $2.94 | $3.30 |
| EPS - Diluted | $4.58 | $4.50 | $4.28 | $4.02 | $4.04 | $3.78 | $3.92 | $3.58 | $2.93 | $3.30 |
Balance Sheet
| Line item | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q3 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q3 '23 | Q2 '23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $17.38B | $16.22B | $14.16B | $12.36B | $10.91B | $9.91B | $9.10B | $17.01B | $13.70B | $12.97B |
| Accounts Receivable | $3.78B | $3.23B | $3.20B | $3.06B | $2.96B | $2.72B | $2.78B | $2.54B | $2.29B | $2.71B |
| Inventory | $18.99B | $21.14B | $18.12B | $18.75B | $20.98B | $18.65B | $17.07B | $18.00B | $16.65B | $16.08B |
| Accounts Payable | $20.65B | $23.51B | $19.78B | $18.61B | $21.79B | $19.42B | $17.49B | $20.36B | $17.48B | $16.41B |
| Current Assets | $43.13B | $43.41B | $38.38B | $36.90B | $37.52B | $34.25B | $32.15B | $40.08B | $35.88B | $34.33B |
| Total Assets | $83.64B | $82.79B | $77.10B | $73.22B | $73.39B | $69.83B | $66.32B | $73.72B | $68.99B | $66.85B |
| Current Liabilities | $40.76B | $41.80B | $37.11B | $37.00B | $38.29B | $35.46B | $34.69B | $36.77B | $33.58B | $32.52B |
| Long-term Debt | $5.69B | $5.67B | $5.71B | $5.75B | $5.75B | $5.79B | $5.87B | $5.87B | $5.38B | $6.51B |
| Total Liabilities | $51.55B | $52.49B | $47.94B | $47.65B | $48.94B | $46.21B | $45.56B | $47.58B | $43.94B | $44.05B |
| Stockholders' Equity | $32.09B | $30.30B | $29.16B | $25.58B | $24.45B | $23.62B | $20.76B | $26.15B | $25.06B | $22.79B |
| Retained Earnings | $25.12B | $23.87B | $22.65B | $19.77B | $18.70B | $17.62B | $14.98B | $20.50B | $19.52B | $17.34B |
Cash Flow
| Line item | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q3 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q3 '23 | Q2 '23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | - | $4.69B | - | - | $3.26B | - | - | $4.65B | - | - |
| Investing Cash Flow | - | ($1.40B) | - | - | ($985.00M) | - | - | ($366.00M) | - | - |
| Financing Cash Flow | - | ($1.17B) | - | - | ($1.19B) | - | - | ($974.00M) | - | - |
| CapEx | - | $1.53B | - | - | $1.26B | - | - | $1.04B | - | - |
| Free Cash Flow | - | $3.16B | - | - | $2.00B | - | - | $3.61B | - | - |
Ratios
| Metric | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q3 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q3 '23 | Q2 '23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 13.1% | 13.0% | 12.5% | 12.9% | 12.5% | 12.5% | 12.7% | 12.1% | 12.4% |
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.4% |
| EBITDA margin | 4.5% | 4.5% | - | - | 4.4% | - | - | 4.3% | - | - |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 2.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | - | 4.7% | - | - | 3.2% | - | - | 6.2% | - | - |
| FCF / Net income | - | 1.58 | - | - | 1.11 | - | - | 2.27 | - | - |
| R&D / Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SG&A / Revenue | 9.0% | 9.4% | 9.0% | 8.9% | 9.4% | 8.8% | 9.0% | 9.3% | 8.9% | 8.9% |
| Effective tax rate | 25.2% | 22.5% | 26.2% | 26.2% | 22.0% | 26.4% | 22.1% | 24.5% | 26.5% | 26.1% |
| Return on assets | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 2.2% |
| Return on equity | 6.3% | 6.6% | 6.5% | 7.0% | 7.4% | 7.1% | 8.4% | 6.1% | 5.2% | 6.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.2% | 5.3% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 5.7% | 5.5% | 6.0% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 4.8% |
| Liquidity | ||||||||||
| Current ratio | 1.06 | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.93 | 1.09 | 1.07 | 1.06 |
| Quick ratio | 0.59 | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.49 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 0.56 |
| Cash ratio | 0.43 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.46 | 0.41 | 0.40 |
| Leverage | ||||||||||
| Debt / Equity | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.29 |
| Debt / Assets | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.10 |
| Debt / EBITDA | 1.80 | 1.85 | - | - | 2.09 | - | - | 2.36 | - | - |
| Interest coverage | 79.0x | 70.4x | 72.3x | 64.3x | 59.4x | 53.6x | 50.3x | 52.2x | 46.6x | 56.0x |
| Equity multiplier | 2.61 | 2.73 | 2.64 | 2.86 | 3.00 | 2.96 | 3.19 | 2.82 | 2.75 | 2.93 |
| Liabilities / Assets | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.62 | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.66 |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.88 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.83 |
| Inventory turnover | 3.20 | 2.77 | 3.04 | 2.97 | 2.58 | 2.74 | 3.00 | 2.80 | 2.83 | 3.01 |
| Days sales outstanding | 20d | 18d | 18d | 18d | 17d | 17d | 17d | 16d | 16d | 18d |
| Days inventory outstanding | 114d | 132d | 120d | 123d | 142d | 133d | 122d | 130d | 129d | 121d |
| Days payable outstanding | 124d | 147d | 131d | 122d | 147d | 139d | 125d | 147d | 135d | 124d |
| Cash conversion cycle | 10d | 3d | 7d | 18d | 12d | 11d | 14d | -1d | 9d | 15d |
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| P / E | 222.4x | 199.8x | 220.4x | 266.6x | 238.6x | 236.1x | 184.7x | 165.2x | 185.8x | 151.5x |
| P / B | 14.1x | 13.2x | 14.4x | 18.6x | 17.5x | 16.8x | 15.5x | 10.1x | 9.7x | 9.7x |
| P / S | 6.5x | 5.9x | 6.6x | 7.5x | 6.9x | 6.8x | 5.5x | 4.5x | 4.5x | 4.0x |
| EV / EBITDA | 139.6x | 127.1x | - | - | 154.4x | - | - | 101.3x | - | - |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 9.2% | 8.3% | 8.0% | 9.0% | 7.5% | 9.1% | 5.7% | 6.2% | 2.0% | 6.5% |
| Revenue CAGR (3y) | 8.0% | 7.3% | 6.3% | 7.1% | 7.3% | 8.9% | 9.3% | 10.2% | 12.9% | 12.3% |
| Revenue CAGR (5y) | 9.2% | 9.3% | 11.1% | 10.3% | 10.9% | 11.0% | 10.5% | 10.5% | 10.6% | 10.9% |
| Gross profit growth (YoY) | 11.3% | 9.4% | 11.8% | 9.3% | 9.5% | 13.4% | 6.7% | 10.1% | 3.7% | 7.1% |
| Operating income growth (YoY) | 12.5% | 12.2% | 15.2% | 12.3% | 10.7% | 30.9% | 8.4% | 13.3% | -6.3% | 5.0% |
| Net income growth (YoY) | 13.8% | 11.3% | 13.2% | 2.6% | 13.2% | 29.1% | 18.9% | 16.5% | -3.8% | 12.9% |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 13.9% | 11.4% | 13.2% | 2.6% | 12.8% | 29.0% | 18.8% | 16.6% | -3.6% | 13.0% |
| EPS CAGR (3y) | 11.5% | 13.6% | 12.1% | 11.2% | 10.7% | 11.2% | 22.4% | 11.0% | 15.7% | 16.3% |
| EPS CAGR (5y) | 16.4% | 11.4% | 17.8% | 13.9% | 16.3% | 13.0% | 14.3% | 15.7% | 11.5% | 15.7% |
| FCF growth (YoY) | - | 58.4% | - | - | -44.7% | - | - | 132.5% | - | - |
| FCF CAGR (5y) | - | 12.5% | - | - | 6.4% | - | - | 20.1% | - | - |
| Book value growth (YoY) | 25.5% | 23.9% | 23.5% | 23.2% | -6.5% | -5.7% | -8.9% | 21.8% | 21.4% | 17.4% |
Sales by segment
From XBRL dimensional facts in the 10-K period ending 2025-08-31.
Business segments
$275.24B totalUnited States$200.05B · 72.7%
Other International$38.27B · 13.9%
Canada$36.92B · 13.4%
Product / service
$545.15B totalProduct$269.91B · 49.5%
Foodand Sundries$109.56B · 20.1%
Non Foods$71.19B · 13.1%
Other$51.17B · 9.4%
Fresh Food$37.99B · 7.0%
Membership$5.32B · 1.0%
Peer comparison
Same SIC group: Retail-Variety Stores
Comparing COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW against the 5 most active filers in the same SIC group.
Dividends
$5.37/share trailing 12 months · +12.3% YoY
| Ex-date | Per share |
|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | $1.4700 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | $1.3000 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | $1.3000 |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $1.3000 |
| May 2, 2025 | $1.3000 |
| Feb 7, 2025 | $1.1600 |
| Nov 1, 2024 | $1.1600 |
| Jul 26, 2024 | $1.1600 |
| Apr 25, 2024 | $1.1600 |
| Feb 1, 2024 | $1.0200 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | $15.0000 |
| Nov 2, 2023 | $1.0200 |
| Aug 24, 2023 | $1.0200 |
| May 4, 2023 | $1.0200 |
| Feb 2, 2023 | $0.9000 |
| Oct 27, 2022 | $0.9000 |
| Jul 28, 2022 | $0.9000 |
| Apr 28, 2022 | $0.9000 |
| Feb 3, 2022 | $0.7900 |
| Oct 28, 2021 | $0.7900 |
| Jul 29, 2021 | $0.7900 |
| Apr 29, 2021 | $0.7900 |
| Feb 4, 2021 | $0.7000 |
| Dec 1, 2020 | $10.0000 |