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Costco Wholesale Corporation

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Below$753.59
Timeline
Last
$941.99
-5.86 (-0.62%)
24HR-0.6%
1W-3.3%
1M-0.9%
1Y-0.2%

Valuation

Market Cap
$417.8B
Enterprise Value
$421.4B
P/E (TTM)
47.34x
Forward P/E
41.59x
Price / Sales
1.42x
EV / EBITDA
30.56x

Cash Flow

Operating Cash Flow
$15B
Free Cash Flow
$7B
FCF Margin
2.4%
Cash Conversion
46.4%
Cash / Share
$25.2

Margins & Growth

Gross Margin
12.9%
Operating Margin
3.7%
EBITDA Margin
4.7%
Net Margin
3.0%
Revenue Growth
21.5%
Earnings Growth
45.5%

Balance Sheet

Total Cash
$11.1B
Total Debt
$10.2B
Net Cash
$898M
Debt / Equity
0.60x
Current Ratio
1.07x
Quick Ratio
0.56x

Returns & Ownership

Return on Assets
8.7%
Return on Equity
29.2%
Dividend Yield
0.6%
Payout Ratio
27.0%
Beta
0.86
Institutional Ownership
73.8%
Latest EPS$4.93+0.0% surprise
Beat rate100%4 print streak
Avg surprise+0.0%vs consensus
Next printSep 24, 2026EPS $6.56

Quarterly EPS vs consensus

4 quarters
Actual ConsensusLabels: beat $ · YoY %Revisions 11 up / 7 down

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Forward estimates

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PeriodEPSRevenueGrowth
0QAug 2026
$6.56$94.5B+11.6%
+1QNov 2026
$4.86$73.2B+7.3%
0YAug 2026
$20.59$301.4B+13.0%
+1YAug 2027
$22.69$326.0B+10.1%

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Company Profile

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. It offer...

SectorConsumer Defensive
IndustryDiscount Stores
Employees341,000

COST stock research · Costco Wholesale Corporation

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. It offers merchandise, including sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; non-food merchandise comprising…

Key metrics for COST
Last price$942
Day change-5.86 (-0.62%)
Market cap$417.8B
P/E (TTM)47.34x
SectorConsumer Defensive
IndustryDiscount Stores