Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

NASDAQ: COST · Real-Time Price · USD

983.86

+4.21 (0.43%)

At close: Mar 27, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

980.50

-3.36 (-0.34%)

After-hours: Mar 27, 2026, 7:59 PM EDT

Costco Ratios and Metrics

Market cap in millions USD. Fiscal year is September - August.

Millions USD. Fiscal year is Sep - Aug.

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Mar '26 Mar 27, 2026	Aug '25 Aug 31, 2025	Sep '24 Sep 1, 2024	Sep '23 Sep 3, 2023	Aug '22 Aug 28, 2022	Aug '21 Aug 29, 2021
Market Cap	436,492	418,114	395,437	240,990	235,418	198,971
Market Cap Growth	10.46%	5.73%	64.09%	2.37%	18.32%	29.44%
Enterprise Value	426,587	411,003	392,462	233,559	233,340	196,644
Last Close Price	983.86	943.32	892.38	544.25	531.82	450.34
PE Ratio	51.16	51.80	53.89	38.44	40.47	39.96
Forward PE	46.23	48.66	51.99	35.33	38.18	39.97
PEG Ratio	4.83	5.34	5.64	3.52	3.23	4.10
PS Ratio	1.52	1.52	1.55	0.99	1.04	1.02
PB Ratio	13.60	14.34	16.74	9.62	11.40	11.33
P/TBV Ratio	13.63	14.39	16.80	9.65	11.46	11.39
P/FCF Ratio	47.97	53.35	59.65	35.73	67.24	37.05
P/OCF Ratio	29.08	31.35	34.87	21.77	31.85	22.21
EV/Sales Ratio	1.49	1.49	1.54	0.96	1.03	1.00
EV/EBITDA Ratio	31.69	32.09	34.06	22.92	24.07	23.16
EV/EBIT Ratio	38.99	39.58	42.27	28.78	29.94	29.31
EV/FCF Ratio	46.88	52.44	59.20	34.63	66.65	36.62
Debt / Equity Ratio	0.25	0.28	0.35	0.31	0.43	0.52
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	0.61	0.64	0.71	0.87	0.93	1.19
Debt / FCF Ratio	0.90	1.04	1.23	1.32	2.58	1.89
Net Debt / Equity Ratio	-0.31	-0.24	-0.13	-0.25	-0.10	-0.12
Net Debt / EBITDA Ratio	-0.75	-0.56	-0.26	-0.62	-0.21	-0.24
Net Debt / FCF Ratio	-1.11	-0.91	-0.45	-0.94	-0.57	-0.38
Asset Turnover	3.44	3.75	3.67	3.64	3.68	3.41
Inventory Turnover	12.42	13.05	12.60	12.30	12.41	12.90
Quick Ratio	0.54	0.50	0.39	0.52	0.42	0.47
Current Ratio	1.06	1.03	0.97	1.07	1.02	1.00
Return on Equity (ROE)	27.41%	30.69%	30.27%	27.53%	30.55%	27.62%
Return on Assets (ROA)	9.86%	10.58%	10.12%	9.03%	9.53%	8.88%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	21.59%	21.80%	21.13%	19.13%	20.41%	19.92%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	26.09%	27.93%	26.61%	24.01%	25.14%	22.16%
Earnings Yield	1.96%	1.93%	1.86%	2.60%	2.47%	2.50%
FCF Yield	2.08%	1.87%	1.68%	2.80%	1.49%	2.70%
Dividend Yield	0.53%	0.52%	2.28%	0.52%	0.63%	2.88%
Payout Ratio	27.04%	26.95%	122.72%	19.88%	25.63%	114.80%
Buyback Yield / Dilution	0.07%	-0.01%	-0.07%	0.07%	-0.09%	-0.10%
Total Shareholder Return	0.60%	0.51%	2.21%	0.59%	0.54%	2.78%

Updated Mar 5, 2026. Data Source: Fiscal.ai. Standard template. Financial Sources.

SEC Filings: 10-K · 10-Q