Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

Costco Ratios and Metrics

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

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020
Period Ending	Apr 16, 2025	Sep 1, 2024	Sep 3, 2023	Aug 28, 2022	Aug 29, 2021	Aug 30, 2020
Market Capitalization	429,375	395,623	241,184	235,577	199,081	153,814
Market Cap Growth	48.10%	64.03%	2.38%	18.33%	29.43%	18.65%
Enterprise Value	424,256	393,421	236,485	233,327	198,675	154,952
Last Close Price	967.75	890.21	527.51	511.60	430.42	321.91
PE Ratio	56.50	53.70	38.33	40.31	39.76	38.43
Forward PE	51.32	51.99	35.33	38.18	39.97	38.01
PS Ratio	1.63	1.56	1.00	1.04	1.02	0.92
PB Ratio	16.79	16.75	9.63	11.41	11.01	8.22
P/TBV Ratio	16.79	17.48	10.02	11.99	12.02	8.89
P/FCF Ratio	62.00	59.68	35.76	67.29	37.07	25.42
P/OCF Ratio	35.89	34.89	21.79	31.87	22.22	17.36
PEG Ratio	5.66	5.64	3.52	3.23	4.10	4.08
EV/Sales Ratio	1.61	1.55	0.98	1.03	1.01	0.93
EV/EBITDA Ratio	35.14	34.15	22.35	23.78	23.18	21.89
EV/EBIT Ratio	43.51	42.37	27.81	29.49	29.25	28.51
EV/FCF Ratio	61.26	59.35	35.06	66.65	37.00	25.61
Debt / Equity Ratio	0.31	0.42	0.42	0.53	0.63	0.59
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	0.64	0.83	0.95	1.06	1.26	1.49
Debt / FCF Ratio	1.16	1.50	1.56	3.12	2.12	1.83
Asset Turnover	3.79	3.67	3.64	3.68	3.41	3.30
Inventory Turnover	12.87	12.60	12.28	12.41	12.90	12.26
Quick Ratio	0.44	0.39	0.52	0.42	0.48	0.60
Current Ratio	1.00	0.97	1.07	1.02	1.00	1.13
Return on Equity (ROE)	32.89%	30.27%	27.53%	30.55%	27.62%	23.67%
Return on Assets (ROA)	8.73%	8.36%	7.98%	8.01%	7.39%	6.73%
Return on Capital (ROIC)	19.10%	16.78%	15.83%	16.20%	14.32%	12.91%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	26.90%	27.00%	24.00%	24.60%	22.80%	17.70%
Earnings Yield	177.49%	1.86%	2.61%	2.48%	2.51%	2.60%
FCF Yield	161.28%	1.68%	2.80%	1.49%	2.70%	3.93%
Dividend Yield	47.95%	0.49%	0.73%	0.66%	0.69%	0.84%
Payout Ratio	2708.79%	32.39%	19.88%	25.63%	114.80%	36.96%
Buyback Yield / Dilution	-9.50%	-0.07%	0.07%	-0.09%	-0.10%	-0.22%
Total Shareholder Return	38.45%	0.42%	0.80%	0.57%	0.59%	0.62%

Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence. Standard template. Financial Sources.

SEC Filings: 10-K · 10-Q