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	Jun 18, 2025	Sep 1, 2024	Sep 3, 2023	Aug 28, 2022	Aug 29, 2021	Aug 30, 2020
Market Capitalization	432,346	395,623	241,184	235,577	199,081	153,814
Market Cap Growth	28.11%	64.03%	2.38%	18.33%	29.43%	18.65%
Enterprise Value	425,676	393,421	236,485	233,327	198,675	154,952
Last Close Price	974.90	889.05	526.82	510.93	429.86	321.49
PE Ratio	55.30	53.70	38.33	40.31	39.76	38.43
Forward PE	50.25	51.99	35.33	38.18	39.97	38.01
PS Ratio	1.61	1.56	1.00	1.04	1.02	0.92
PB Ratio	15.94	16.75	9.63	11.41	11.01	8.22
P/TBV Ratio	15.94	17.48	10.02	11.99	12.02	8.89
P/FCF Ratio	59.09	59.68	35.76	67.29	37.07	25.42
P/OCF Ratio	34.79	34.89	21.79	31.87	22.22	17.36
PEG Ratio	5.52	5.64	3.52	3.23	4.10	4.08
EV/Sales Ratio	1.58	1.55	0.98	1.03	1.01	0.93
EV/EBITDA Ratio	34.21	34.15	22.35	23.78	23.18	21.89
EV/EBIT Ratio	42.21	42.37	27.81	29.49	29.25	28.51
EV/FCF Ratio	58.18	59.35	35.06	66.65	37.00	25.61
Debt / Equity Ratio	0.30	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	1.12	1.50	1.56	3.12	2.12	1.83
Asset Turnover	3.75	3.67	3.64	3.68	3.41	3.30
Inventory Turnover	13.01	12.60	12.28	12.41	12.90	12.26
Quick Ratio	0.47	0.39	0.52	0.42	0.48	0.60
Current Ratio	1.01	0.97	1.07	1.02	1.00	1.13
Return on Equity (ROE)	32.08%	30.27%	27.53%	30.55%	27.62%	23.67%
Return on Assets (ROA)	8.79%	8.36%	7.98%	8.01%	7.39%	6.73%
Return on Capital (ROIC)	18.99%	16.78%	15.83%	16.20%	14.32%	12.91%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	26.60%	27.00%	24.00%	24.60%	22.80%	17.70%
Earnings Yield	1.81%	1.86%	2.61%	2.48%	2.51%	2.60%
FCF Yield	1.69%	1.68%	2.80%	1.49%	2.70%	3.93%
Dividend Yield	0.53%	0.49%	0.73%	0.66%	0.69%	0.84%
Payout Ratio	29.50%	32.39%	19.88%	25.63%	114.80%	36.96%
Buyback Yield / Dilution	-0.07%	-0.07%	0.07%	-0.09%	-0.10%	-0.22%
Total Shareholder Return	0.47%	0.42%	0.80%	0.57%	0.59%	0.62%

Updated May 29, 2025. Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence. Standard template. Financial Sources.

SEC Filings: 10-K · 10-Q