Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

Costco Ratios and Metrics

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

Fiscal Quarter	Current	Q3 2026	Q2 2026	Q1 2026	Q4 2025	Q3 2025	Q2 2025	Q1 2025	Q4 2024	Q3 2024	Q2 2024	Q1 2024	Q4 2023	Q3 2023	Q2 2023	Q1 2023	Q4 2022	Q3 2022	Q2 2022	Q1 2022
Period Ending	May 29, 2026	May 10, 2026	Feb 15, 2026	Nov 23, 2025	Aug 31, 2025	May 11, 2025	Feb 16, 2025	Nov 24, 2024	Sep 1, 2024	May 12, 2024	Feb 18, 2024	Nov 26, 2023	Sep 3, 2023	May 7, 2023	Feb 12, 2023	Nov 20, 2022	Aug 28, 2022	May 8, 2022	Feb 13, 2022	Nov 21, 2021
Market Cap	424,141	447,552	451,891	399,088	418,114	447,107	475,612	427,965	395,437	349,020	321,125	262,438	240,990	221,194	221,771	232,426	235,418	223,003	225,926	236,701
Market Cap Growth	1.44%	0.10%	-4.99%	-6.75%	5.73%	28.10%	48.11%	63.07%	64.09%	57.79%	44.80%	12.91%	2.37%	-0.81%	-1.84%	-1.81%	18.32%	31.24%	44.69%	40.21%
Enterprise Value	412,281	435,692	441,816	390,007	411,003	440,437	470,493	424,171	392,462	345,741	319,157	252,841	233,559	216,495	217,134	229,733	233,340	220,676	223,434	233,078
Last Close Price	956.32	1008.79	1018.48	899.01	943.32	1008.09	1071.85	964.01	892.38	787.19	723.99	591.36	544.25	499.06	499.99	523.67	531.82	503.36	509.67	533.79
PE Ratio	48.10	50.74	52.97	48.16	51.80	57.18	62.57	56.61	53.89	48.77	47.35	40.31	38.44	36.97	36.74	39.58	40.47	39.63	41.07	45.90
Forward PE	43.76	47.28	49.38	44.76	48.66	53.38	57.92	53.89	51.99	47.26	45.07	37.75	35.33	33.23	33.88	35.73	38.18	36.65	39.14	43.67
PEG Ratio	4.68	5.11	5.35	5.15	5.34	5.87	6.17	5.81	5.64	5.16	5.38	3.76	3.52	3.14	2.93	2.99	3.23	3.16	3.76	4.33
PS Ratio	1.44	1.52	1.58	1.42	1.52	1.66	1.80	1.65	1.55	1.38	1.29	1.07	0.99	0.94	0.95	1.01	1.04	1.03	1.07	1.17
PB Ratio	12.66	13.36	14.08	13.17	14.34	16.48	18.60	17.50	16.74	16.03	15.47	10.04	9.62	9.39	9.73	10.83	11.40	11.17	11.63	12.82
P/TBV Ratio	12.69	13.38	14.11	13.19	14.38	16.53	18.64	17.54	16.81	16.08	15.51	10.05	9.65	9.41	9.75	10.84	11.46	11.22	11.68	12.85
P/FCF Ratio	48.17	50.82	49.66	44.33	53.35	61.11	68.68	85.35	59.65	47.06	51.79	29.81	35.73	37.99	40.51	81.52	67.24	54.39	37.45	40.68
P/OCF Ratio	28.28	29.84	30.10	27.03	31.35	35.98	39.75	43.02	34.87	28.83	30.16	20.02	21.77	22.46	23.26	34.46	31.85	28.50	22.75	24.74
EV/Sales Ratio	1.40	1.48	1.54	1.39	1.49	1.64	1.78	1.64	1.54	1.36	1.28	1.03	0.96	0.92	0.93	0.99	1.03	1.01	1.06	1.15
EV/EBITDA Ratio	29.90	31.59	32.82	29.71	32.09	35.40	38.97	36.00	34.06	30.75	29.88	24.13	22.92	22.05	21.95	23.52	24.07	23.40	24.10	26.55
EV/EBIT Ratio	36.73	38.81	40.39	36.62	39.58	43.68	48.25	44.66	42.27	38.31	37.52	30.29	28.78	27.65	27.34	29.26	29.94	29.15	30.02	33.44
EV/FCF Ratio	46.82	49.48	48.56	43.32	52.44	60.19	67.94	84.60	59.20	46.61	51.47	28.72	34.63	37.18	39.66	80.58	66.65	53.82	37.04	40.05
Debt / Equity Ratio	0.24	0.24	0.25	0.27	0.28	0.30	0.31	0.33	0.35	0.38	0.40	0.32	0.31	0.38	0.40	0.42	0.43	0.44	0.46	0.49
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	0.59	2.38	2.55	2.65	1.99	2.65	2.80	2.93	2.18	3.43	3.66	3.76	2.56	4.19	3.85	4.12	2.92	4.07	4.11	4.76
Debt / FCF Ratio	0.92	4.00	4.78	2.56	4.30	3.51	4.99	4.03	5.92	4.80	-	2.59	4.10	12.49	3.97	5.83	7.25	24.23	-	4.59
Net Debt / Equity Ratio	-0.35	-0.35	-0.31	-0.30	-0.24	-0.25	-0.20	-0.15	-0.13	-0.10	-0.04	-0.33	-0.25	-0.20	-0.20	-0.12	-0.10	-0.14	-0.16	-0.18
Net Debt / EBITDA Ratio	-0.86	-3.48	-3.14	-2.97	-1.73	-2.16	-1.78	-1.38	-0.79	-0.81	-0.34	-3.43	-1.83	-2.19	-1.92	-1.19	-0.65	-1.26	-1.36	-1.58
Net Debt / FCF Ratio	-1.35	-5.82	-5.90	-2.87	-3.74	-2.86	-3.18	-1.90	-2.15	-1.14	2.96	-2.36	-2.93	-6.52	-1.98	-1.69	-1.61	-7.49	9.47	-1.53
Asset Turnover	0.87	0.87	0.89	0.86	1.17	0.88	0.91	0.84	1.15	0.87	0.88	0.83	1.19	0.82	0.85	0.84	1.17	0.87	0.88	0.81
Inventory Turnover	12.61	3.24	3.22	2.78	4.08	3.05	3.11	2.78	3.94	3.03	3.08	2.76	4.01	2.78	2.97	2.69	3.96	2.93	3.00	2.76
Quick Ratio	0.56	0.56	0.54	0.49	0.50	0.47	0.44	0.39	0.39	0.40	0.38	0.55	0.52	0.51	0.50	0.42	0.42	0.43	0.46	0.46
Current Ratio	1.07	1.07	1.06	1.04	1.03	1.02	1.00	0.98	0.97	0.94	0.93	1.09	1.07	1.08	1.06	1.03	1.02	1.04	1.03	1.02
Return on Equity (ROE)	7.23%	7.23%	7.06%	7.31%	9.89%	7.78%	7.72%	7.11%	9.67%	7.41%	8.00%	6.67%	9.45%	5.91%	6.85%	6.74%	9.70%	7.32%	7.31%	7.84%
Return on Assets (ROA)	2.59%	2.59%	2.48%	2.44%	3.38%	2.60%	2.45%	2.33%	3.31%	2.40%	2.41%	2.14%	3.04%	1.89%	2.17%	2.07%	3.02%	2.22%	2.25%	2.16%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	5.61%	5.61%	5.17%	5.31%	6.97%	5.39%	4.88%	5.19%	6.92%	4.95%	4.87%	4.77%	6.45%	3.96%	4.57%	4.59%	6.47%	4.71%	4.70%	5.13%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	6.85%	6.85%	6.59%	6.47%	8.99%	7.18%	6.83%	6.10%	8.72%	6.50%	6.25%	5.68%	8.23%	5.01%	5.78%	5.49%	8.06%	5.84%	6.05%	5.80%
Earnings Yield	2.08%	1.97%	1.89%	2.08%	1.93%	1.75%	1.60%	1.77%	1.86%	2.05%	2.11%	2.48%	2.60%	2.71%	2.72%	2.53%	2.47%	2.52%	2.43%	2.18%
FCF Yield	2.08%	1.97%	2.01%	2.26%	1.87%	1.64%	1.46%	1.17%	1.68%	2.13%	1.93%	3.35%	2.80%	2.63%	2.47%	1.23%	1.49%	1.84%	2.67%	2.46%
Dividend Yield	0.61%	0.00%	0.13%	0.14%	0.28%	0.12%	0.00%	0.12%	0.13%	0.15%	2.21%	0.34%	0.19%	0.18%	0.00%	0.17%	0.34%	0.16%	0.00%	0.15%
Payout Ratio	27.01%	0.00%	28.35%	28.84%	44.18%	27.06%	0.00%	28.64%	21.84%	30.64%	407.75%	56.95%	20.93%	30.65%	0.00%	29.33%	42.67%	25.94%	0.00%	26.43%
Buyback Yield / Dilution	0.09%	0.07%	0.10%	0.08%	0.06%	0.01%	-0.03%	-0.11%	-0.12%	-0.11%	-0.06%	0.03%	0.05%	0.12%	0.10%	0.02%	-0.06%	-0.17%	-0.09%	-0.05%
Total Shareholder Return	0.70%	0.07%	0.23%	0.23%	0.34%	0.13%	-0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.04%	2.15%	0.37%	0.23%	0.30%	0.10%	0.19%	0.27%	-0.01%	-0.09%	0.10%

SEC Filings: 10-K · 10-Q

Data Source: Fiscal.ai Last updated: May 28, 2026

Financial data is provided by Fiscal.ai and updates within minutes after each earnings release, which is every three months for this company.

Update frequency:

Quarterly

Last checked:

May 31, 2026

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