Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

NASDAQ: COST · Real-Time Price · USD

952.07

-8.03 (-0.84%)

At close: Sep 16, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT

952.30

+0.23 (0.02%)

After-hours: Sep 16, 2025, 5:07 PM EDT

Costco Ratios and Metrics

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

Millions USD. Fiscal year is Oct - Sep.

Fiscal Quarter	Current	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	Q4 2021	Q3 2021	Q2 2021	Q1 2021	Q4 2020	+20 Quarters
Period Ending	Sep '25 Sep 16, 2025	May '25 May 11, 2025	Feb '25 Feb 16, 2025	Nov '24 Nov 24, 2024	Sep '24 Sep 1, 2024	May '24 May 12, 2024	Feb '24 Feb 18, 2024	Nov '23 Nov 26, 2023	Sep '23 Sep 3, 2023	May '23 May 7, 2023	Feb '23 Feb 12, 2023	Nov '22 Nov 20, 2022	Aug '22 Aug 28, 2022	May '22 May 8, 2022	Feb '22 Feb 13, 2022	Nov '21 Nov 21, 2021	Aug '21 Aug 29, 2021	May '21 May 9, 2021	Feb '21 Feb 14, 2021	Nov '20 Nov 22, 2020	Aug '20 Aug 30, 2020	+20 Quarters
Market Capitalization	422,221	447,273	475,793	427,127	395,623	349,122	321,255	261,819	241,184	221,325	221,860	231,779	235,577	223,101	226,004	235,841	199,081	170,075	156,252	168,161	153,814	Upgrade
Market Cap Growth	28.11%	28.11%	48.10%	63.14%	64.03%	57.74%	44.80%	12.96%	2.38%	-0.80%	-1.83%	-1.72%	18.33%	31.18%	44.64%	40.25%	29.43%	25.89%	11.12%	27.80%	18.65%	Upgrade
Enterprise Value	415,898	442,154	472,096	425,932	393,421	348,234	312,738	257,121	236,485	216,764	219,238	231,641	233,327	220,609	223,180	235,587	198,675	171,566	152,477	166,363	154,952	Upgrade
Last Close Price	960.10	1006.70	1068.97	960.36	887.82	782.06	718.12	572.68	526.09	481.50	481.39	503.32	510.23	482.09	487.34	509.63	429.26	365.65	334.90	351.90	321.04	Upgrade
PE Ratio	54.00	57.03	62.43	56.38	53.70	48.67	47.29	40.17	38.33	36.89	36.67	39.39	40.31	39.52	41.00	45.66	39.76	35.99	35.97	38.89	38.43	Upgrade
Forward PE	49.07	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	39.97	36.55	34.43	39.16	38.01	Upgrade
PS Ratio	1.59	1.66	1.80	1.65	1.56	1.38	1.29	1.07	1.00	0.94	0.95	1.00	1.04	1.03	1.08	1.16	1.02	0.91	0.88	0.97	0.92	Upgrade
PB Ratio	15.70	16.49	18.60	17.47	16.75	16.04	15.48	10.01	9.63	9.39	9.73	10.79	11.41	10.88	11.31	12.41	11.01	10.02	9.69	10.98	8.22	Upgrade
P/TBV Ratio	15.57	16.49	18.60	17.47	17.48	16.04	15.48	10.01	10.02	9.39	9.73	10.80	11.99	11.17	11.64	12.77	12.02	10.32	9.98	11.32	8.89	Upgrade
P/FCF Ratio	57.73	61.13	68.71	85.19	59.68	47.07	-	29.74	35.76	38.01	40.52	81.30	67.29	54.42	-	40.53	37.07	24.60	-	26.20	25.42	Upgrade
P/OCF Ratio	33.99	35.99	39.77	42.94	34.89	28.84	30.17	19.97	21.79	22.47	23.27	34.37	31.87	28.51	22.76	24.65	22.22	16.58	17.71	17.88	17.36	Upgrade
PEG Ratio	5.43	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	4.10	3.46	3.48	3.93	4.08	Upgrade
EV/Sales Ratio	1.55	1.65	1.79	1.65	1.55	1.37	1.26	1.05	0.98	0.92	0.94	1.00	1.03	1.01	1.06	1.16	1.01	0.92	0.85	0.96	0.93	Upgrade
EV/EBITDA Ratio	33.43	35.54	39.10	36.15	34.15	30.97	28.49	23.86	22.55	21.18	21.90	23.44	23.50	21.93	22.53	25.03	22.07	21.21	20.10	22.23	21.89	Upgrade
EV/EBIT Ratio	41.24	43.85	48.42	44.85	42.37	38.59	35.52	29.74	28.11	26.29	27.20	29.07	29.06	26.89	27.64	30.98	27.51	26.97	25.94	28.66	28.51	Upgrade
EV/FCF Ratio	56.84	60.43	68.17	84.95	59.35	46.95	-	29.21	35.06	37.23	40.04	81.25	66.65	53.81	-	40.49	37.00	24.81	-	25.92	25.61	Upgrade
Debt / Equity Ratio	0.31	0.31	0.31	0.33	0.42	0.43	0.45	0.36	0.42	0.38	0.40	0.42	0.53	0.44	0.46	0.53	0.63	0.60	0.64	0.67	0.59	Upgrade
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	0.65	0.65	0.67	0.71	0.64	0.82	0.88	0.90	0.73	0.88	0.92	0.98	0.82	0.97	0.98	1.07	0.82	1.19	1.39	1.33	1.10	Upgrade
Debt / FCF Ratio	1.14	1.14	1.16	1.62	1.50	1.25	-	1.06	1.56	1.55	1.67	3.17	3.12	2.20	-	1.74	2.12	1.48	-	1.59	1.83	Upgrade
Asset Turnover	3.40	3.48	3.47	4.63	3.49	3.34	3.24	4.65	3.21	3.33	3.35	4.51	3.32	3.26	3.27	4.30	3.23	3.11	2.99	3.98	Upgrade
Inventory Turnover	13.01	11.78	11.22	10.92	15.43	11.86	11.66	11.65	16.79	11.57	11.18	10.48	14.31	10.87	10.89	11.29	15.53	11.33	10.87	11.04	15.97	Upgrade
Quick Ratio	0.47	0.47	0.44	0.39	0.39	0.40	0.38	0.56	0.52	0.51	0.51	0.42	0.42	0.43	0.46	0.46	0.48	0.46	0.42	0.49	0.60	Upgrade
Current Ratio	1.01	1.01	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	1.01	1.00	1.00	0.99	0.98	1.13	Upgrade
Return on Equity (ROE)	28.89%	28.59%	29.92%	41.49%	31.62%	29.73%	24.83%	35.53%	22.46%	26.49%	25.91%	36.50%	27.11%	27.09%	29.02%	38.66%	29.80%	24.71%	27.78%	31.28%	Upgrade
Return on Assets (ROA)	8.51%	7.90%	7.67%	11.04%	8.18%	7.36%	6.95%	10.24%	7.40%	7.16%	6.72%	10.21%	7.05%	7.12%	7.34%	11.97%	7.41%	5.82%	6.18%	8.99%	Upgrade
Return on Capital (ROIC)	18.31%	17.49%	16.60%	23.53%	17.93%	15.70%	13.95%	20.40%	15.32%	15.23%	14.10%	21.40%	15.24%	15.53%	15.45%	24.61%	15.51%	12.91%	12.93%	16.21%	Upgrade
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	26.60%	26.60%	26.90%	27.10%	27.00%	27.70%	27.80%	23.40%	23.80%	23.50%	23.50%	24.20%	25.00%	25.60%	25.60%	24.70%	24.20%	21.70%	20.70%	21.10%	17.70%	Upgrade
Earnings Yield	1.86%	1.75%	1.60%	1.77%	1.86%	2.05%	2.11%	2.49%	2.61%	2.71%	2.73%	2.54%	2.48%	2.53%	2.44%	2.19%	2.51%	2.78%	2.78%	2.57%	2.60%	Upgrade
FCF Yield	1.73%	1.64%	1.46%	1.17%	1.68%	2.12%	1.93%	3.36%	2.80%	2.63%	2.47%	1.23%	1.49%	1.84%	2.67%	2.47%	2.70%	4.06%	3.72%	3.82%	3.93%	Upgrade
Dividend Yield	0.55%	0.47%	0.43%	0.47%	0.49%	0.54%	0.57%	0.69%	0.73%	0.77%	0.75%	0.69%	0.66%	0.68%	0.65%	0.60%	0.69%	0.79%	0.84%	0.78%	0.84%	Upgrade
Payout Ratio	27.91%	27.06%	-	28.64%	21.83%	426.53%	25.93%	56.95%	20.93%	30.64%	-	29.33%	42.67%	25.94%	-	26.43%	41.80%	25.41%	-	26.59%	44.56%	Upgrade
Buyback Yield / Dilution	-0.07%	0.01%	-0.03%	-0.11%	-0.12%	-0.10%	-0.06%	0.03%	0.05%	0.12%	0.10%	0.02%	-0.06%	-0.17%	-0.10%	-0.05%	-0.03%	-0.06%	-0.17%	-0.16%	-0.19%	Upgrade
Total Shareholder Return	0.48%	0.49%	0.40%	0.36%	0.37%	0.43%	0.51%	0.72%	0.78%	0.89%	0.85%	0.71%	0.60%	0.51%	0.55%	0.55%	0.66%	0.73%	0.66%	0.62%	0.65%	Upgrade

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

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