Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

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873.35

+1.49 (0.17%)

At close: Dec 26, 2025, 4:00 PM EST

873.00

-0.35 (-0.04%)

After-hours: Dec 26, 2025, 7:59 PM EST

Costco Ratios and Metrics

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

Millions USD. Fiscal year is Sep - Aug.

Fiscal Quarter	Current	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	Q4 2021	Q3 2021	Q2 2021	+20 Quarters
Period Ending	Dec '25 Dec 26, 2025	Nov '25 Nov 23, 2025	Aug '25 Aug 31, 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	+20 Quarters
Market Capitalization	387,653	398,423	418,341	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	Upgrade
Market Cap Growth	-11.93%	-6.72%	5.74%	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%	Upgrade
Enterprise Value	378,642	393,074	411,849	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	Upgrade
Last Close Price	873.35	899.01	941.99	1005.27	1067.46	959.01	886.57	780.95	717.10	571.87	525.35	480.82	480.71	502.60	509.51	481.41	486.65	508.91	428.66	365.13	334.42	Upgrade
PE Ratio	46.78	47.99	51.65	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	Upgrade
Forward PE	42.48	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	39.97	36.55	34.43	Upgrade
PS Ratio	1.38	1.42	1.52	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	Upgrade
PB Ratio	12.79	13.15	14.34	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	Upgrade
P/TBV Ratio	12.79	13.15	14.83	16.49	18.60	17.47	16.77	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	Upgrade
P/FCF Ratio	43.06	44.25	53.38	61.13	68.71	85.19	59.68	47.07	51.81	29.74	35.76	38.01	40.52	81.30	67.29	54.42	37.47	40.53	37.07	24.60	26.90	Upgrade
P/OCF Ratio	26.26	26.99	31.37	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	Upgrade
PEG Ratio	4.69	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	4.10	3.46	3.48	Upgrade
EV/Sales Ratio	1.35	1.40	1.50	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	Upgrade
EV/EBITDA Ratio	28.85	29.95	32.15	35.54	39.10	36.15	34.15	30.97	28.25	23.66	22.35	20.99	21.90	23.72	23.78	22.19	22.80	25.03	23.18	21.21	20.10	Upgrade
EV/EBIT Ratio	35.55	36.91	39.67	43.85	48.42	44.85	42.37	38.59	35.15	29.43	27.81	25.99	27.20	29.51	29.49	27.28	28.05	30.98	29.25	26.97	25.94	Upgrade
EV/FCF Ratio	42.06	43.66	52.55	60.43	68.17	84.95	59.35	46.95	50.43	29.21	35.06	37.23	40.04	81.25	66.65	53.81	37.00	40.49	37.00	24.81	26.25	Upgrade
Debt / Equity Ratio	0.27	0.27	0.34	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	Upgrade
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	0.60	0.60	0.75	0.65	0.64	0.67	0.83	0.79	0.82	0.82	0.95	0.83	0.87	0.88	1.06	0.86	0.90	1.02	1.26	1.21	1.29	Upgrade
Debt / FCF Ratio	0.91	0.91	1.27	1.14	1.16	1.62	1.50	1.25	1.52	1.06	1.56	1.55	1.67	3.17	3.12	2.20	1.53	1.74	2.12	1.48	1.77	Upgrade
Asset Turnover	3.59	3.59	3.75	3.75	3.79	3.52	3.67	3.77	3.74	3.52	3.64	3.61	3.61	3.55	3.68	3.59	3.56	3.27	3.41	3.42	3.45	Upgrade
Inventory Turnover	11.60	11.60	13.05	13.01	12.87	11.60	12.60	13.15	13.13	11.75	12.28	12.17	12.66	11.44	12.41	12.06	12.10	11.13	12.90	13.00	12.07	Upgrade
Quick Ratio	0.49	0.49	0.50	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	Upgrade
Current Ratio	1.04	1.04	1.03	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	Upgrade
Return on Equity (ROE)	30.33%	30.33%	30.69%	32.08%	32.89%	29.95%	30.27%	31.64%	31.19%	27.37%	27.53%	27.27%	28.43%	29.32%	30.55%	30.58%	30.98%	30.56%	27.62%	28.02%	26.61%	Upgrade
Return on Assets (ROA)	8.52%	8.52%	8.83%	8.79%	8.73%	8.07%	8.36%	8.38%	8.35%	7.82%	7.98%	7.98%	7.75%	7.54%	8.01%	8.34%	8.43%	7.64%	7.39%	7.29%	7.08%	Upgrade
Return on Capital (ROIC)	18.73%	18.73%	17.86%	18.94%	19.10%	17.44%	16.78%	17.72%	17.90%	16.55%	15.83%	16.78%	16.47%	16.46%	16.20%	17.81%	17.89%	17.40%	14.32%	13.97%	14.08%	Upgrade
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	26.00%	26.00%	26.00%	26.60%	26.90%	27.10%	27.00%	27.70%	28.10%	23.60%	24.00%	23.80%	23.50%	23.80%	24.60%	25.30%	25.20%	24.70%	22.80%	21.70%	20.70%	Upgrade
Earnings Yield	2.14%	2.08%	1.94%	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%	Upgrade
FCF Yield	2.32%	2.26%	1.87%	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%	Upgrade
Dividend Yield	0.60%	0.56%	0.52%	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%	Upgrade
Payout Ratio	27.10%	27.04%	26.95%	-	20.26%	26.35%	32.39%	125.18%	32.50%	26.95%	19.88%	26.60%	25.58%	26.31%	25.63%	24.78%	24.63%	26.29%	114.80%	26.22%	27.99%	Upgrade
Buyback Yield / Dilution	0.04%	0.04%	-0.01%	-0.07%	-0.10%	-0.10%	-0.07%	-0.03%	0.03%	0.07%	0.07%	0.04%	-0.03%	-0.08%	-0.09%	-0.08%	-0.05%	-0.07%	-0.10%	-0.12%	-0.17%	Upgrade
Total Shareholder Return	0.63%	0.60%	0.51%	0.41%	0.34%	0.36%	0.42%	0.52%	0.60%	0.76%	0.80%	0.82%	0.72%	0.62%	0.57%	0.60%	0.60%	0.53%	0.60%	0.67%	0.66%	Upgrade

Updated Nov 23, 2025. Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence. Standard template. Financial Sources.

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