Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

Costco Ratios and Metrics

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

Fiscal Quarter	Current	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	Q4 2021
Period Ending	Mar 27, 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	Aug 29, 2021
Market Cap	436,492	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	198,971
Market Cap Growth	-2.37%	-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%	29.44%
Enterprise Value	426,587	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	196,644
Last Close Price	983.86	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	450.34
PE Ratio	51.16	-	-	51.80	57.18	-	-	53.89	48.77	47.35	40.31	38.44	36.97	36.74	39.58	40.47	39.63	41.07	45.90	39.96
Forward PE	46.23	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	39.97
PEG Ratio	4.83	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	4.10
PS Ratio	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	1.02
PB Ratio	13.60	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	11.33
P/TBV Ratio	13.63	14.11	13.19	14.39	16.53	18.64	17.54	16.80	16.08	15.50	10.05	9.65	9.41	9.75	10.85	11.46	11.21	11.67	12.85	11.39
P/FCF Ratio	47.97	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	37.05
P/OCF Ratio	29.08	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	22.21
EV/Sales Ratio	1.49	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	1.00
EV/EBITDA Ratio	31.69	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	23.16
EV/EBIT Ratio	38.99	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	29.31
EV/FCF Ratio	46.88	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	36.62
Debt / Equity Ratio	0.25	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	0.52
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	0.61	0.61	0.62	0.64	0.66	0.67	0.68	0.71	0.83	0.88	0.89	0.87	0.92	0.92	0.93	0.93	0.96	1.00	1.15	1.19
Debt / FCF Ratio	0.90	0.90	0.90	1.04	1.12	1.16	1.60	1.23	1.25	1.52	1.06	1.32	1.55	1.67	3.17	2.58	2.20	1.53	1.74	1.89
Net Debt / Equity Ratio	-0.31	-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	-0.12
Net Debt / EBITDA Ratio	-0.75	-0.75	-0.69	-0.56	-0.54	-0.42	-0.32	-0.26	-0.20	-0.08	-0.81	-0.62	-0.48	-0.46	-0.27	-0.21	-0.30	-0.33	-0.38	-0.24
Net Debt / FCF Ratio	-1.11	-1.11	-1.01	-0.91	-0.91	-0.74	-0.76	-0.45	-0.30	-0.14	-0.97	-0.94	-0.81	-0.83	-0.92	-0.57	-0.68	-0.51	-0.58	-0.38
Asset Turnover	3.44	3.44	3.59	3.66	3.61	3.60	3.52	3.55	3.58	3.55	3.52	3.59	3.55	3.53	3.55	3.54	3.40	3.30	3.27	3.28
Inventory Turnover	12.42	12.42	11.60	12.27	11.84	11.61	11.60	12.13	12.53	12.43	11.77	12.07	11.86	11.90	11.44	11.44	11.03	10.99	11.13	11.72
Quick Ratio	0.54	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	0.47
Current Ratio	1.06	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	1.00
Return on Equity (ROE)	27.41%	27.41%	30.32%	30.21%	30.41%	30.47%	29.95%	29.60%	29.94%	28.97%	27.37%	27.04%	8.34%	14.68%	22.58%	29.84%	29.01%	28.69%	30.56%	30.43%
Return on Assets (ROA)	9.86%	9.86%	10.21%	10.33%	10.20%	10.01%	9.84%	9.78%	9.53%	9.09%	8.82%	8.91%	8.82%	8.98%	9.04%	9.16%	8.90%	8.80%	8.45%	8.54%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	21.59%	21.59%	22.17%	21.65%	21.38%	20.59%	21.93%	21.44%	21.02%	19.67%	19.66%	18.89%	18.36%	18.66%	20.02%	20.27%	19.85%	19.82%	20.08%	19.65%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	26.09%	26.09%	28.00%	27.66%	27.63%	27.34%	26.36%	26.04%	25.97%	24.80%	23.88%	23.74%	23.03%	23.60%	24.62%	24.75%	24.11%	23.88%	23.89%	23.38%
Earnings Yield	1.96%	0.00%	0.00%	1.93%	1.75%	0.00%	0.00%	1.86%	2.05%	2.11%	2.48%	2.60%	2.71%	2.72%	2.53%	2.47%	2.52%	2.43%	2.18%	2.50%
FCF Yield	2.08%	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%	2.70%
Dividend Yield	0.53%	0.62%	0.63%	0.52%	0.40%	0.38%	2.02%	2.28%	2.57%	2.76%	0.75%	0.52%	0.81%	0.79%	0.74%	0.63%	0.71%	0.68%	2.45%	2.88%
Payout Ratio	27.04%	33.01%	30.14%	26.95%	22.97%	23.64%	114.19%	122.72%	125.18%	130.45%	30.01%	19.88%	29.93%	28.89%	29.28%	25.63%	27.88%	27.81%	112.06%	114.80%
Buyback Yield / Dilution	0.07%	0.07%	0.03%	-0.01%	-0.06%	-0.09%	-0.10%	-0.07%	-0.02%	0.03%	0.07%	0.07%	0.04%	-0.03%	-0.08%	-0.09%	-0.09%	-0.06%	-0.08%	-0.10%
Total Shareholder Return	0.60%	0.69%	0.66%	0.51%	0.34%	0.29%	1.92%	2.21%	2.55%	2.79%	0.82%	0.59%	0.85%	0.76%	0.66%	0.54%	0.62%	0.62%	2.37%	2.78%

Updated Mar 5, 2026. Data Source: Fiscal.ai. Standard template. Financial Sources.

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