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Costco Wholesale Corporation
COST · NasdaqGS
trade.xyz perp price (HIP-3, Hyperliquid), not the security's own quote. Updated 2026-08-18 09:05:02 UTC.
Key figures
Profile
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Country | United States |
| Employees | 341,000 |
Leadership
- Mr. Ron M. Vachris — President, CEO & Director
- Mr. Gary Millerchip — Executive VP & CFO
- Mr. Javier Polit — Executive VP and CI&DO of Information Systems
- Mr. Pierre Riel — Executive VP & COO of International Division
- Ms. Tiffany M. Barbre — Senior VP, Corporate Controller & Principal Accounting Officer
Description
Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. It offers merchandise, including sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; non-food merchandise comprising appliances, small electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, lawn and garden, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal, automotive, stamps, tickets, apparel, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and fresh food, such as meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. The company is also involved in warehouse ancillary operations, which include gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers. In addition, it engages in e-commerce, business centers, travel, and other businesses. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.
Issuer profile: yahoo finance (yfinance). Board price: TradFi screener. Market cap, P/E and the 52-week range: stockanalysis.com, re-read daily.
Issuer financials
What the company reports, next to what the desk trades. Statements come from Yahoo Finance and are printed in the currency the issuer reports in.
Statements are in USD, the currency this issuer reports in. The perp price at the top of this page is a USDC quote on trade.xyz: the same unit, a different thing.
From revenue to profit
The income statement for the latest quarterly period, ending 2026-05-31. This is not a split by product or by region: the source publishes no segment or geography breakdown, and neither does this page.
| Period ending | Revenue | Cost of revenue | Gross profit | R&D | Selling and admin | Operating income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | $70.5B | $61.5B | $9.0B | $6.2B | $2.8B | $2.2B | |
| 2026-02-28 | $69.6B | $60.7B | $8.9B | $6.3B | $2.6B | $2.0B | |
| 2025-11-30 | $67.3B | $58.5B | $8.8B | $6.3B | $2.5B | $2.0B | |
| 2025-08-31 | $86.2B | $75.0B | $11.1B | $7.8B | $3.3B | $2.6B | |
| 2025-05-31 | $63.2B | $55.0B | $8.2B | $5.7B | $2.5B | $1.9B |
The income statement for the latest annual period, ending 2025-08-31. This is not a split by product or by region: the source publishes no segment or geography breakdown, and neither does this page.
| Period ending | Revenue | Cost of revenue | Gross profit | R&D | Selling and admin | Operating income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | $275.2B | $239.9B | $35.3B | $25.0B | $10.4B | $8.1B | |
| 2024-08-31 | $254.5B | $222.4B | $32.1B | $22.8B | $9.3B | $7.4B | |
| 2023-08-31 | $242.3B | $212.6B | $29.7B | $21.6B | $8.1B | $6.3B | |
| 2022-08-31 | $227.0B | $199.4B | $27.6B | $19.8B | $7.8B | $5.8B |
Balance sheet
Assets, liabilities and equity at the end of each period. Click a name in the legend to drop that line.
| Period ending | Assets | Liabilities | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | $86.4B | $52.9B | $33.5B |
| 2026-02-28 | $83.6B | $51.6B | $32.1B |
| 2025-11-30 | $82.8B | $52.5B | $30.3B |
| 2025-08-31 | $77.1B | $47.9B | $29.2B |
| 2025-05-31 | $75.5B | $48.4B | $27.1B |
| Period ending | Assets | Liabilities | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | $77.1B | $47.9B | $29.2B |
| 2024-08-31 | $69.8B | $46.2B | $23.6B |
| 2023-08-31 | $69.0B | $43.9B | $25.1B |
| 2022-08-31 | $64.2B | $43.5B | $20.6B |
Cash flow
Cash the business produced and where it went. Capital spending is negative because it leaves.
| Period ending | Operating | Free | Capital spending | Net change in cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | $3.4B | $2.0B | −$1.4B | $1.6B |
| 2026-02-28 | $3.0B | $1.7B | −$1.3B | $1.1B |
| 2025-11-30 | $4.7B | $3.2B | −$1.5B | $2.1B |
| 2025-08-31 | $3.9B | $1.9B | −$2.0B | $306.0M |
| 2025-05-31 | $3.5B | $2.3B | −$1.1B | $1.4B |
| Period ending | Operating | Free | Capital spending | Net change in cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | $13.3B | $7.8B | −$5.5B | $4.2B |
| 2024-08-31 | $11.3B | $6.6B | −$4.7B | −$3.8B |
| 2023-08-31 | $11.1B | $6.7B | −$4.3B | $3.5B |
| 2022-08-31 | $7.4B | $3.5B | −$3.9B | −$806.0M |
Margins
Margin per period is computed here from two published lines: gross profit over revenue, operating income over revenue, net income over revenue. The source publishes only trailing twelve-month ratios, which are in the table below. A period with no revenue gets no point.
| Period ending | Gross margin | Operating margin | Net margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 12.8% | 4.0% | 3.1% |
| 2026-02-28 | 12.8% | 3.7% | 2.9% |
| 2025-11-30 | 13.1% | 3.7% | 3.0% |
| 2025-08-31 | 12.9% | 3.9% | 3.0% |
| 2025-05-31 | 13.0% | 4.0% | 3.0% |
| Period ending | Gross margin | Operating margin | Net margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | 12.8% | 3.8% | 2.9% |
| 2024-08-31 | 12.6% | 3.6% | 2.9% |
| 2023-08-31 | 12.3% | 3.3% | 2.6% |
| 2022-08-31 | 12.1% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
Trailing ratios
Trailing twelve months, as the source states them. Not per period and not comparable with the chart above.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Gross margin | 12.88% |
| Operating margin | 3.67% |
| EBITDA margin | 4.70% |
| Net margin | 3.01% |
| Return on assets | 8.67% |
| Return on equity | 29.15% |
| Revenue growth | 21.50% |
| Earnings growth | 45.50% |
| Debt to equity | 60.26% |
| Current ratio | 1.07 |
| Quick ratio | 0.56 |
| Cash | $11.1B |
| Debt | $10.2B |
| Revenue | $293.6B |
| EBITDA | $13.8B |
| Operating cash flow | $15.0B |
| Free cash flow | $7.0B |
Analyst recommendations
Counts as the source publishes them, for the month shown. Ratings are the analysts' own, not the desk's, and the desk does not weight them.
Average score is the source's own scale: 1 is strong buy, 5 is strong sell.
| Month | Strong buy | Buy | Hold | Sell | Strong sell | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| this month | 4 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| 1 month ago | 4 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| 2 months ago | 3 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 37 |
| 3 months ago | 3 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 37 |
Analyst price targets
Where the analysts polled above see the price of the security going. Their numbers, not the desk's, and the desk neither weights them nor trades them.
| Measure | As published |
|---|---|
| Average | $1,077 |
| Median | $1,100 |
| Lowest | $740.00 |
| Highest | $1,315 |
Targets are in USD, the currency the security is quoted in. That is the source's own answer, not a guess from the ticker's country: the price the source prints beside the targets matches the quote, and that is what fixes their base. Targets and the perp price are both in dollars, so there is nothing to convert.
Next earnings
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Date | 2026-09-24 |
| EPS estimate | $6.56 |
| EPS range | $6.28 … $7.13 |
| Revenue estimate | $94.6B |
The date is confirmed by the source, not estimated. Date read from yahoo finance (cli). The two transports disagree by a day on purpose: one answers in exchange-local time, the other in UTC, so the date and its flag always travel together from the same answer.
Statements read 2026-08-13. Source: yahoo finance (yfinance).