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Costco Wholesale Corp(COST)

Data coverage status · 6 need attention

Quote through 2026-08-05T13:30:00Z · Stale

Quote synced 2026-08-05T21:42:25.688105Z

Daily bars through 2026-08-03 · Stale

Daily bars synced 2026-08-04T22:41:42.749247Z

Fundamentals through 2026-05-05 · Current

Fundamentals synced 2026-08-05T21:39:47.543027Z

Forecasts: Stale

Forecasts synced 2026-05-05T23:06:48.87858Z

Ownership: Missing

Ownership synced 2026-08-05T21:39:47.543027Z

Short interest: Missing

Short interest synced 2026-08-05T21:39:47.543027Z

News through 2026-07-29T03:03:10Z · Stale

News synced 2026-07-29T11:20:50.21517Z

Company profile: Delayed

Company profile synced 2026-05-08T06:30:59.894931Z

Regular-session price

Offline

$942.02($949.34 after-hours, +0.16%)

-0.62% regular session

1Y Change

+0.46%

Window

Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 4, 2026

Market Cap
$450.94B
P/E
52.8
Trailing
52W Range
$844.06 - $1,096.50
Volume
1.36M
0.6x RVOL

Investment Snapshot

Valuation, growth, profitability, catalysts, and benchmark context.

Quote + TTM fundamentalsForecast

1D

-0.6%

1M

-0.2%

6M

-3.1%

YTD

+10.9%

1Y

+0.5%

Coverage: 250 bars · Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 4, 2026

Benchmark Edge

COST vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs

Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.

Shared 1Y chart + MAX history table

Relative Read

COST trails SPY

COST is 22.37 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.

COST had 7.44 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.

COST beat SPY in 0 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 2.

COST

+0.46%

Normalized return

SPY

+22.83%

S&P 500

Excess Return

-22.37 pts

Relative to SPY

COST Max Drawdown

-16.57%

Trailing 1Y

SPY Max Drawdown

-9.13%

Trailing 1Y

COSTSPY

Calendar-Year Returns

Uses the longest available daily history for COST and SPY.

YearCOSTSPYExcessLeader
2026+10.94%+12.67%-1.74 ptsSPY
2025-8.26%+9.40%-17.67 ptsSPY

Financials

Costco Wholesale Corp financial statements

Annual, quarterly, and TTM views with reported currency, units, source, download, and filing context.

SEC unavailable

Period

Units

Reported currency

USD

Source

FMP

Last checked

Apr 7, 2026

View: AnnualUnits: USD millionsLatest period: 2025 - Aug 31, 2025

FY Revenue

$275.2B

+8.2% YoY

FY Net Income

$8.1B

+9.9% YoY

Free Cash Flow

$7.8B

+18.2% YoY

Revenue Growth

+8.2%

EPS Growth

+9.9%

Gross Margin

12.9%

Net Margin

3.0%

Income statement

USD

Annual
Metric20212022202320242025
Revenue195,929M226,954M242,290M254,453M275,235M
Gross Profit25,245M27,572M29,704M32,095M35,349M
Operating Income6,708M7,793M8,114M9,285M10,383M
EBITDA8,632M9,898M10,724M12,146M13,398M
Net Income5,007M5,844M6,292M7,367M8,099M
EPS (Diluted)----------

Balance sheet

USD

Point-in-time
Metric20212022202320242025
Cash & Equivalents11,258M10,203M13,700M9,906M14,161M
Total Assets59,268M64,166M68,994M69,831M77,099M
Total Liabilities41,190M43,519M43,936M46,209M47,935M
Shareholder Equity17,564M20,642M25,058M23,622M29,164M
Total Debt10,133M9,039M8,884M8,272M8,173M
Net Debt-1,125M-1,164M-4,816M-1,634M-5,988M

Cash flow positioning

2025

Operating Cash Flow

13,335M

+17.6% YoY

Capital Expenditures

5,498M

-16.7% YoY

Free Cash Flow

7,837M

+18.2% YoY

Key ratios

  • Gross Margin

    12.9%

  • Operating Margin

    3.8%

  • Net Margin

    3.0%

  • ROE

    28.8%

  • Debt / Equity

    0.26x

Data source: FMPCurrency/unit: USD millionsLatest period: 2025 - Aug 31, 2025Last checked: Apr 7, 2026SEC filings: CIK unavailable

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