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COST — Costco Wholesale Corporation

Discount StoresConsumer Defensive

$1106.21

+$14.00 (+1.28%)

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, Sweden, Iceland, and New Zealand. It offers merchandise, including sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, liquor, and tobacco; non-food merchandise comprising consumer electronics, appliances, small electrics, 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, deli, and bakery products.

Market Cap

$490.19B

Forward P/E

44.2x

52-Week Range

$850.00$1106.21

COST Price History

Current price

$1106.21

COST return (1Y)

+19.6%

S&P 500 return (1Y)

+12.2%

vs S&P 500

+7.3 pts

Revenue vs. Net Income

$303B

Revenue · FY2026

Annual. Net margin is shown under each year.

RevenueNet income (green profit, red loss)

Free Cash Flow

$9.4B

FCF · FY2026

Annual. FCF margin is shown under each year.

Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)

27.5%

ROCE · FY2026

Annual. Green above 0%, red below. Dashed line marks the 15% compounder threshold.

Total Assets vs. Total Liabilities

1.7x

Assets ÷ liabilities · FY2026

Annual. What the company owns against what it owes. Assets ÷ liabilities is shown under each year.

Total assetsTotal liabilities

CapEx as % of Revenue

2.1%

CapEx · FY2026

Annual. Green at or under the 5% maximum target, red above it.

Shares Outstanding

+0.0%

Dilution · FY2025

Annual diluted shares. Under each year: the change on the previous year (green = buyback, amber = dilution).