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Withheld: cost revenue, gross profit could not be reconciled with the rest of this filer’s statement.
Revenue
$303.15B
Fiscal year ended 2026-08-30Operating income
$11.68B
Fiscal year ended 2026-08-30Free cash flow
$9.38B
Fiscal year ended 2026-08-30Valuation, from the filing
| Public float | $475.20B | Market value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-02-16 |
|---|---|---|
| Float per share | $1,072.25 | Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself. |
| Float / net income | 58.7× | A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded. |
| Float / revenue | 1.7× | A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded. |
| Float / equity | 16.3× | A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded. |
Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-02-16, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-08-31 — the year that filing covered.
Valuation over time
58.7× earnings today, against a median of 33.1× across 10 years on record. Above its own history.
| Float measured | Public float | Float / net income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-16 | $475.20B | 58.7× | |
| 2024-02-18 | $320.64B | 43.5× | |
| 2023-02-12 | $221.35B | 35.2× | |
| 2022-02-13 | $225.43B | 38.6× | |
| 2021-02-14 | $155.81B | 31.1× | |
| 2020-02-16 | $140.25B | 35.0× | |
| 2019-02-17 | $95.01B | 26.0× | |
| 2018-02-18 | $83.85B | 26.8× | |
| 2017-02-12 | $74.96B | 28.0× | |
| 2016-02-14 | $64.81B | 27.6× |
Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.
How this compares in its industry
Percentile among the Retail-Variety Stores filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.
| Measure | Reported | Percentile | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CapEx / revenue | 2.1% | 0th | |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 0th | |
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 0th | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 25th | |
| FCF margin | 3.1% | 67th | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 38th | |
| Effective tax rate | 24.7% | 62th | |
| Revenue YoY growth | 10.1% | 62th | |
| Long-term debt / equity | 0.11x | 43th | |
| SBC / revenue | 0.3% | 57th |
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW (COST) reported revenue of $303.15B and net income of $9.23B for the fiscal year ended 2026-08-30. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Retail-Variety Stores.
Income
| Metric | 2026-08-30 | 2025-08-31 | 2024-09-01 | 2023-09-03 | 2022-08-28 | 2021-08-29 | 2020-08-30 | 2019-09-01 | 2018-09-02 | 2017-09-03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $303.15B | $275.24B | $254.45B | $242.29B | $226.95B | $195.93B | $166.76B | $152.70B | $141.58B | $129.02B |
| Cost of revenue | $264.28B | $239.89B | $222.36B | $212.59B | $199.38B | $170.68B | $144.94B | Unavailable | $123.15B | $111.88B |
| Gross profit | $38.88B | $35.35B | $32.10B | $29.70B | $27.57B | $25.24B | $21.82B | Unavailable | $18.42B | $17.14B |
| Operating income | $11.68B | $10.38B | $9.28B | $8.11B | $7.79B | $6.71B | $5.44B | $4.74B | $4.48B | $4.11B |
| Net income | $9.23B | $8.10B | $7.37B | $6.29B | $5.84B | $5.01B | $4.00B | $3.66B | $3.13B | $2.68B |
| Research & development | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Weighted-average diluted shares | shares 444.43M | shares 444.80M | shares 444.76M | shares 444.45M | shares 444.76M | shares 444.35M | shares 443.90M | shares 442.92M | shares 441.83M | shares 440.94M |
| Pretax income | $12.25B | $10.82B | $9.74B | $8.49B | $7.84B | $6.68B | $5.37B | $4.76B | $4.44B | $4.04B |
| Income tax expense | $3.02B | $2.72B | $2.37B | $2.20B | $1.92B | $1.60B | $1.31B | $1.06B | $1.26B | $1.32B |
| Diluted EPS | $20.76 | $18.21 | $16.56 | $14.16 | $13.14 | $11.27 | $9.02 | $8.26 | $7.09 | $6.08 |
| Selling, general & administrative | $27.19B | $24.97B | $22.81B | $21.59B | $19.78B | $18.54B | $16.39B | $14.99B | $13.88B | $12.95B |
| General & administrative | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Selling & marketing | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Balance
| Metric | 2026-08-30 | 2025-08-31 | 2024-09-01 | 2023-09-03 | 2022-08-28 | 2021-08-29 | 2020-08-30 | 2019-09-01 | 2018-09-02 | 2017-09-03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | $20.21B | $14.16B | $9.91B | $13.70B | $10.20B | $11.26B | $12.28B | $8.38B | $6.06B | $4.55B |
| Total assets | $89.04B | $77.10B | $69.83B | $68.99B | $64.17B | $59.27B | $55.56B | $45.40B | $40.83B | $36.35B |
| Current assets | $46.58B | $38.38B | $34.25B | $35.88B | $32.70B | $29.50B | $28.12B | $23.48B | $20.29B | $17.32B |
| Total liabilities | $53.24B | $47.94B | $46.21B | $43.94B | $43.52B | $41.19B | $36.85B | $29.82B | $27.73B | $25.27B |
| Current liabilities | $43.95B | $37.11B | $35.46B | $33.58B | $32.00B | $29.44B | $24.84B | $23.24B | $19.93B | $17.50B |
| Total equity incl. NCI | $35.80B | $29.16B | $23.62B | $25.06B | $20.65B | $18.08B | $18.70B | $15.58B | $13.10B | $11.08B |
| Temporary (mezzanine) equity | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Inventory | $19.32B | $18.12B | $18.65B | $16.65B | $17.91B | $14.22B | $12.24B | $11.40B | $11.04B | $9.83B |
| Accounts receivable | $3.96B | $3.20B | $2.72B | $2.28B | $2.24B | $1.80B | $1.55B | $1.54B | $1.67B | $1.43B |
| Goodwill | $994.00M | $994.00M | $994.00M | $994.00M | $993.00M | $996.00M | $988.00M | $53.00M | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Long-term debt | $3.91B | $5.71B | $5.79B | $5.38B | $6.48B | $6.69B | $7.51B | $5.12B | $6.49B | $6.57B |
| Accounts payable | $22.59B | $19.78B | $19.42B | $17.48B | $17.85B | $16.28B | $14.17B | $11.68B | $11.24B | $9.61B |
Cash flow
| Metric | 2026-08-30 | 2025-08-31 | 2024-09-01 | 2023-09-03 | 2022-08-28 | 2021-08-29 | 2020-08-30 | 2019-09-01 | 2018-09-02 | 2017-09-03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $15.82B | $13.34B | $11.34B | $11.07B | $7.39B | $8.96B | $8.86B | $6.36B | $5.77B | $6.73B |
| Capital expenditures | $6.44B | $5.50B | $4.71B | $4.32B | $3.89B | $3.59B | $2.81B | $3.00B | $2.97B | $2.50B |
| Investing cash flow | -$6.38B | -$5.31B | -$4.41B | -$4.97B | -$3.92B | -$3.54B | -$3.89B | -$2.86B | -$2.95B | -$2.37B |
| Financing cash flow | -$3.36B | -$3.78B | -$10.76B | -$2.61B | -$4.28B | -$6.49B | -$1.15B | -$1.15B | -$1.28B | -$3.22B |
| Net change in cash | $6.05B | $4.26B | -$3.79B | $3.50B | -$1.06B | -$1.02B | $3.89B | $2.33B | $1.51B | $1.17B |
| Stock-based compensation | $924.00M | $860.00M | $818.00M | $774.00M | $724.00M | $665.00M | $619.00M | $595.00M | $544.00M | $514.00M |
| Common dividends paid | $2.46B | $2.18B | $9.04B | $1.25B | $1.50B | $5.75B | $1.48B | $1.04B | $689.00M | $3.90B |
| Common share repurchases | $848.00M | $903.00M | $700.00M | $676.00M | $439.00M | $496.00M | $196.00M | $247.00M | $328.00M | $469.00M |
| Depreciation & amortization | $2.67B | $2.43B | $2.24B | $2.08B | $1.90B | $1.78B | $1.64B | $1.49B | $1.44B | $1.37B |
Derived
| Metric | 2026-08-30 | 2025-08-31 | 2024-09-01 | 2023-09-03 | 2022-08-28 | 2021-08-29 | 2020-08-30 | 2019-09-01 | 2018-09-02 | 2017-09-03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow | $9.38B | $7.84B | $6.63B | $6.74B | $3.50B | $5.37B | $6.05B | $3.36B | $2.80B | $4.22B |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 12.8% | 12.6% | 12.3% | 12.1% | 12.9% | 13.1% | Unavailable | 13.0% | 13.3% |
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 3.8% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 3.2% |
| FCF margin | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3.6% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 3.3% |
| SBC / revenue | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 1.03x | 0.97x | 1.07x | 1.02x | 1.00x | 1.13x | 1.01x | 1.02x | 0.99x |
| Revenue YoY growth | 10.1% | 8.2% | 5.0% | 6.8% | 15.8% | 17.5% | 9.2% | 7.9% | 9.7% | Unavailable |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.1% |
| R&D / revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| CapEx / revenue | 2.1% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 1.9% |
| Long-term debt / equity | 0.11x | 0.20x | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Effective tax rate | 24.7% | 25.1% | 24.4% | 25.9% | 24.6% | 24.0% | 24.4% | 22.3% | 28.4% | 32.8% |
Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open COST in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.
Source filings
10-K · Filed 2026-10-07View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-06-03View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-03-11View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-12-17View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2025-10-08View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-06-05View SEC filing
Reconciliation checks needing review
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