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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

996.08 +13.35 (+1.36%)
At close: October 29 at 4:00:01 PM EDT
1,004.61 +8.53 (+0.86%)
Overnight: 2:45:09 AM EDT
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Dividend
COST announced a cash dividend of $1.47 with an ex-date of Oct. 30, 2026

Valuation Measures

Currency in USD Download
Current 8/31/2026 5/31/2026 2/28/2026 11/30/2025 8/31/2025
Market Cap
435.48B 418.60B 424.27B 448.66B 404.88B 418.34B
Enterprise Value
422.75B -- 414.20B 439.58B 397.77B 411.67B
Trailing P/E
47.34 -- -- -- -- --
Forward P/E
43.06 -- 43.21 49.79 45.27 46.61
PEG Ratio (current)
3.64 -- -- -- -- --
Price/Sales
1.44 -- -- -- -- --
Price/Book
12.17 -- -- -- -- --
Enterprise Value/Revenue
1.39 -- 1.45 1.57 1.45 1.53
Enterprise Value/EBITDA
29.30 -- 30.68 33.32 30.85 33.03
8/31/2025 - 7/9/1986

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Financial Highlights

Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year Ends 8/30/2026
Most Recent Quarter (mrq) 8/30/2026

Profitability

Profit Margin 3.04%
Operating Margin (ttm) 3.79%

Management Effectiveness

Return on Assets (ttm) 8.66%
Return on Equity (ttm) 28.40%

Income Statement

Revenue (ttm) 303.15B
Revenue Per Share (ttm) 682.85
Quarterly Revenue Growth (yoy) 11.10%
Gross Profit (ttm) 38.7B
EBITDA 14.18B
Net Income Avi to Common (ttm) 9.23B
Diluted EPS (ttm) 20.76
Quarterly Earnings Growth (yoy) 14.90%

Balance Sheet

Total Cash (mrq) 21.3B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq) 48.07
Total Debt (mrq) 10.18B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq) 28.44%
Current Ratio (mrq) 1.06
Book Value Per Share (mrq) 80.77

Cash Flow Statement

Operating Cash Flow (ttm) 15.82B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm) 6.75B

Trading Information

Stock Price History

Beta (5Y Monthly) 0.87
52 Week Change 3 8.25%
S&P 500 52-Week Change 3 13.16%
52 Week High 3 1,096.50
52 Week Low 3 844.06
50-Day Moving Average 3 941.73
200-Day Moving Average 3 970.60

Share Statistics

Avg Vol (3 month) 3 2.07M
Avg Vol (10 day) 3 2.11M
Shares Outstanding 5 443.13M
Implied Shares Outstanding 6 443.13M
Float 8 442.24M
% Held by Insiders 1 0.09%
% Held by Institutions 1 74.33%
Shares Short (10/15/2026) 4 7.6M
Short Ratio (10/15/2026) 4 3.21
Short % of Float (10/15/2026) 4 1.72%
Short % of Shares Outstanding (10/15/2026) 4 1.72%
Shares Short (prior month 9/15/2026) 4 7.36M

Dividends & Splits

Forward Annual Dividend Rate 4 5.88
Forward Annual Dividend Yield 4 0.60%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3 5.54
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 3 0.56%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield 4 0.57
Payout Ratio 4 26.69%
Dividend Date 3 11/13/2026
Ex-Dividend Date 4 10/30/2026
Last Split Factor 2 2:1
Last Split Date 3 1/14/2000

Footnotes

  • 1 Data provided by Refinitiv.
  • 2 Data provided by EDGAR Online.
  • 3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo Finance.
  • 4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
  • 5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
  • 6 Implied Shares Outstanding of common equity, assuming the conversion of all convertible subsidiary equity into common.
  • 7 EBITDA is calculated by S&P Global Market Intelligence using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting.
  • 8 A company's float is a measure of the number of shares available for trading by the public. It's calculated by taking the number of issued and outstanding shares minus any restricted stock, which may not be publicly traded.

Abbreviation Guide

  • mrq  =  Most Recent Quarter
  • ttm  =  Trailing Twelve Months
  • yoy  =  Year Over Year
  • lfy  =  Last Fiscal Year
  • fye  =  Fiscal Year Ending

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