Costco Wholesale COST
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Costco Wholesale (COST) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2023)

Updated

Costco Wholesale (COST) recorded Deferred Taxes of $306 million in FY2026 (year ended Aug 30, 2026), compared with -$108 million in FY2025.

Analysis

Costco Wholesale (COST) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2023) Analysis & Trends

Starting with FY2009, Costco Wholesale's Deferred Taxes history includes 17 fiscal years.

  • Annual Deferred Taxes has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 39.0% (FY2021 to FY2026).
  • The FY2026 figure is the highest annual Deferred Taxes in data going back to FY2009.
  • Per Business Quant data, COST's Deferred Taxes was -$108 million in FY2025, -$60 million in FY2024 and -$37 million in FY2022.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Walmart 937.70 Bn 894.13 Bn 49.13 Bn 205.00 Mn
2 Costco Wholesale 442.49 Bn 365.77 Bn 12.19 Bn -
3 Sysco 39.30 Bn 33.55 Bn 4.13 Bn 24.00 Mn
4 Kroger 38.65 Bn 24.80 Bn 7.86 Bn -
5 Dollar General 29.35 Bn 24.03 Bn 3.68 Bn 31.49 Mn
6 Caseys General Stores 25.54 Bn 23.54 Bn 1.24 Bn 32.80 Mn
7 Dollar Tree 24.08 Bn 20.70 Bn 2.10 Bn 83.50 Mn
8 US Foods Holding 22.38 Bn 22.18 Bn 1.92 Bn 2.00 Mn
9 Tractor Supply 17.08 Bn 16.25 Bn 1.68 Bn -26.51 Mn
10 Performance Food 15.12 Bn 14.90 Bn 2.17 Bn 49.00 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 7, 2023 -4.00 Mn
Feb 12, 2023 -16.00 Mn
Nov 20, 2022 -2.00 Mn
Aug 28, 2022 -35.00 Mn
May 8, 2022 13.00 Mn
Feb 13, 2022 -13.00 Mn
Nov 21, 2021 -2.00 Mn
Aug 29, 2021 75.00 Mn
May 9, 2021 5.00 Mn
Feb 14, 2021 -12.00 Mn
Nov 22, 2020 -9.00 Mn
Aug 30, 2020 109.00 Mn
May 10, 2020 -6.00 Mn
Feb 16, 2020 -4.00 Mn
Nov 24, 2019 5.00 Mn
Sep 1, 2019 180.00 Mn
May 12, 2019 -6.00 Mn
Feb 17, 2019 4.00 Mn
Nov 25, 2018 -31.00 Mn
Sep 2, 2018 -28.00 Mn
API Access

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