Growth Metrics

Costco Wholesale (COST) EBIT (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale filings provide 18 years of EBIT readings, the most recent being $2.6 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBIT rose 12.52% to $2.6 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was $10.9 billion, a 12.19% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $10.4 billion, up 11.83% from a year prior.
  • EBIT hit $2.6 billion in Q1 2026 for Costco Wholesale, up from $2.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBIT ranged from a high of $3.3 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of $1.7 billion in Q2 2023.
  • Median EBIT over the past 5 years was $2.2 billion (2024), compared with a mean of $2.3 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBIT: soared 35.22% in 2022 and later dropped 6.25% in 2023.
  • Costco Wholesale's EBIT stood at $1.8 billion in 2022, then increased by 13.31% to $2.0 billion in 2023, then increased by 10.69% to $2.2 billion in 2024, then increased by 12.16% to $2.5 billion in 2025, then grew by 5.81% to $2.6 billion in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBIT were $2.6 billion (Q1 2026), $2.5 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.3 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.