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Costco Wholesale (COST) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale filings provide 18 years of EBT Margin readings, the most recent being 3.91% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin rose 11.0% to 3.91% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was 3.98%, a 15.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 3.93%, up 10.0% from a year prior.
  • EBT Margin hit 3.91% in Q1 2026 for Costco Wholesale, up from 3.84% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 4.08% in Q2 2025 to a low of 3.25% in Q4 2022.
  • Median EBT Margin over the past 5 years was 3.75% (2023), compared with a mean of 3.71%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBT Margin: decreased -17bps in 2022 and later surged 60bps in 2024.
  • Costco Wholesale's EBT Margin stood at 3.25% in 2022, then rose by 12bps to 3.64% in 2023, then increased by 2bps to 3.71% in 2024, then rose by 3bps to 3.84% in 2025, then rose by 2bps to 3.91% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBT Margin were 3.91% (Q1 2026), 3.84% (Q4 2025), and 4.07% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.