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

Costco Wholesale's EBT Margin history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 3.91% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, EBT Margin rose 11.0% year-over-year to 3.91%; the TTM value through Feb 2026 reached 3.98%, up 15.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 3.93%, 10.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin reached 3.91% in Q1 2026 per COST's latest filing, 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.
  • Average EBT Margin over 5 years is 3.71%, with a median of 3.75% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBT Margin: dropped -17bps in 2022, then skyrocketed 60bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for COST's EBT Margin are 3.91% (Q1 2026), 3.84% (Q4 2025), and 4.07% (Q3 2025).