Costco Wholesale (COST) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)
Costco Wholesale's (COST) Interest Coverage Ratio came in at 87.97 for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended May 10, 2026), up 21.7% from 72.29 a year earlier and up 11.4% from the prior quarter.
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Costco Wholesale (COST) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through May 10, 2026, Interest Coverage Ratio at Costco Wholesale was 76.88, up 19.7% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Aug 31, 2025), it came in at 67.42, up 22.7% from FY2024.
- Annual Interest Coverage Ratio has increased for seven consecutive fiscal years.
- In prior fiscal years, Costco Wholesale's Interest Coverage Ratio was 54.94 in FY2024 (+8.3%), 50.71 in FY2023 (+2.8%), 49.32 in FY2022 (+25.7%) and 39.23 in FY2021 (+15.5%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio in data going back to fiscal Q2 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Interest Coverage Ratio has increased in each of the last nine quarters, with growth averaging 22.7% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Interest Coverage Ratio in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2022, with growth of 50.2%; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2024, with a decline of 10.1%.
- According to Business Quant data, Interest Coverage Ratio for the three prior fiscal quarters was 78.97 (Q2 2026), 70.37 (Q1 2026) and 72.63 (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Interest Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart | 824.47 Bn | 787.18 Bn | 49.13 Bn | 68.49 |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale | 403.75 Bn | 333.05 Bn | 9.01 Bn | 87.97 |
| 3 | Sysco | 37.36 Bn | 31.61 Bn | 4.13 Bn | - |
| 4 | Kroger | 34.63 Bn | 20.79 Bn | 7.86 Bn | 323.67 |
| 5 | Dollar General | 26.38 Bn | 21.06 Bn | 3.68 Bn | - |
| 6 | Caseys General Stores | 22.49 Bn | 20.48 Bn | 1.24 Bn | 21.99 |
| 7 | Dollar Tree | 21.40 Bn | 18.02 Bn | 2.10 Bn | - |
| 8 | US Foods Holding | 19.94 Bn | 19.74 Bn | 1.92 Bn | 5.75 |
| 9 | Tractor Supply | 16.33 Bn | 15.49 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 27.31 |
| 10 | Performance Food | 14.29 Bn | 14.07 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 3.18 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 10, 2026 | 87.97 |
| Feb 15, 2026 | 78.97 |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 70.37 |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 72.63 |
| May 11, 2025 | 72.29 |
| Feb 16, 2025 | 64.33 |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 59.35 |
| Sep 1, 2024 | 62.08 |
| May 12, 2024 | 53.59 |
| Feb 18, 2024 | 50.29 |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 52.21 |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 49.66 |
| May 7, 2023 | 46.64 |
| Feb 12, 2023 | 55.97 |
| Nov 20, 2022 | 51.50 |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 52.02 |
| May 8, 2022 | 51.17 |
| Feb 13, 2022 | 50.33 |
| Nov 21, 2021 | 43.41 |
| Aug 29, 2021 | 43.75 |
API Access
Costco Wholesale Interest Coverage Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=interest-coverage-ratio&ticker=COST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "interest-coverage-ratio", "ticker": "COST", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=interest-coverage-ratio&ticker=COST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();