Costco Wholesale (COST) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)
Costco Wholesale's (COST) Interest Coverage Ratio came in at 84.47 for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Aug 30, 2026), up 16.3% from 72.63 a year earlier.
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Costco Wholesale (COST) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Aug 30, 2026), Costco Wholesale's Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 80.59, up 19.5% from FY2025.
- Annual Interest Coverage Ratio has increased for eight consecutive fiscal years.
- In prior fiscal years, Costco Wholesale's Interest Coverage Ratio was 67.42 in FY2025 (+22.7%), 54.94 in FY2024 (+8.3%), 50.71 in FY2023 (+2.8%) and 49.32 in FY2022 (+25.7%).
- Quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio has run from a low of 43.41 in fiscal Q1 2022 to a high of 87.97 in fiscal Q3 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Interest Coverage Ratio has increased in each of the last ten quarters, with growth averaging 21.6% 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%.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Interest Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart | 936.34 Bn | 892.78 Bn | 49.13 Bn | 68.49 |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale | 443.48 Bn | 366.76 Bn | 12.19 Bn | 84.47 |
| 3 | Sysco | 39.33 Bn | 33.58 Bn | 4.13 Bn | - |
| 4 | Kroger | 38.87 Bn | 25.03 Bn | 7.86 Bn | 323.67 |
| 5 | Dollar General | 29.16 Bn | 23.84 Bn | 3.68 Bn | - |
| 6 | Caseys General Stores | 25.71 Bn | 23.71 Bn | 1.24 Bn | 21.99 |
| 7 | Dollar Tree | 23.91 Bn | 20.53 Bn | 2.10 Bn | - |
| 8 | US Foods Holding | 22.37 Bn | 22.17 Bn | 1.92 Bn | 5.75 |
| 9 | Tractor Supply | 17.05 Bn | 16.22 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 27.31 |
| 10 | Performance Food | 15.11 Bn | 14.90 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 3.18 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | 84.47 |
| 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 |
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();