Costco Wholesale (COST) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)
Costco Wholesale (COST) posted Net Margin of 3.13% for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Aug 30, 2026), up 0.10 percentage points from 3.03% a year earlier.
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Costco Wholesale (COST) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Aug 30, 2026), Costco Wholesale's Net Margin came in at 3.04%, up 0.10 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Net Margin has increased for six consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +0.49 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Costco Wholesale's Net Margin was 2.94% in FY2025 (+0.05 pp), 2.90% in FY2024 (+0.30 pp), 2.60% in FY2023 (+0.02 pp) and 2.57% in FY2022 (+0.02 pp).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Net Margin in data going back to fiscal Q2 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Net Margin has increased in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.07 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Net Margin in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2024, with a gain of 0.45 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2025, with a drop of 0.18 percentage points.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart | 999.02 Bn | 955.46 Bn | 49.13 Bn | 3.39% |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale | 473.50 Bn | 396.78 Bn | 12.19 Bn | 3.13% |
| 3 | Kroger | 41.27 Bn | 27.43 Bn | 7.86 Bn | 1.84% |
| 4 | Sysco | 37.80 Bn | 29.72 Bn | 4.05 Bn | 2.42% |
| 5 | Dollar General | 30.21 Bn | 24.89 Bn | 3.68 Bn | 4.87% |
| 6 | Dollar Tree | 26.28 Bn | 22.90 Bn | 2.10 Bn | 10.52% |
| 7 | Caseys General Stores | 25.54 Bn | 23.53 Bn | 1.24 Bn | 4.82% |
| 8 | US Foods Holding | 23.79 Bn | 23.59 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 2.10% |
| 9 | Tractor Supply | 19.46 Bn | 18.61 Bn | 1.42 Bn | 5.75% |
| 10 | Performance Food | 17.57 Bn | 17.36 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 0.72% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | 3.13% |
| May 10, 2026 | 3.11% |
| Feb 15, 2026 | 2.92% |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 2.97% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 3.03% |
| May 11, 2025 | 3.01% |
| Feb 16, 2025 | 2.81% |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 2.89% |
| Sep 1, 2024 | 2.95% |
| May 12, 2024 | 2.87% |
| Feb 18, 2024 | 2.98% |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 2.75% |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 2.74% |
| May 7, 2023 | 2.43% |
| Feb 12, 2023 | 2.65% |
| Nov 20, 2022 | 2.51% |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 2.59% |
| May 8, 2022 | 2.57% |
| Feb 13, 2022 | 2.50% |
| Nov 21, 2021 | 2.63% |
API Access
Costco Wholesale Net Margin 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=net-margin&ticker=COST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "net-margin", "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=net-margin&ticker=COST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();