Costco Wholesale (COST) Operating Income (2009 - 2026)
Costco Wholesale (COST) posted Operating Income of $3.8 billion for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Aug 30, 2026), up 13.8% from $3.34 billion a year earlier.
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Costco Wholesale (COST) Operating Income (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Aug 30, 2026), Costco Wholesale's Operating Income came in at $11.69 billion, up 12.5% from FY2025.
- Annual Operating Income has increased for 17 consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 11.7% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Costco Wholesale's Operating Income was $10.38 billion in FY2025 (+11.8%), $9.29 billion in FY2024 (+14.4%), $8.11 billion in FY2023 (+4.1%) and $7.79 billion in FY2022 (+16.2%).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Operating Income in data going back to fiscal Q2 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Income has increased in each of the last 13 quarters, with growth averaging 12.2% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Income in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2022, with growth of 35.2%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2023, with a decline of 6.3%.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Op. Inc (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart | 936.34 Bn | 892.78 Bn | 49.13 Bn | 9.38 Bn |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale | 443.48 Bn | 366.76 Bn | 12.19 Bn | 3.80 Bn |
| 3 | Sysco | 39.33 Bn | 33.58 Bn | 4.13 Bn | 983.00 Mn |
| 4 | Kroger | 38.87 Bn | 25.03 Bn | 7.86 Bn | 971.00 Mn |
| 5 | Dollar General | 29.16 Bn | 23.84 Bn | 3.68 Bn | 769.16 Mn |
| 6 | Caseys General Stores | 25.71 Bn | 23.71 Bn | 1.24 Bn | 485.08 Mn |
| 7 | Dollar Tree | 23.91 Bn | 20.53 Bn | 2.10 Bn | 690.10 Mn |
| 8 | US Foods Holding | 22.37 Bn | 22.17 Bn | 1.92 Bn | 443.00 Mn |
| 9 | Tractor Supply | 17.05 Bn | 16.22 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 467.12 Mn |
| 10 | Performance Food | 15.11 Bn | 14.90 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 323.80 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | 3.80 Bn |
| May 10, 2026 | 2.82 Bn |
| Feb 15, 2026 | 2.61 Bn |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 2.46 Bn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 3.34 Bn |
| May 11, 2025 | 2.53 Bn |
| Feb 16, 2025 | 2.32 Bn |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 2.20 Bn |
| Sep 1, 2024 | 3.04 Bn |
| May 12, 2024 | 2.20 Bn |
| Feb 18, 2024 | 2.06 Bn |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 1.98 Bn |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 2.78 Bn |
| May 7, 2023 | 1.68 Bn |
| Feb 12, 2023 | 1.90 Bn |
| Nov 20, 2022 | 1.75 Bn |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 2.50 Bn |
| May 8, 2022 | 1.79 Bn |
| Feb 13, 2022 | 1.81 Bn |
| Nov 21, 2021 | 1.69 Bn |
API Access
Costco Wholesale Operating Income 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=operating-income&ticker=COST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-income", "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=operating-income&ticker=COST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();