Costco Wholesale (COST) Operating Income (2009 - 2026)

For the trailing twelve months through May 10, 2026, Operating Income at Costco Wholesale was $11.23 billion, up 11.3% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Aug 31, 2025), it was $10.38 billion, up 11.8% from FY2024.

• Annual Operating Income has increased for 16 consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 13.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
• In prior fiscal years, Costco Wholesale's Operating Income was $9.29 billion in FY2024 (+14.4%), $8.11 billion in FY2023 (+4.1%), $7.79 billion in FY2022 (+16.2%) and $6.71 billion in FY2021 (+23.4%).
• Quarterly Operating Income has run from a low of $1.68 billion in fiscal Q3 2023 to a high of $3.34 billion in fiscal Q4 2025 over five years.
• On a year-over-year basis, Operating Income has increased in each of the last 12 quarters, with growth averaging 11.7% 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%.
• According to Business Quant data, Operating Income for the three prior fiscal quarters was $2.61 billion (Q2 2026), $2.46 billion (Q1 2026) and $3.34 billion (Q4 2025).