Costco Wholesale COST
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Costco Wholesale (COST) Other Operating Expenses (2009 - 2021)

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Costco Wholesale's Other Operating Expenses came in at $35 million for fiscal Q4 2021 (quarter ended Aug 29, 2021), up 34.6% from $26 million a year earlier.

Analysis

Costco Wholesale (COST) Other Operating Expenses (2009 - 2021) Analysis & Trends

For FY2021 (ended Aug 29, 2021), Costco Wholesale's Other Operating Expenses was $76 million, up 38.2% from FY2020.

  • Other Operating Expenses carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of -0.5% (FY2016 to FY2021).
  • Going back by fiscal year, Other Operating Expenses was $55 million in FY2020 (-36.0%), $86 million in FY2019 (+26.5%), $68 million in FY2018 (-17.1%) and $82 million in FY2017 (+5.1%).
  • The fiscal Q4 2021 figure represents the highest quarterly Other Operating Expenses since fiscal Q4 2019.
  • Year-over-year, Other Operating Expenses has increased for four consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 0.9% over the last eight quarters.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in Other Operating Expenses over five years came in fiscal Q3 2019 (growth of 75.0%), and the weakest in fiscal Q3 2018 (a decline of 46.7%).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Walmart 941.44 Bn 897.87 Bn 49.13 Bn
2 Costco Wholesale 446.45 Bn 369.73 Bn 12.19 Bn
3 Sysco 39.73 Bn 33.98 Bn 4.13 Bn
4 Kroger 39.43 Bn 25.58 Bn 7.86 Bn
5 Dollar General 29.46 Bn 24.14 Bn 3.68 Bn
6 Caseys General Stores 25.85 Bn 23.84 Bn 1.24 Bn
7 Dollar Tree 23.89 Bn 20.51 Bn 2.10 Bn
8 US Foods Holding 22.42 Bn 22.21 Bn 1.92 Bn
9 Tractor Supply 15.88 Bn 15.05 Bn 1.68 Bn
10 Performance Food 15.19 Bn 14.97 Bn 2.17 Bn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Aug 29, 2021 35.00 Mn
May 9, 2021 10.00 Mn
Feb 14, 2021 9.00 Mn
Nov 22, 2020 22.00 Mn
Aug 30, 2020 26.00 Mn
May 10, 2020 8.00 Mn
Feb 16, 2020 7.00 Mn
Nov 24, 2019 14.00 Mn
Sep 1, 2019 41.00 Mn
May 12, 2019 14.00 Mn
Feb 17, 2019 9.00 Mn
Nov 25, 2018 22.00 Mn
Sep 2, 2018 31.00 Mn
May 13, 2018 8.00 Mn
Feb 18, 2018 12.00 Mn
Nov 26, 2017 17.00 Mn
Sep 3, 2017 30.00 Mn
May 7, 2017 15.00 Mn
Feb 12, 2017 15.00 Mn
Nov 20, 2016 22.00 Mn
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