Costco Wholesale (COST) Price to Sales (2010 - 2026)
Costco Wholesale's Price to Sales came in at 1.52 for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended May 10, 2026), down 8.4% from 1.66 a year earlier and down 3.5% from the prior quarter.
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Costco Wholesale (COST) Price to Sales (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Going back to fiscal Q2 2010, Costco Wholesale's Price to Sales data covers 66 quarters.
- Going back by fiscal year, Price to Sales was 1.55 in FY2024 (+56.2%), 0.99 in FY2023 (-4.1%), 1.04 in FY2022 (+2.1%) and 1.02 in FY2021 (+10.2%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Price to Sales is 0.94 (fiscal Q3 2023) to 1.80 (fiscal Q2 2025).
- Year-over-year, Price to Sales has declined for four consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 16.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Price to Sales over five years came in fiscal Q4 2024 (growth of 56.2%), and the weakest in fiscal Q1 2026 (a decline of 13.9%).
- Business Quant data shows COST's Price to Sales at 1.58 (Q2 2026), 1.42 (Q1 2026) and 1.52 (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart | 827.17 Bn | 789.87 Bn | 49.13 Bn |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale | 408.32 Bn | 337.62 Bn | 9.01 Bn |
| 3 | Sysco | 37.11 Bn | 31.36 Bn | 4.13 Bn |
| 4 | Kroger | 34.86 Bn | 21.01 Bn | 7.86 Bn |
| 5 | Dollar General | 26.24 Bn | 20.91 Bn | 3.68 Bn |
| 6 | Caseys General Stores | 22.83 Bn | 20.83 Bn | 1.24 Bn |
| 7 | Dollar Tree | 21.05 Bn | 17.67 Bn | 2.10 Bn |
| 8 | US Foods Holding | 20.97 Bn | 20.76 Bn | 1.92 Bn |
| 9 | Tractor Supply | 16.22 Bn | 15.39 Bn | 1.68 Bn |
| 10 | Performance Food | 14.65 Bn | 14.43 Bn | 2.17 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 10, 2026 | 1.52 |
| Feb 15, 2026 | 1.58 |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 1.42 |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 1.52 |
| May 11, 2025 | 1.66 |
| Feb 16, 2025 | 1.80 |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 1.65 |
| Sep 1, 2024 | 1.55 |
| May 12, 2024 | 1.38 |
| Feb 18, 2024 | 1.29 |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 1.07 |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.99 |
| May 7, 2023 | 0.94 |
| Feb 12, 2023 | 0.95 |
| Nov 20, 2022 | 1.01 |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 1.04 |
| May 8, 2022 | 1.03 |
| Feb 13, 2022 | 1.07 |
| Nov 21, 2021 | 1.17 |
| Aug 29, 2021 | 1.02 |
API Access
Costco Wholesale Price to Sales 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=price-to-sales&ticker=COST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-sales", "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=price-to-sales&ticker=COST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();