Costco Wholesale COST
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At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Costco Wholesale (COST) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's (COST) quarterly Profit After Tax came in at $2.0 billion in Q1 2026, up 13.81% YoY from $1.8 billion in Q1 2025, and up 1.7% on a QoQ basis from $2.0 billion in Q4 2025.

Costco Wholesale (COST) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Costco Wholesale (COST) has 18 years of Profit After Tax data on file, last reported at $2.0 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Profit After Tax rose 13.81% year-over-year to $2.0 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $8.5 billion (up 12.18% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $8.1 billion, up 9.94% from the prior year.
  • Profit After Tax rose to $2.0 billion in Q1 2026, from $2.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Profit After Tax ranged from a high of $2.6 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of $1.3 billion in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $1.8 billion and a median of $1.8 billion in 2025 frame the typical range for Profit After Tax.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Profit After Tax jumped 35.94% — and 2023, when it declined 5.1%.
  • Tracing COST's Profit After Tax over 5 years: stood at $1.4 billion in 2022, then grew by 16.5% to $1.6 billion in 2023, then advanced by 13.15% to $1.8 billion in 2024, then grew by 11.29% to $2.0 billion in 2025, then rose by 1.7% to $2.0 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Profit After Tax figures came in at $2.0 billion (Q1 2026), $2.0 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.6 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) PAT (Qtr)
1 Walmart 824.27 Bn 813.54 Bn 44.69 Bn 5.49 Bn
2 Costco Wholesale 420.42 Bn 400.43 Bn 9.01 Bn 2.19 Bn
3 Target 74.99 Bn 71.45 Bn 7.38 Bn 781.00 Mn
4 Dollar General 27.11 Bn 25.76 Bn 3.41 Bn 444.13 Mn
5 Dollar Tree 25.75 Bn 24.74 Bn 1.83 Bn 347.30 Mn
6 BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings 12.37 Bn 12.34 Bn 1.03 Bn 142.73 Mn
7 Bbb Foods 6.05 Bn 5.36 Bn 250.62 Mn 341.79 Mn
8 Pricesmart 5.24 Bn 4.92 Bn 262.22 Mn 39.69 Mn
9 Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings 4.63 Bn 4.38 Bn 275.96 Mn 56.40 Mn

Historic Data

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May 10, 2026 2.19 Bn
Feb 15, 2026 2.04 Bn
Nov 23, 2025 2.00 Bn
Aug 31, 2025 2.61 Bn
May 11, 2025 1.90 Bn
Feb 16, 2025 1.79 Bn
Nov 24, 2024 1.80 Bn
Sep 1, 2024 2.35 Bn
May 12, 2024 1.68 Bn
Feb 18, 2024 1.74 Bn
Nov 26, 2023 1.59 Bn
Sep 3, 2023 2.16 Bn
May 7, 2023 1.30 Bn
Feb 12, 2023 1.47 Bn
Nov 20, 2022 1.36 Bn
Aug 28, 2022 1.94 Bn
May 8, 2022 1.37 Bn
Feb 13, 2022 1.32 Bn
Nov 21, 2021 1.32 Bn
Aug 29, 2021 1.67 Bn