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Costco Wholesale (COST) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's Return on Sales history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.03% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Sales changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.03%; the TTM value through Feb 2026 reached 0.03%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.03%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.03% in Q1 2026 per COST's latest filing, down from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.03% in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.02% in Q2 2023.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.03%, with a median of 0.03% recorded in 2025.
  • The largest YoY upside for Return on Sales was 0bps in 2022 against a maximum downside of 0bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.03% in 2022, then grew by 10bps to 0.03% in 2023, then grew by 5bps to 0.03% in 2024, then rose by 3bps to 0.03% in 2025, then fell by -2bps to 0.03% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for COST's Return on Sales are 0.03% (Q1 2026), 0.03% (Q4 2025), and 0.03% (Q3 2025).