Costco Wholesale Ratios (2009-2025) | COST

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Ratios	Feb2009	May2009	Aug2009	Nov2009	Feb2010	May2010	Aug2010	Nov2010	Feb2011	May2011	Aug2011	Nov2011	Feb2012	May2012	Sep2012	Nov2012	Feb2013	May2013	Sep2013	Nov2013	Feb2014	May2014	Aug2014	Nov2014	Feb2015	May2015	Aug2015	Nov2015	Feb2016	May2016	Aug2016	Nov2016	Feb2017	May2017	Sep2017	Nov2017	Feb2018	May2018	Sep2018	Nov2018	Feb2019	May2019	Sep2019	Nov2019	Feb2020	May2020	Aug2020	Nov2020	Feb2021	May2021	Aug2021	Nov2021	Feb2022	May2022	Aug2022	Nov2022	Feb2023	May2023	Sep2023	Nov2023	Feb2024	May2024	Sep2024	Nov2024	Feb2025	May2025	Aug2025	Nov2025
Profitability
Gross Margin	12.30%	12.84%	12.81%	12.82%	12.52%	12.86%	12.85%	12.90%	12.65%	12.39%	12.41%	12.47%	12.31%	12.46%	12.44%	12.60%	12.48%	12.64%	12.53%	12.76%	12.40%	12.56%	12.63%	12.96%	12.96%	13.08%	13.09%	13.22%	13.14%	13.47%	13.43%	13.56%	12.90%	13.48%	13.25%	13.18%	12.92%	13.07%	12.92%	12.68%	13.21%	12.97%	13.03%	12.98%	12.84%	13.46%	13.08%	13.31%	12.71%	12.95%	12.67%	12.73%	12.31%	11.87%	11.84%	12.25%	12.38%	12.07%	12.31%	12.70%	12.49%	12.55%	12.68%	12.94%	12.52%	12.99%	12.91%	13.07%
EBT Margin	2.29%	2.15%	2.61%	2.44%	2.53%	2.67%	2.84%	2.62%	2.74%	2.59%	2.74%	2.56%	2.73%	2.79%	3.00%	2.72%	2.97%	2.96%	2.94%	2.63%	2.77%	2.81%	3.06%	2.90%	3.17%	3.06%	3.23%	2.80%	2.99%	3.12%	3.23%	3.01%	2.72%	3.34%	3.35%	2.94%	2.99%	3.31%	3.26%	2.67%	3.43%	3.23%	3.14%	2.86%	3.27%	3.12%	3.50%	3.29%	2.95%	3.64%	3.66%	3.37%	3.47%	3.47%	3.49%	3.25%	3.59%	3.30%	3.75%	3.64%	3.83%	3.90%	3.91%	3.71%	3.80%	4.08%	4.07%	3.84%
EBIT Margin	2.36%	2.27%	2.67%	2.47%	2.51%	2.76%	2.85%	2.73%	2.86%	2.70%	2.70%	2.51%	2.80%	2.79%	2.95%	2.69%	2.97%	3.00%	2.94%	2.67%	2.75%	2.86%	3.07%	2.87%	3.19%	3.15%	3.23%	2.82%	3.04%	3.21%	3.26%	3.02%	2.84%	3.35%	3.43%	2.99%	3.08%	3.30%	3.26%	2.71%	3.40%	3.23%	3.08%	2.86%	3.24%	3.16%	3.61%	3.31%	2.99%	3.67%	3.63%	3.36%	3.49%	3.41%	3.46%	3.22%	3.44%	3.13%	3.52%	3.43%	3.53%	3.75%	3.82%	3.53%	3.63%	4.00%	3.88%	3.66%
EBITDA Margin	2.36%	2.27%	2.67%	2.47%	2.51%	2.76%	2.85%	2.73%	2.86%	2.70%	2.70%	2.51%	2.80%	2.79%	2.95%	2.69%	2.97%	3.00%	2.94%	2.67%	2.75%	2.86%	3.07%	2.87%	3.19%	3.15%	3.23%	2.82%	3.04%	3.21%	3.26%	3.02%	2.84%	3.35%	3.43%	2.99%	3.08%	3.30%	3.26%	2.71%	3.40%	3.23%	3.08%	2.86%	3.24%	3.16%	3.61%	3.31%	2.99%	3.67%	3.63%	3.36%	3.49%	3.41%	3.46%	3.22%	3.44%	3.13%	3.52%	3.43%	3.53%	3.75%	3.82%	3.53%	3.63%	4.00%	3.88%	3.66%
Operating Margin	2.36%	2.27%	2.67%	2.47%	2.51%	2.76%	2.85%	2.73%	2.86%	2.70%	2.70%	2.51%	2.80%	2.79%	2.95%	2.69%	2.97%	3.00%	2.94%	2.67%	2.75%	2.86%	3.07%	2.87%	3.19%	3.15%	3.23%	2.82%	3.04%	3.21%	3.26%	3.02%	2.84%	3.35%	3.43%	2.99%	3.08%	3.30%	3.26%	2.71%	3.40%	3.23%	3.08%	2.86%	3.24%	3.16%	3.61%	3.31%	2.99%	3.67%	3.63%	3.36%	3.49%	3.41%	3.46%	3.22%	3.44%	3.13%	3.52%	3.43%	3.53%	3.75%	3.82%	3.53%	3.63%	4.00%	3.88%	3.66%
Net Margin	1.44%	1.34%	1.69%	1.56%	1.63%	1.72%	1.81%	1.73%	1.77%	1.58%	1.77%	1.52%	1.79%	1.81%	1.93%	1.78%	2.23%	1.93%	1.91%	1.72%	1.80%	1.86%	1.98%	1.88%	2.21%	1.99%	2.17%	1.79%	1.97%	2.05%	2.15%	1.98%	1.75%	2.45%	2.20%	2.05%	2.16%	2.35%	2.37%	2.22%	2.55%	2.64%	2.34%	2.31%	2.42%	2.29%	2.63%	2.73%	2.17%	2.72%	2.70%	2.67%	2.54%	2.61%	2.61%	2.51%	2.65%	2.43%	2.74%	2.75%	2.98%	2.87%	2.95%	2.89%	2.81%	3.01%	3.03%	2.97%
FCF Margin	3.38%	2.95%	0.88%	2.53%	2.22%	3.77%	0.83%	2.15%	2.36%	2.58%	1.66%	1.48%	1.27%	3.65%	0.47%	2.59%	-0.13%	3.79%	-0.43%	1.46%	1.01%	4.21%	0.77%	2.13%	1.05%	3.10%	0.62%	0.35%	0.59%	5.22%	-2.78%	7.57%	-0.08%	3.69%	2.49%	3.73%	-1.21%	4.70%	1.12%	4.13%	-2.28%	4.12%	2.70%	3.74%	0.19%	3.22%	6.35%	4.06%	-1.20%	5.09%	2.95%	4.37%	-0.62%	0.71%	1.73%	2.85%	4.17%	1.34%	2.75%	6.25%	-0.51%	3.31%	1.73%	3.21%	2.53%	3.68%	2.21%	4.70%
Efficiency
Inventory Average				5.81B	5.79B	5.46B	5.59B	6.25B	6.49B	6.26B	6.52B	7.13B	7.28B	6.99B	7.07B	7.62B	7.87B	7.61B	7.76B	8.62B	8.80B	8.38B	8.47B	9.05B	9.10B	8.71B	8.89B	9.64B	9.64B	8.92B	8.95B	9.85B	10.13B	9.63B	9.79B	10.52B	10.94B	10.65B	10.83B	11.62B	11.78B	11.33B	11.35B	12.61B	12.83B	11.43B	11.63B	13.57B	14.38B	13.92B	14.10B	15.58B	16.71B	17.05B	17.77B	18.24B	17.33B	16.20B	16.49B	17.33B	17.54B	17.25B	18.04B	19.81B	19.87B	18.68B	18.36B	19.63B
Assets Average				22.73B	23.42B	23.63B	23.86B	24.93B	25.88B	26.34B	26.87B	27.38B	27.76B	27.67B	27.49B	28.23B	29.21B	29.55B	30.14B	31.30B	31.94B	32.13B	32.68B	33.63B	33.91B	33.16B	33.06B	34.03B	33.71B	33.13B	33.52B	34.85B	36.08B	35.63B	35.99B	37.86B	39.04B	39.15B	40.22B	42.32B	43.31B	43.28B	44.58B	48.42B	50.11B	50.26B	53.64B	57.89B	57.57B	56.10B	58.27B	61.71B	63.61B	63.47B	64.01B	65.10B	66.44B	66.80B	67.87B	71.36B	70.02B	67.12B	68.87B	71.61B	73.31B	74.35B	76.29B	79.94B
Equity Average				10.27B	10.59B	10.86B	10.95B	11.32B	11.92B	12.33B	12.56B	12.51B	12.63B	13.00B	12.85B	12.68B	11.56B	10.46B	10.83B	11.21B	11.56B	11.87B	12.27B	12.54B	11.50B	10.62B	10.83B	10.96B	11.16B	11.49B	12.04B	12.28B	12.47B	11.45B	10.63B	11.22B	11.70B	12.25B	12.78B	13.29B	13.83B	14.50B	15.20B	15.90B	16.61B	17.10B	17.95B	17.01B	15.72B	16.55B	17.53B	18.54B	19.49B	20.24B	20.58B	21.06B	22.14B	23.19B	24.32B	25.60B	23.45B	21.27B	22.70B	24.04B	25.01B	26.35B	28.14B	29.73B
Invested Capital			10.18B	10.48B	10.79B	11.00B	10.96B	11.73B	12.12B	13.44B	14.73B	13.35B	13.72B	14.56B	13.90B	14.20B	15.09B	15.53B	12.21B	12.61B	12.91B	12.02B	17.61B	13.77B	15.46B	16.84B	16.98B	12.36B	16.21B	16.86B	13.43B	13.39B	14.97B	11.34B	17.74B	11.36B	12.05B	12.45B	19.72B	13.48B	20.71B	21.35B	16.58B	23.06B	22.62B	26.35B	26.36B	22.98B	23.79B	24.60B	25.61B	26.50B	26.67B	27.13B	20.72B	21.55B	22.88B	23.57B	25.13B	27.23B	21.84B	22.85B	23.70B	24.45B	25.58B	27.12B	29.16B	30.30B
Asset Utilization Ratio				3.18	3.17	3.22	3.27	3.20	3.17	3.22	3.31	3.33	3.36	3.44	3.61	3.59	3.53	3.55	3.49	3.40	3.38	3.41	3.45	3.40	3.41	3.50	3.51	3.43	3.48	3.56	3.54	3.43	3.36	3.46	3.59	3.51	3.48	3.56	3.52	3.42	3.40	3.46	3.43	3.19	3.16	3.20	3.11	2.99	3.10	3.33	3.36	3.29	3.30	3.43	3.55	3.55	3.53	3.52	3.57	3.44	3.55	3.78	3.69	3.61	3.60	3.61	3.61	3.51
Leverage & Solvency
Interest Coverage Ratio	15.92	14.36	18.12	17.83	18.08	18.19	20.24	20.19	22.07	20.59	21.17	20.11	23.85	32.79	43.14	49.15	29.52	28.88	26.50	24.74	27.85	29.48	31.17	29.62	32.48	26.48	28.90	23.24	27.61	28.60	30.54	29.28	27.23	46.10	27.36	25.70	27.46	28.84	30.13	26.36	35.38	32.06	32.51	27.92	37.24	31.86	37.82	36.67	33.50	41.58	43.75	43.41	50.33	51.17	52.02	51.50	55.97	46.64	49.66	52.21	50.29	53.59	62.08	59.35	64.33	72.29	72.63	70.37
Debt to Equity			0.22	0.21	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.19	0.18	0.17	0.17	0.18	0.18	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.47	0.46	0.45	0.44	0.43	0.41	0.41	0.40	0.48	0.56	0.57	0.55	0.44	0.44	0.42	0.42	0.40	0.39	0.60	0.57	0.54	0.52	0.50	0.48	0.46	0.44	0.44	0.42	0.33	0.53	0.41	0.50	0.47	0.45	0.41	0.39	0.33	0.32	0.32	0.30	0.29	0.28	0.26	0.27	0.33	0.32	0.25	0.23	0.23	0.21	0.20	0.19
Debt Ratio			0.10	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.17	0.16	0.17	0.15	0.16	0.15	0.16	0.15	0.15	0.18	0.19	0.17	0.15	0.15	0.16	0.14	0.14	0.11	0.18	0.16	0.17	0.16	0.16	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.13	0.11	0.18	0.14	0.13	0.14	0.13	0.13	0.12	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.09	0.09	0.10	0.10	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.07
Equity Ratio			0.46	0.44	0.46	0.46	0.46	0.45	0.47	0.46	0.47	0.44	0.47	0.47	0.46	0.44	0.35	0.35	0.36	0.35	0.37	0.37	0.38	0.36	0.31	0.33	0.33	0.32	0.35	0.35	0.37	0.33	0.36	0.29	0.30	0.29	0.31	0.31	0.32	0.31	0.33	0.34	0.34	0.32	0.35	0.33	0.34	0.25	0.29	0.30	0.31	0.30	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.33	0.34	0.35	0.36	0.35	0.31	0.32	0.34	0.33	0.35	0.36	0.38	0.37
Times Interest Earned	15.92	14.36	18.12	17.83	18.08	18.19	20.24	20.19	22.07	20.59	21.17	20.11	23.85	32.79	43.14	49.15	29.52	28.88	26.50	24.74	27.85	29.48	31.17	29.62	32.48	26.48	28.90	23.24	27.61	28.60	30.54	29.28	27.23	46.10	27.36	25.70	27.46	28.84	30.13	26.36	35.38	32.06	32.51	27.92	37.24	31.86	37.82	36.67	33.50	41.58	43.75	43.41	50.33	51.17	52.02	51.50	55.97	46.64	49.66	52.21	50.29	53.59	62.08	59.35	64.33	72.29	72.63	70.37
Dividends & Payouts
FCF Payout Ratio	0.12	0.15	0.80	0.18		0.12	0.90	0.21		0.17	0.45		0.36	0.13	1.58			0.13	-1.92			0.13	1.13		8.19	2.92	1.57		1.05	0.13	-0.39	0.09		0.19	3.33		-0.55	0.14	0.50	0.35		0.18	0.22	0.41		0.24	0.18	0.18	-8.28	0.13	0.38	0.16		0.94	0.64	0.26		0.55	0.21	0.25	-23.69	0.27	0.37	0.26		0.22	0.61	0.18
Valuation
Enterprise Value	-2.71B	-3.08B	-3.65B	-4.10B	-4.63B	-5.17B	-4.65B	-4.78B	-4.84B	-5.64B	-5.04B	-5.38B	-5.20B	-5.38B	-4.70B	-5.41B	-5.48B	-6.33B	-5.95B	-6.25B	-6.29B	-7.07B	-7.10B	-7.41B	-7.23B	-6.58B	-6.19B	-6.05B	-4.62B	-5.78B	-4.48B	-5.86B	-5.69B	-5.44B	-5.48B	-6.61B	-5.53B	-6.74B	-6.96B	-7.64B	-6.80B	-7.83B	-9.10B	-9.66B	-8.33B	-11.37B	-12.88B	-13.97B	-8.78B	-10.63B	-11.66B	-12.94B	-11.74B	-11.29B	-11.04B	-11.67B	-13.70B	-13.70B	-15.23B	-17.86B	-10.32B	-11.50B	-11.14B	-11.83B	-13.16B	-14.85B	-15.28B	-17.18B
Return Ratios
Return on Sales	0.01%	0.01%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
Return on Capital Employed				0.14%	0.14%	0.15%	0.15%	0.16%	0.15%	0.17%	0.16%	0.17%	0.16%	0.17%	0.18%	0.20%	0.18%	0.19%	0.18%	0.19%	0.17%	0.18%	0.18%	0.19%	0.22%	0.22%	0.22%	0.23%	0.20%	0.23%	0.20%	0.24%	0.22%	0.27%	0.22%	0.24%	0.22%	0.23%	0.22%	0.23%	0.22%	0.23%	0.22%	0.22%	0.18%	0.18%	0.19%	0.23%	0.19%	0.23%	0.23%	0.25%	0.23%	0.24%	0.24%	0.25%	0.23%	0.22%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.28%	0.28%	0.29%	0.27%	0.27%	0.26%	0.28%
Return on Invested Capital				0.11%	0.11%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.13%	0.12%	0.11%	0.11%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.13%	0.14%	0.13%	0.15%	0.17%	0.16%	0.16%	0.14%	0.14%	0.16%	0.15%	0.14%	0.16%	0.17%	0.14%	0.16%	0.18%	0.17%	0.20%	0.19%	0.20%	0.26%	0.25%	0.20%	0.20%	0.20%	0.17%	0.19%	0.19%	0.17%	0.15%	0.16%	0.18%	0.19%	0.20%	0.20%	0.20%	0.21%	0.21%	0.25%	0.28%	0.27%	0.25%	0.25%	0.24%	0.26%	0.30%	0.30%	0.30%	0.29%	0.29%	0.28%	0.27%
Return on Assets				0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.08%	0.07%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.07%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.09%	0.09%	0.08%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.10%	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%	0.10%	0.11%	0.11%	0.10%
Return on Equity				0.11%	0.11%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.13%	0.13%	0.14%	0.15%	0.17%	0.20%	0.19%	0.18%	0.17%	0.17%	0.17%	0.17%	0.20%	0.22%	0.22%	0.22%	0.21%	0.21%	0.20%	0.20%	0.19%	0.22%	0.26%	0.25%	0.26%	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%	0.24%	0.24%	0.23%	0.22%	0.23%	0.26%	0.28%	0.29%	0.29%	0.28%	0.29%	0.28%	0.29%	0.28%	0.27%	0.26%	0.26%	0.25%	0.29%	0.34%	0.32%	0.32%	0.30%	0.30%	0.29%	0.28%

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