Costco Wholesale COST Ratios (2009-2026)

NASDAQ COST
$924.59 +1.67 (+0.18%)
At close: Sep 29, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT
Reported Financials

Costco Wholesale Quarterly Ratios

Periods 70 quarters
Latest May 2026

Costco Wholesale reported a gross margin of 12.77% and a net margin of 3.11% for the quarter ended May 2026. These financial ratios cover 70 quarters of results from Feb 2009 through May 2026, standardized by Business Quant from the company’s SEC filings.

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 Feb2026 May2026
Profitability
Gross Margin
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%12.76%12.77%
EBT Margin
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%3.91%4.17%
EBIT Margin
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%3.74%3.99%
EBITDA Margin
4.52%4.22%4.33%4.22%4.30%4.04%4.29%4.01%4.39%4.30%4.41%4.64%4.70%4.42%4.50%4.88%4.78%4.55%4.60%4.84%
Operating Margin
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%3.74%3.99%
Net Margin
2.66%2.63%2.50%2.57%2.59%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%2.92%3.11%
FCF Margin
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%2.45%2.89%
Efficiency
Inventory AverageInventory Avg.
14.10B15.58B16.71B17.05B17.77B18.24B17.33B16.20B16.49B17.33B17.54B17.25B18.04B19.81B19.87B18.68B18.36B19.63B20.07B19.20B
Assets AverageAssets Avg.
58.27B61.71B63.61B63.47B64.01B65.10B66.44B66.80B67.87B71.36B70.02B67.12B68.87B71.61B73.31B74.35B76.29B79.94B83.21B85.03B
Equity AverageEquity Avg.
17.53B18.54B19.49B20.24B20.58B21.06B22.14B23.19B24.32B25.60B23.45B21.27B22.70B24.04B25.01B26.35B28.14B29.73B31.20B32.80B
Invested CapitalInvested Cap.
25.57B26.47B26.63B27.10B27.20B28.02B29.38B30.07B31.52B33.09B27.70B28.68B29.52B30.20B31.33B32.84B34.88B35.97B37.77B39.18B
Asset Utilization RatioAsset Util.
3.363.293.303.433.553.553.533.523.573.443.553.783.693.613.603.613.613.513.443.45
Leverage & Solvency
Interest Coverage RatioInterest Cover
43.7543.4150.3351.1752.0251.5055.9746.6449.6652.2150.2953.5962.0859.3564.3372.2972.6370.3778.9787.97
Debt Ratio
0.130.120.110.100.100.100.100.100.090.090.100.100.080.080.080.080.070.070.070.07
Times Interest Earned
43.7543.4150.3351.1752.0251.5055.9746.6449.6652.2150.2953.5962.0859.3564.3372.2972.6370.3778.9787.97
Valuation
Price to EarningsP/E
39.7445.8340.9839.5040.2839.5036.6536.8738.3040.2747.2748.6653.6856.4962.4157.0151.6348.0752.8650.62
Price to SalesP/S
1.021.171.071.031.041.010.950.940.991.071.291.381.551.651.801.661.521.421.581.52
Price to BookP/B
11.0112.4611.3110.8711.4010.829.739.389.6210.0415.4716.0316.7417.5018.6016.4814.3413.1714.0813.35
Enterprise Value
187.31B223.76B214.19B211.72B224.37B220.76B208.07B207.49B225.76B244.57B310.80B337.52B384.29B416.14B462.45B432.26B402.83B381.90B433.65B427.42B
EV to EBIT
27.9232.1028.7827.9628.7928.1226.2026.5027.8229.3036.5437.4041.3943.8247.4342.8738.8035.8639.6438.08
EV to EBITDA
22.0725.4923.1022.4523.1522.6021.0421.1322.1523.3429.1030.0233.3535.3238.3034.7431.4529.1032.2230.99
Market Capitalization
198.97B236.70B225.93B223.00B235.42B232.43B221.77B221.19B240.99B262.44B321.13B349.02B395.44B427.96B475.61B447.11B418.11B399.09B451.89B447.41B
Price to FCFP/FCF
37.0540.6837.4554.3967.2481.5240.5137.9935.7329.8151.7947.0659.6585.3568.6861.1153.3544.3349.6650.81
EV to FCF
34.8838.4535.5151.6464.0977.4338.0035.6333.4727.7850.1245.5157.9783.0066.7859.0851.4042.4247.6648.54
EV to CFO
20.9123.3821.5727.0530.3532.7321.8221.0720.4018.6629.1927.8833.8941.8338.6534.7930.2125.8728.8928.49
Return Ratios
Return on Sales [ROS]ROS
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%3.74%3.99%
Return on Capital Employed [ROCE]ROCE
23.27%24.57%23.21%23.94%24.34%24.51%23.41%22.31%23.66%24.13%24.07%28.42%27.79%28.50%26.86%27.42%26.50%27.92%25.77%26.16%
Return on Invested Capital [ROIC]ROIC
20.35%20.20%21.08%21.21%21.66%21.32%20.78%19.69%19.54%19.09%20.94%23.94%24.13%24.24%23.86%23.65%22.96%22.50%22.26%21.94%
Return on Assets [ROA]ROA
8.72%8.50%8.79%9.03%9.24%9.12%9.15%9.00%9.27%9.13%9.70%10.69%10.70%10.58%10.40%10.55%10.62%10.38%10.27%10.39%
Return on Equity [ROE]ROE
28.98%28.28%28.69%28.31%28.74%28.17%27.46%25.92%25.88%25.45%28.97%33.73%32.46%31.52%30.47%29.76%28.78%27.92%27.41%26.95%

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