Costco Wholesale Corporation
General ticker "COST" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Discount Stores
- Capitalization: $427.1B (TTM average)
Costco Wholesale Corporation follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 6.0%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.4%: low 920.36$, high 946.21$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company included in NASDAQ-100 index
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-05-01, amount 1.47$ (Y0.62%)
- Total employees count: 341000 (+2.4%) as of 2025
- US accounted for 72.4% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-09-01
- Top business risk factors: Dependence on us/canada, Strategic risks and growth management, Warehouse location issues, Membership loyalty loss, Supply chain disruptions
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are close to our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-08-31 to 2027-08-31
- 2025-08-31 to 2026-08-31 estimated range: [803.91$, 1117.46$]
- 2026-08-31 to 2027-08-31 estimated range: [860.03$, 1184.62$]
Financial Metrics affecting the COST estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 53.4 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: -5.34 < Operating profit margin, % of 3.77
- Positive: -0.03 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 3.13
- Positive: 19.19 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 37.83 <= 42.57
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.65 <= 0
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.04 <= 0.74
- Positive: 2.87 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 4.48
- Positive: 0.02 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 4.13
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -1.25 <= -0.60
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-09-03 | 2024-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $242,290.00MM | $254,453.00MM | $275,235.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $234,176.00MM | $245,168.00MM | $264,852.00MM |
| Operating Income | $8,114.00MM | $9,285.00MM | $10,383.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $373.00MM | $455.00MM | $435.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $160.00MM | $169.00MM | $154.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $8,487.00MM | $9,740.00MM | $10,818.00MM |
| Taxes | $2,195.00MM | $2,373.00MM | $2,719.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $6,292.00MM | $7,367.00MM | $8,099.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $25,058.00MM | $23,622.00MM | $29,164.00MM |
| Inventory | $16,651.00MM | $18,647.00MM | $18,116.00MM |
| Assets | $68,994.00MM | $69,831.00MM | $77,099.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $11,068.00MM | $11,339.00MM | $13,335.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $4,323.00MM | $4,710.00MM | $5,498.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-4,972.00MM | $-4,409.00MM | $-5,311.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-2,614.00MM | $-10,764.00MM | $-3,775.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $14.18 | $16.60 | $18.24 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.