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Costco Wholesale Corp

Ticker: COST ISIN: US22160K1051
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Stock Large-cap Dividend payer
Market cap
$426.23B
P/E
48.32
Forward P/E
42.37
Profit margin
3.01%
Revenue growth QoQ
21.50%
Div. yield
0.56%
Beta
0.86
$915.74 -1.04%
Price as of 2026-09-04 · NASDAQ

Performance by timeframe

Rolling returns
1 Month -3.88%
6 Months -7.90%
1 Year -5.22%
5 Years +15.72% p.a.+107.39%
10 Years +21.75% p.a.+614.63%
Since inception +16.24% p.a.+4,182.06%
Calendar year returns
YTD +6.66%
2025 -5.39%
2024 +39.62%
2023 +49.00%
2022 -19.05%
2021 +51.82%

Key stats

Market cap
426.23B
P/E
48.32
Dividend yield
0.56%
Beta
0.86
52-week range
840.35 - 1,094.76
50-day MA
950.58
200-day MA
958.50
Section 1

Business overview

Company profile data from fundamentals.

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. It offers merchandise, including sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; non-food merchandise comprising appliances, small electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, lawn and garden, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal, automotive, stamps, tickets, apparel, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and fresh food, such as meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. The company is also involved in warehouse ancillary operations, which include gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers. In addition, it engages in e-commerce, business centers, travel, and other businesses. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.

Sector Consumer Defensive
Industry Discount Stores
Country United States
Exchange NASDAQ
Section 2

Financial quality

Profitability and balance-sheet quality indicators from reported fundamentals.

Profitability

ROE 29.15%
ROA 8.67%
Profit margin 3.01%
Operating margin 3.67%
PEG ratio 4.66
Revenue/share TTM 661.29
Revenue TTM 293.59B
EBITDA 13.79B
Gross profit TTM 37.80B
Beta 0.86

Valuation

Trailing P/E 48.32
Forward P/E 42.37
P/B 12.72
P/S 1.45
EV/EBITDA 28.65
EV/Revenue 1.41
Section 3

Earnings

Earnings metrics from company highlights and earnings datasets.

EPS estimate (current year) 20.59
Quarterly earnings growth 45.50%
Revenue TTM 293.59B
Section 4

Dividends & corporate actions

Dividend and split fields from fundamentals.

Dividend yield 0.56%
Dividend per share 5.3700
Section 5

Ownership / analyst view

Institutional ownership and analyst estimate fields when available.

Ownership & short interest

Short ratio 3.33
Short % of float 1.73%

Details

Instrument metadata and source update timestamps.

Symbol COST
Name Costco Wholesale Corp
Asset type STOCK
Exchange NASDAQ
Currency USD
ISIN US22160K1051
Country USA
Code + exchange COST.NASDAQ
Last price date 2026-08-14
Fundamentals updated 2026-08-16

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