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Costco Wholesale Corporation COST
$ 998.31 0.37%
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Quarterly report 2026-Q3
added 06-03-2026

Costco Wholesale Corporation Financial Ratios 2025-2007 | COST

Brief overview of Costco Wholesale Corporation's valuation and returns

Current figures are compared with the company's own five-year history for 2021–2025.

The latest available valuation ratios are P/E 57.94x (median 49.13x), EV/EBITDA 39.27x (median 33.12x), P/S 1.7x (median 1.28x). The current ratio basket stands about 18.6% above the five-year base, increasing sensitivity to weak reports.

At the current P/E, inverse earnings yield is 1.7%, a useful bridge between price and business earnings.

Capital efficiency is characterized by ROE 27.8%, ROA 10.5%, ROCE 35.6%. Returns on capital and assets point to efficient economics and a strong internal source of growth.

Current PEG of 4.6x points to a premium over forecast earnings momentum.

The cash conversion cycle is 2.1 days versus -1.1 days initially. Turnover changed little.

Conclusion

Costco Wholesale Corporation's profitability supports higher multiples, although much of the quality is already reflected in price.

Annual Financial Ratios Costco Wholesale Corporation

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007

P/E

 57.9 49.1 36.2 34.7 50.2 38.9 34.4 33.3 27.2 28.2 26.8 26.7 24.9 25.5 25.6 80.7 81.7 115.6 -

P/S

 1.7 1.4 0.9 0.9 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 1.3 1.3 1.9 -

EPS

 18.2 16.6 14.2 13.2 11.3 9.1 8.3 7.2 6.1 5.4 5.4 4.7 4.7 3.9 3.4 0.7 0.6 - -

EV (Enterprise Value)

 503 B 398 B 258 B 236 B 281 B 180 B 148 B 126 B 94 B 84.1 B 81.3 B 69.7 B 65.6 B 54.8 B 48.2 B 34.8 B 30.4 B 27.8 B -2.78 B

EBITDA per Share

 28.9 26 23 21.9 19.2 16 14 13.4 12.4 11.2 10.7 9.69 9.05 8.37 7.42 3.04 2.64 2.49 -

EV/EBITDA

 39.3 34.6 25.3 24.4 33.1 21.3 19.8 17.8 13.7 13.7 13.5 12.8 12.8 11.3 10.5 26.4 26.3 25.9 -

PEG

 4.6 3.73 3.13 2.86 4.36 4.07 2.09 1.99 1.93 -34.84 1.85 18.6 1.33 1.42 1.98 - - - -

P/B

 16.1 15.3 9.1 9.8 13.9 8.5 8.3 8.2 6.8 5.5 6.0 4.4 4.7 3.5 3.1 2.3 2.2 1.5 -

P/CF

 35.2 31.9 20.6 27.4 28.0 25.7 37.5 37.2 17.3 103.2 33.7 27.6 37.5 27.6 19.6 9.1 10.4 13.8 -

ROE %

 27.77 31.19 25.11 28.31 28.51 21.89 24.00 24.49 24.86 19.46 22.39 16.44 18.82 13.83 12.18 2.88 2.65 2.84 -

ROA %

 10.50 10.55 9.12 9.11 8.45 7.20 8.06 7.68 7.37 7.09 7.20 6.23 6.73 6.30 5.46 1.31 1.21 1.27 -

ROCE %

 35.60 39.31 32.38 37.75 38.19 17.70 21.37 21.43 21.81 20.88 21.99 17.30 17.93 18.54 16.58 4.85 4.27 4.55 -

Current Ratio

 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.8 1.9 - -

DSO

 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.7 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.7 4.2 3.8 4.0 16.3 8.8 - -

DIO

 28.0 29.0 29.7 29.4 28.3 30.8 31.3 32.7 32.1 31.8 32.2 31.3 31.3 29.8 31.2 - - - -

DPO

 29.8 30.3 30.3 31.2 32.6 35.7 32.1 33.3 31.3 27.0 32.5 31.5 31.2 30.7 30.7 - - - -

Operating Cycle

 31.9 32.6 33.1 32.6 31.4 34.2 35.0 37.0 36.1 35.7 36.0 35.1 35.5 33.6 35.1 16.3 8.8 - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 2.1 2.3 2.8 1.4 -1.1 -1.5 2.9 3.7 4.8 8.7 3.5 3.6 4.3 2.9 4.4 16.3 8.8 - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Costco Wholesale Corporation

2026-Q3 2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1 2010-Q3 2010-Q2 2010-Q1

EPS

 4.94 4.58 4.58 - 4.03 4.05 3.79 3.93 3.93 3.58 - 3.3 3.07 3.07 - - 3.05 2.99 7.53 2.15 2.75 2.63 3.14 2.1 2.63 1.91 2.49 2.02 1.91 1.75 2.38 1.6 1.75 1.46 2.1 1.17 1.46 1.24 1.78 1.24 1.24 1.1 1.75 1.36 1.1 1.13 1.59 1.05 1.13 0.97 1.41 1.26 0.97 0.96 1.41 0.91 0.96 0.74 1.09 0.8 0.74 0.69 0.68 0.61

EBITDA per Share

 7.69 7.21 7.21 - 7.69 6.18 8.4 6.93 - 5.6 - 6.35 4.95 4.95 - - 4.04 4.79 12.8 17 15.1 4.14 6.93 14 4.14 3.24 5.64 12.3 3.24 2.91 6.58 13.5 2.91 2.94 6.44 12.5 2.94 2.62 5.59 11.2 2.62 2.37 5.2 10.8 2.37 2.33 4.84 9.66 2.33 2.05 4.35 9.17 2.05 1.97 4.29 8.44 1.97 1.72 3.7 7.54 1.72 2.36 1.91 1.4

ROE %

 26.22 27.03 28.41 22.07 30.46 31.87 30.59 29.30 27.26 25.21 19.14 25.91 26.45 39.09 32.74 32.74 38.16 38.33 39.21 27.80 27.48 26.91 24.39 23.99 24.73 23.89 24.39 25.34 24.99 25.44 25.40 25.77 25.07 25.02 23.79 21.72 21.46 20.03 19.91 20.68 21.79 21.80 21.39 19.83 17.96 17.47 17.25 17.28 18.56 18.46 17.95 17.18 15.32 14.76 14.17 13.22 12.93 12.24 12.36 11.19 10.86 2.81 2.81 2.57

ROA %

 9.84 9.76 9.80 7.37 10.00 10.18 9.89 9.60 9.04 8.48 6.32 8.44 8.31 11.88 9.81 9.81 11.42 11.36 11.23 8.10 8.17 8.21 7.92 7.83 8.11 7.87 7.98 8.12 7.88 7.77 7.65 7.62 7.32 7.20 7.06 6.88 7.11 6.98 6.86 6.83 7.00 6.86 6.92 6.73 6.32 6.40 6.28 6.19 6.59 6.47 6.58 6.78 6.43 6.53 6.26 5.80 5.65 5.37 5.51 5.00 4.84 1.28 1.28 1.13

ROCE %

 33.70 34.28 36.25 28.13 38.06 38.94 37.54 35.80 34.02 32.25 24.66 33.63 34.19 51.27 43.12 43.12 81.31 110.53 111.25 96.56 88.09 57.72 54.79 53.83 55.18 54.32 54.84 56.54 60.47 60.92 62.30 64.46 67.60 69.00 67.51 63.92 56.17 54.38 54.36 55.39 59.12 59.32 58.48 56.46 48.49 47.53 47.25 47.19 49.20 49.11 48.20 47.07 41.21 40.21 39.73 38.40 36.40 35.75 35.71 33.77 17.59 4.52 4.41 4.14

Current Ratio

 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 - 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8

DSO

 4.9 5.0 4.6 - 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.2 3.8 - 4.2 3.9 3.8 - - 3.4 3.4 1.2 0.8 0.8 3.4 0.8 0.8 3.4 4.0 0.9 0.9 4.1 4.5 1.1 1.1 4.6 4.4 3.2 4.5 4.7 4.6 3.2 4.1 4.3 4.4 3.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.0 4.1 4.0 4.4 3.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 3.0 4.2 4.0 4.2 3.2 4.3 3.8 4.5 4.4 -

DIO

 28.5 28.5 27.9 - 32.5 32.4 30.8 30.5 31.3 31.3 - 32.6 35.5 34.8 - - 34.0 32.3 11.2 33.2 33.7 33.1 24.1 32.8 31.7 35.7 25.2 33.9 33.4 34.6 26.1 35.1 33.1 34.8 24.4 - 37.6 37.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DPO

 31.9 31.0 30.4 - 33.1 34.3 32.4 31.2 33.8 34.2 - 32.8 35.0 34.6 - - 36.6 37.2 12.8 38.0 38.5 38.0 27.9 38.0 34.9 37.0 25.8 34.7 35.1 36.3 26.5 35.7 34.6 35.7 23.9 - 37.7 35.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

 - - 32.5 - - - - - 35.4 35.1 - - - 38.7 - - 37.4 35.7 12.4 34.0 34.5 36.4 24.9 33.6 35.2 39.7 26.1 34.8 37.5 39.1 27.1 36.1 37.7 39.2 27.6 4.5 42.3 41.6 3.2 4.1 4.3 4.4 3.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.0 4.1 4.0 4.4 3.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 3.0 4.2 4.0 4.2 3.2 4.3 - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 - - 2.1 - - - - - 1.7 0.9 - - - 4.1 - - 0.8 -1.5 -0.4 -4.0 -4.0 -1.6 -3.0 -4.3 0.3 2.7 0.3 0.1 2.4 2.8 0.6 0.5 3.1 3.5 3.7 4.5 4.6 6.6 3.2 4.1 4.3 4.4 3.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.0 4.1 4.0 4.4 3.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 3.0 4.2 4.0 4.2 3.2 4.3 - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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