Costco Wholesale Financial Ratios
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Costco Wholesale ratio analysis
Costco Wholesale earned a net margin of 3.0% in FY 2026, up from 2.9% a year earlier. Gross margin was 12.8% compared with a median of 12.8% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 25.8%, meaning Costco Wholesale generated 0.26 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.17 versus 0.20 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.06. At the end of FY 2026, COST traded at 45.5 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 26.0 to 53.9, with a median of 39.3. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Costco Wholesale financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2026 | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 45.54 | 51.80 | 53.89 | 38.44 | 40.47 | 39.96 | 38.62 | 35.69 | 32.88 | 26.03 |
| Price / sales | 1.38 | 1.52 | 1.56 | 1.00 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 0.92 | 0.85 | 0.72 | 0.54 |
| Price / book | 11.72 | 14.36 | 16.77 | 9.64 | 11.43 | 11.36 | 8.43 | 8.50 | 7.99 | 6.44 |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 12.8% | 12.6% | 12.3% | 12.1% | 12.9% | 13.1% | 10.8% | 13.0% | 13.3% |
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 3.8% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 3.2% |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3.6% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 3.3% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 25.8% | 27.8% | 31.2% | 25.1% | 28.3% | 28.5% | 21.9% | 24.0% | 24.5% | 24.9% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 10.4% | 10.5% | 10.5% | 9.1% | 9.1% | 8.4% | 7.2% | 8.1% | 7.7% | 7.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.62 |
| Current ratio | 1.06 | 1.03 | 0.97 | 1.07 | 1.02 | 1.00 | 1.13 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 0.99 |
| Revenue growth | 10.1% | 8.2% | 5.0% | 6.8% | 15.8% | 17.5% | 9.2% | 7.9% | 9.7% | 8.7% |
| EPS growth | 14.0% | 10.0% | 16.9% | 7.8% | 16.6% | 24.9% | 9.2% | 16.5% | 16.6% | 14.1% |