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COST / Consumer

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW

Retail-Variety Stores

Company overview

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW is an SEC-reporting issuer listed on NASDAQ under COST. Its SEC industry description is Retail-Variety Stores. This profile organizes annual financial disclosures for research; sector labels are editorial groupings, not GICS classifications.

Retailers, consumer brands and service platforms balance demand, price, unit volume and operating costs.

Business segments

Segment-level revenue is not included in this standardized dataset. Consult the business and segment notes in the linked annual filing for the issuer’s actual reporting segments.

Selected fundamentals

Annual reporting currency: USD. Financial amounts are in millions, except per-share figures and ratios.

Latest period 2025-08-31 · prior period 2024-09-01
Metric2025-08-312024-09-01Source filed
RevenueUSD 275,235mUSD 254,453m2025-10-08
Operating incomeUSD 10,383mUSD 9,285m2025-10-08
Net incomeUSD 8,099mUSD 7,367m2025-10-08
Diluted EPSUSD 18.21USD 16.562025-10-08
Operating cash flowUSD 13,335mUSD 11,339m2025-10-08
Capital expenditureUSD 5,498mUSD 4,710m2025-10-08
Free cash flowUSD 7,837mUSD 6,629m2025-10-08
Gross marginNot availableNot available2025-10-08
Operating margin3.77%3.65%2025-10-08

FCF = operating cash flow − purchases of property, plant and equipment. Missing tags remain unavailable. Standardized cash-flow comparisons are particularly limited for financial businesses.

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Annual earnings trend

Reported fiscal periods, not a live price chart.

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Period endRevenueNet incomeEPS
2025-08-31USD 275,235mUSD 8,099mUSD 18.21
2024-09-01USD 254,453mUSD 7,367mUSD 16.56
2023-09-03USD 242,290mUSD 6,292mUSD 14.16
2022-08-28USD 226,954mUSD 5,844mUSD 13.14

Valuation context

This release does not quote price-based multiples because it does not include synchronized market prices. A financial denominator must be paired with a clearly dated market value.

MeasureInterpretation
P/EPrice divided by EPS; identify annual, trailing or forward basis.
P/S & P/BMarket capitalization divided by sales or book equity.
EV / EBITDAEnterprise value and EBITDA need consistent definitions.
FCF yieldFree cash flow divided by dated market capitalization.

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Selected filing notes

10-KFiled 2025-10-08Period 2025-08-31

COST filed this 10-K on 2025-10-08 for the reported period 2025-08-31. Reading focus: Unit volumes, comparable sales, inventory, pricing and operating leverage. This is a metadata-based reading guide; it does not assert that a particular event or risk change occurred in the document.

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Risks & what to monitor

Consumer affordability, input inflation, competitive promotions and discretionary demand.

Unit volumes, comparable sales, inventory, pricing and operating leverage.

Sources & dates