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Costco Wholesale Corporation
NASDAQ · USD
Mega cap
1.74× peer median
0.35× peer median
14% less volatile
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$38.4B of current assets against $37.1B due within a year.
Liquidity · FY25
3.4% in FY21 to 3.8% in FY25.
Profitability · FY25
$195.9B in FY21 to $275.2B in FY25, with the latest year up 8.2%.
Growth · FY25
Free cash flow of $7.8B covers the business without outside capital, on $15.3B of cash and short-term investments.
Liquidity · FY25
$15.3B of cash and short-term investments against $6.1B of total debt.
Liquidity · FY25
$275.2B of revenue against $264.8B of operating costs, leaving $10.5B.
Profitability · FY25
$30.1B of free cash flow against $32.6B of net income across 5 fiscal years.
Quality · FY25
Revenue came in above consensus by 0.5% on average over the last four reports.
Quality · May '26
Greenbrier Partners Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) during the undefined quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 221,730 shares of the retailer's stock, valued at approximately $207,422,000. Costco Wholesale makes up 15.5% of Greenbrier Partners Capital
EP Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 155,825 shares of the retailer's stock, valued at approximately $145,770,000. A number of other large investors have also
Emerald Investment Advisers LLC acquired a new position in Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) in the undefined quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 6,539 shares of the retailer's stock, valued at approximately $6,117,000. A number of other large investors have
Daiichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 26,146 shares of the retailer's stock, valued at approximately $24,459,000. Several other hedge funds
CFO4Life Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) in the undefined quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 1,138 shares of the retailer's stock, valued at approximately $1,064,000. A number of other hedge funds have also recently
Concord Investment Counsel Inc. bought a new position in Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm bought 4,818 shares of the retailer's stock, valued at approximately $4,507,000. Costco Wholesale makes up 1.2% of Concord Investment Counsel Inc.'s investment portfolio, making
Average month-end to month-end move for COSTin each calendar month. Point at a bar for that month's spread: past seasonality is a tendency in a small sample, not a forecast.
+$20.8B vs FY24
FY24 → FY25
FY21 → FY25, annualized
+9.2% vs the four before
Q3 FY26 · +11.6% YoY
Share of the latest fiscal year, largest first. The line is the segment across every fiscal year we have: hover it to read one.
What each segment added to or took off the top line in dollars: ranked by the size of the move, not its percentage.
+8.2% YoY
+0.2 pp YoY
+0.2 pp YoY
+9.9% YoY
+0.0 pp YoY
+9.9% YoY
+18.2% YoY
+75.5% YoY
| $ billions | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | 14.2 | 9.9 | 13.7 | 10.2 | 11.3 |
| Short-term investments | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| Receivables | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| $ billions | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 13.3 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 7.4 | 9.0 |
| Capital expenditure | −5.5 | −4.7 | −4.3 | −3.9 | −3.6 |
| Free cash flow | 7.8 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
P/E vs EPS growth · below the channel = cheaper for its growth
P/S vs revenue growth · below the channel = cheaper for its growth
| Ticker | P/E | Fwd P/E | PEG | P/S | Fwd P/S | PSG | EPS gr | Rev gr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COST | 46.5 | 45.1 | 4.06 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.17 | 11% | 8% |
| WMT | 39.1 | 37.5 | 3.83 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.22 | 10% | 5% |
| KO | 26.7 | 26.9 | 3.54 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 2.66 | 8% | 3% |
| PG | 21.8 | 21.1 | 4.22 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 1.39 | 5% | 3% |
| PM | 26.7 | 22.2 | 1.98 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 1.08 | 11% | 6% |
| TGT | 16.9 | 22.5 | 4.09 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.26 | 6% | 3% |
Dots = reported EPS vs consensus · gap = surprise · dashed = estimate ($)
Solid = reported · dashed = forward consensus · shaded = analyst low–high ($B)
Rows: discount rate (r) · Columns: terminal growth (g∞) · cell = fair value, shaded by up/downside vs 925.
Last 12M · $0M bought · $14M sold · net −$14M
| Inventory |
|---|
| 18.1 |
| 18.6 |
| 16.7 |
| 17.9 |
| 14.2 |
| Total current assets | 38.4 | 34.2 | 35.9 | 32.7 | 29.5 |
|---|
| Property, plant & equipment | 34.6 | 31.6 | 29.4 | 27.4 | 26.4 |
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| Long-term investments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Other non-current assets | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 |
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| Total assets | 77.1 | 69.8 | 69.0 | 64.2 | 59.3 |
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| Accounts payable | 19.8 | 19.4 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 16.3 |
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| Short-term debt | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
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| Total current liabilities | 37.1 | 35.5 | 33.6 | 32.0 | 29.4 |
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| Long-term debt | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
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| Total liabilities | 47.9 | 46.2 | 43.9 | 43.5 | 41.2 |
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| Shareholders’ equity | 29.2 | 23.6 | 25.1 | 20.6 | 17.6 |
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Fiscal year · latest five reported years
| 3.5 |
| 5.4 |
| Investing cash flow | −5.3 | −4.4 | −5.0 | −4.8 | −3.5 |
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| Dividends paid | −2.2 | −9.0 | −1.3 | −1.5 | −5.7 |
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| Share buybacks | −0.9 | −0.7 | −0.7 | −0.4 | −0.5 |
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| Net debt issued / (repaid) | −0.3 | −0.7 | −0.4 | −0.8 | −0.1 |
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| Financing cash flow | −3.8 | −10.8 | −2.6 | −3.4 | −6.5 |
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| Net change in cash | 4.3 | −3.8 | 3.5 | −1.1 | −1.0 |
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Fiscal year · outflows shown negative