Costco wholesale corporation

Department/Specialty-Retail-Stores

COST


999 Lake Drive
Issaquah , WA 98027

News

  • Costco Wholesale declined 3.5% to $853.66 after the warehouse membership club operator raised annual subscription fee in the U.S. and Canada by $5 and premium membership by $10. 

    Jul 11, 2024

  • Costco Wholesale Corp decreased 1.7% to 543.49 after the membership warehouse retailer reported better-than-expected quarterly results. 

    Net sales in  the fourth quarter ending in September increased 9.4% to $77.43 billion from $70.76 billion a year ago. 

    Comparable companywide sales, adjusted for gasoline prices and foreign exchange, increased 3.8% and the U.S. sales rose 3.1% from a year ago. 

    Net income in the quarter increased to $2.16 billion from $1.868 billion and diluted earnings per share rose to $4.86 from $4.20 a year earlier More

    Sep 27, 2023

Executive/
Director

Price

  • Last Close
  • $ 992.43
    $ +10.1 1.03 %
    Dec 6, 2024
  • 52-Week High/Low
  • $908.85 - $543.03
  • YTD
  • 50.3%

  • Trading Volume
  • 98,178
  • Market Cap Full
  • $ 440.4B
  • Shares Outstanding
  • 443.7M
    Dec 13, 2023
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Q1 10.7% -2.2% 5% 1.5% 18.9% -5% -6.5% 1.4% 8.8% 11%
Q2 -10.6% -0.1% -0.5% 14.7% 8.4% 4% 12.3% -16.8% 8.4% -1.4%
Q3 7.3% -2.6% 3.1% 13.2% 9.4% 8% 13.6% -1.6% 4.9% -
Q4 12% 5.3% 12.5% -13% 2% 6.1% 26.3% -3.2% 15.5% -
J F M A M J J A S O N D
2024 5.3% 7.1% -1.5% -2.9% - - - - - - - -
2023 12% -5.3% 2.6% 1.3% 1.7% 5.2% 4.1% -2% 2.9% -2.2% 7.3% 11.4%
    2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
    20%19%0%22%11%44%28%51%-20%45%50%

Earnings

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Q1 1.35 1.24 1.17 1.59 2.01 2.1 2.14 2.92 3.30
Q2 1.17 1.24 1.40 1.7 2.05 1.89 2.75 3.04 2.93
Q3 1.73 1.77 2.08 2.35 2.47 3.13 3.76 4.2 4.86
Q4 1.09 1.17 1.36 1.73 1.9 2.62 2.98 3.07 3.58
A 5.3 5.4 6 7.1 8.3 9 11.3 13.1 14.2

Annual Returns

52 Week
High/Low

Annual
Earnings

Chart

Trading Volume

Dividend +

Dividend +

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Q1 0.57 0.65 0.70 0.79 0.90 15.00
Q2 0.65 0.70 0.79 0.90 1.02 1.02
Q3 0.65 0.70 0.79 0.90 1.02 1.16
Q4 0.65 0.70 0.79 0.90 1.02 1.16
A 2.52 2.75 3.07 3.49 3.96 18.34
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Mar - 438.8 439.9 441.6 442.5 443.2
Jun - 438.5 439.8 441.5 442.1 443
Sep - - - 441.2 441.8 442.6
Dec 439.1 440.5 441.8 443 443.4 443.7

Financial Ratios

20222021202020192018
Asset Management
Inventory / Stock Turnover 11.1 12 11.8 11.7 11.2
Fixed Asset Turnover 7.9 7.3 6.8 7 6.9
Total Asset Turnover 3.5 3.3 3 3.4 3.5
Leverage
Debt Ratio 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3
Debt – Equity Ratio 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5
Interest Coverage 4 3.9 3.8 4.4 3.3
Equity multiplier 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.6