Costco wholesale corporation

Department/Specialty-Retail-Stores

COST


999 Lake Drive
Issaquah , WA 98027

News

  • Costco Wholesale Corp. eased 0.4% to $1,004.99 despite the wholesale retailer reporting strong results for the fiscal third quarter of 2025.

    Revenue increased to $63.20 billion from $58.51 billion, net income jumped to $1.90 billion from $1.68 billion, and diluted earnings per share rose to $4.28 from $3.78 a year ago.

    Comparable sales edged up 5.7% in the quarter, and e-commerce sales surged 14.8%.

    Excluding the impacts from changes in gasoline prices and foreign exchange, comparable sales increased 8%, and e-commerce sales were up 15.7%.

    May 30, 2025

  • Costco Wholesale Corp. gained 0.2% to $1,007.15 after the wholesale retailer reported sales results for the 35 weeks ending in May.

    Net sales increased 8.2% to $180.05 billion from $166.44 billion a year ago, as comparable store sales edged up 5.9% for the first 35 weeks.

    Total comparable store sales climbed 4.4% in April, of which U.S. sales were up 5.2%, sales in Canada jumped 1.5%, and sales in the other international segment rose 3.2%.

    E-commerce sales increased 12.6% in April and 16.3% for the 35-week period.

    May 8, 2025

Executive/
Director

Price

  • Last Close
  • $ 916.78
    $ +6.95 0.76 %
    Jan 3, 2025
  • 52-Week High/Low
  • $908.85 - $543.03
  • YTD
  • 0.1%

  • Trading Volume
  • 65,379
  • Market Cap Full
  • $ 406.8B
  • Shares Outstanding
  • 443.7M
    Dec 13, 2023
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Q1 -2.2% 5% 1.5% 18.9% -5% -6.5% 1.4% 8.8% 11% 0.1%
Q2 -0.1% -0.5% 14.7% 8.4% 4% 12.3% -16.8% 8.4% 18.2% -
Q3 -2.6% 3.1% 13.2% 9.4% 8% 13.6% -1.6% 4.9% 8% -
Q4 5.3% 12.5% -13% 2% 6.1% 26.3% -3.2% 15.5% -2.9% -
J F M A M J J A S O N D
2025 0.1% - - - - - - - - - - -
2024 5.3% 7.1% -1.5% -3.1% 14.1% 5.2% -3.6% 8% - - - -5.7%
    2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
    19%0%22%11%44%28%51%-20%45%39%0%

Earnings

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Q1 1.24 1.17 1.59 2.01 2.1 2.14 2.92 3.30
Q2 1.24 1.40 1.7 2.05 1.89 2.75 3.04 2.93
Q3 1.77 2.08 2.35 2.47 3.13 3.76 4.2 4.86
Q4 1.17 1.36 1.73 1.9 2.62 2.98 3.07 3.58
A 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

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2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Q1 0.65 0.70 0.79 0.90 15.00 1.16
Q2 0.70 0.79 0.90 1.02 1.02 -
Q3 0.70 0.79 0.90 1.02 1.16 -
Q4 0.70 0.79 0.90 1.02 1.16 -
A 2.75 3.07 3.49 3.96 18.34 1.16
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