Costco Wholesale Corporation
- Burlington Stores Inc. gained 0.6% to $259.25 after the off-price apparel and accessories retailer reported sales growth in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2024.
Revenue increased to $3.28 billion from $3.12 billion, net income jumped to $260.77 million from $227.46 million, and earnings per diluted share rose to $4.02 from $3.53 a year ago.
Fourth-quarter comparable store sales grew 6% versus guidance of zero to 2%.
The company guided for the first quarter of 2025 total sales growth between 5% and 7%, assuming flat comparable store sales, compared to $2.36 billion in the same quarter in 2024.
Adjusted earnings per share are expected to be between $1.30 and $1.45, compared to $1.35 per share last year.
Burlington said revenue in the full year is expected to increase between 6% and 8%, assuming comparable store sales would increase between zero and 2%, compared to $10.62 billion in 2024.
Adjusted earnings per share for the full year are expected to be between $8.70 and $9.30, compared to $8.17 per share a year ago.
Mar 7, 2025 - Costco Wholesale Corp. gained 2.1% to $1,042.9 after the wholesale retailer reported strong January 2025 sales.
Net sales increased 9.2% to $19.51 billion from $17.87 billion a year ago.
Comparable sales in January jumped 7.5%, and e-commerce sales climbed 13.6% from a year earlier.
Excluding the changes in gasoline prices and foreign exchange, comparable sales increased 9.8%, and e-commerce sales jumped 15.2% year-over-year.
Feb 6, 2025 - Costco Wholesale Co edged up 0.1% to $944.50 after the membership warehouse club operator's workers' union of 18,000 workers voted to strike at the end of January if management fails to meet their demands.
Costco recently reported $254 billion in annual revenue and $7.4 billion in net profits, which is a 135% increase since 2018.
Jan 21, 2025 - 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.
Sep 27, 2023
| Year | Nov | Mar | Jun | Sep | Annual | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.30 | 2.93 | 4.86 | 3.58 | 14.16 | |
| 2022 | 2.92 | 3.04 | 4.2 | 3.07 | 13.14 | |
| 2021 | 2.14 | 2.75 | 3.76 | 2.98 | 11.27 | |
| 2020 | 2.1 | 1.89 | 3.13 | 2.62 | 9.02 | |
| 2019 | 2.01 | 2.05 | 2.47 | 1.9 | 8.26 | |
| 2018 | 1.59 | 1.7 | 2.35 | 1.73 | 7.09 | |
| 2017 | 1.17 | 1.40 | 2.08 | 1.36 | 6.01 | |
| 2016 | 1.24 | 1.24 | 1.77 | 1.17 | 5.42 | |
| 2015 | 1.35 | 1.17 | 1.73 | 1.09 | 5.34 | |
| 2014 | 1.12 | 1.05 | 1.07 | 1.57 | 4.65 | |
| 2013 | 0.96 | 1.24 | 1.04 | 1.40 | 4.63 | |
| 2012 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 1.38 | 3.89 | |
| 2011 | 0.73 | 0.79 | 0.73 | 1.07 | 3.3 | |
| 2010 | 0.71 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.97 | 2.92 | |
| 2009 | 0.60 | 0.55 | 0.48 | 0.84 | 2.47 | |
| 2008 | 0.60 | 0.74 | 0.67 | 0.89 | 2.89 | |
| 2007 | 0.59 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.83 | 2.37 | |
| 2006 | 0.51 | 0.62 | 0.49 | 0.74 | 2.3 | |
| 2005 | 0.45 | 0.62 | 0.43 | 0.73 | 2.18 |