Costco Wholesale COST · Nasdaq Retail-Variety Stores · Fiscal year ends Aug 30
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Revenue and net income $0 $100B $200B $300B $400B Aug 2022 Sep 2023 Sep 2024 Aug 2025 Aug 2026 Income statement Fiscal year Aug 2022 Sep 2023 Sep 2024 Aug 2025 Aug 2026 Revenue $227B $242B $254B $275B $303B Cost of revenue $199B $213B $222B $240B $264B Gross profit $27.6B $29.7B $32.1B $35.3B $38.9B Selling, general & admin $19.8B $21.6B $22.8B $25B $27.2B Operating income $7.8B $8.1B $9.3B $10.4B $11.7B Interest expense $158M $160M $169M $154M $145M Pre-tax income $7.8B $8.5B $9.7B $10.8B $12.3B Income tax $1.9B $2.2B $2.4B $2.7B $3B Net income $5.8B $6.3B $7.4B $8.1B $9.2B Diluted EPS 13.14 14.16 16.56 18.21 20.76 Diluted shares 445M 444M 445M 445M 444M
Balance sheet Fiscal year Aug 2022 Sep 2023 Sep 2024 Aug 2025 Aug 2026 Cash & equivalents $10.2B $13.7B $9.9B $14.2B $20.2B Receivables $2.2B $2.3B $2.7B $3.2B $4B Inventory $17.9B $16.7B $18.6B $18.1B $19.3B Current assets $32.7B $35.9B $34.2B $38.4B $46.6B Net PP&E $24.6B $26.7B $29B $31.9B $35.6B Goodwill $993M $994M $994M $994M $994M Total assets $64.2B $69B $69.8B $77.1B $89B Payables $17.8B $17.5B $19.4B $19.8B $22.6B Deferred revenue $2.2B $2.3B $2.5B $2.9B $3B Current liabilities $32B $33.6B $35.5B $37.1B $44B Short-term debt $73M $1.1B $103M $75M $2.2B Long-term debt $6.5B $5.4B $5.8B $5.7B $3.9B Total liabilities $43.5B $43.9B $46.2B $47.9B $53.2B Shareholders' equity $20.6B $25.1B $23.6B $29.2B $35.8B
Cash flow Fiscal year Aug 2022 Sep 2023 Sep 2024 Aug 2025 Aug 2026 Operating cash flow $7.4B $11.1B $11.3B $13.3B $15.8B Capital expenditure $3.9B $4.3B $4.7B $5.5B $6.4B Free cash flow $3.5B $6.7B $6.6B $7.8B $9.4B Depreciation & amortisation $1.9B $2.1B $2.2B $2.4B $2.7B Stock-based compensation $724M $774M $818M $860M $924M Share buybacks $439M $676M $700M $903M $848M Dividends paid $1.5B $1.3B $9B $2.2B $2.5B Dividend per share – 3.84 19.36 4.92 5.54
Key ratios Fiscal year Aug 2022 Sep 2023 Sep 2024 Aug 2025 Aug 2026 Revenue growth (YoY) – 6.8% 5.0% 8.2% 10.1% Operating income growth (YoY) – 4.1% 14.4% 11.8% 12.5% EPS growth (YoY) – 7.8% 16.9% 10.0% 14.0% Gross margin 12.1% 12.3% 12.6% 12.8% 12.8% Operating margin 3.4% 3.3% 3.6% 3.8% 3.9% Net margin 2.6% 2.6% 2.9% 2.9% 3.0% Return on equity 28.3% 25.1% 31.2% 27.8% 25.8% ROCEEBIT ÷ (assets − current liabilities) 24.2% 22.9% 27.0% 26.0% 25.9% Free cash flow margin 1.5% 2.8% 2.6% 2.8% 3.1% Cash conversion (CFO ÷ net income) 1.26x 1.76x 1.54x 1.65x 1.71x Receivable days 4 3 4 4 5 Inventory days 33 29 31 28 27 Payable days 33 30 32 30 31 Interest cover 49.3x 50.7x 54.9x 67.4x 80.6x Debt ÷ equity 0.32x 0.26x 0.25x 0.20x 0.17x Net debtDebt − cash & equivalents; excludes investments; negative = net cash −$3.6B −$7.2B −$4B −$8.4B −$14B Current ratio 1.02x 1.07x 0.97x 1.03x 1.06x
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