Costco/$COST
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About Costco
Founded in 1983, Costco Wholesale now operates a global chain of membership-based warehouse clubs, delivering high-quality goods and services at consistently low prices. As of its most recent fiscal year, Costco operated approximately 940 warehouses, serving more than 84 million members across its three geographic segments: Costco US (approximately 73% of total revenue), Costco Canada (13%), and Costco International (14%).Costco's core value proposition—quality products at unbeatable prices—has yielded consistently strong member renewal rates (92% in the US and Canada and nearly 90% internationally). About 55% of Costco's fiscal 2025 revenue came from its grocery offerings, and another 25% from general merchandise.
- Ticker
- $COST
- Sector
- Consumer Essentials
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 355,000
- Headquarters
- Issaquah, United States
- Website
- www.costco.com
Costco Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$423B
45.98
$20.76
0.87
$5.54
0.62%
Price and volume
Market cap
$423B
Beta
0.87
52-week high
$1,096.50
52-week low
$844.06
Average daily volume
2.2M
Dividend rate
$5.54
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.06
Quick ratio
0.575
Long term debt to equity
0.177
Total debt to equity
0.284
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
26.64%
Interest coverage (TTM)
79.39%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
14,185
Gross margin (TTM)
12.82%
Net profit margin (TTM)
3.04%
Operating margin (TTM)
3.80%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
24.69%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$850,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
8.66%
Return on equity (TTM)
28.40%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
45.984
Price to revenue (TTM)
1.398
Price to book
11.82
Price to tangible book (TTM)
11.82
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
45.173
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
2.21%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
21.133
Dividend yield (TTM)
0.58%
Forward dividend yield
0.62%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
10.14%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
14.00%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
7.76%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
9.83%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
13.60%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
14.56%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
13.00%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
12.54%
What the Analysts think about Costco
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Costco stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Costco stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Costco’s core engine is still growing at a healthy pace: August sales rose 9.9%, while fiscal-year sales rose 10.2% to $297.3bn. In Q3, paid members grew 4.1% to 82.9m, membership-fee income rose 10.7%, and US and Canada renewal reached 92.2%. (GlobeNewswire, The Motley Fool)
Digital is becoming a meaningful extra growth channel: Q3 digitally enabled comparable sales rose 21.5%, while website and app traffic increased 37%. Growth was broad across categories including pharmacy, jewellery, home furnishings and housewares. (Digital Commerce 360)
Costco still has a measurable physical expansion runway. Management is targeting at least 30 net new warehouses a year for the next five to 10 years, with more than a dozen locations scheduled to open in October and November. (The Hill)
The shares leave little room for an execution miss. In August, Costco traded at about 48.4 times earnings, compared with roughly 26 times for the S&P 500, so even a modest slowdown could cause sharp multiple compression. (The Motley Fool)
Cost inflation is testing Costco’s deliberately lean margins: Q3 gross margin fell 21 basis points to 11.04%. Management also flagged higher resin costs and continued uncertainty around oil prices and tariffs, which could limit its ability to keep prices low without sacrificing profit. (ROIC AI)
Membership growth may become harder to sustain outside Costco’s strongest markets. Worldwide renewal was flat at 89.7% in Q3, and management said online joiners renew slightly less often, putting more pressure on new-member additions and Executive upgrades to drive fee growth. (The Motley Fool)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 23 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing Costco
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Fund name | Fund size | $COST weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector€2B7D | €450M | 13.79% |
iShares S&P 500 Consumer Staples Sector£ICSU | £386M | 13.79% |
Amundi S&P 500£500G | £6.6B | 2.43% |
iShares Nasdaq 100$CNDX | $28B | 1.77% |
iShares Nasdaq 100€CNDX | €24B | 1.77% |
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