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COST

$992.13-1.30%

as of close, Oct 27, 2026

☾ AH $992.13 -1.30%

Costco Wholesale CorporationStock · Consumer StaplesNasdaq-100 · 1.8% of QQQNasdaq Composite · 0.9% of ONEQS&P 500 · 0.6% of SPYRussell 1000 · 0.6% of IWBUS Stock Market · 0.6% of VTIRussell 3000 · 0.6% of IWVMSCI World · 0.5% of URTHMSCI ACWI · 0.4% of ACWIS&P 500 Equal Weight · 0.2% of RSP

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2026-10-27

Price$992.13

MA20$955.96

MA50$953.20

Vol9.8M

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COST returns: By year · By month · By week · Trailing

Key stats#

Price data

Price: $992.13
YTD price return: +15.05%
YTD total return: +15.56%
Next earnings: Dec 10, 2026
Market cap: 439.6B2016-12 70.3B2026-10 439.6B+525.1% over the window
Enterprise value: 428.5B
Shares outstanding: 443.1M2016-08 437.1M2026-08 443.1M+1.4% over the window
52W low: $844.06
52W high: $1,096.50
From 52W high: -9.52%
From 52W low: +17.54%
52W range: 59%
Beta: 0.87

Volume

Rel volume: 0.96×
30D volume: 2.3M
30D $ vol: 2.2B

Insider trading

Insider net 1WNo open-market insider purchase or sale with a transaction date in the last 7 days, as filed on Form 4.: none
Insider net 1M0 insider-days of buying (no priced lot) and 3 of selling ($3.8M) in the last 30 days, by transaction date, open-market transactions only — awards, exercises, tax withholding and employee-plan purchases are not counted. A Form 4 is filed within two business days of the trade, so the newest days may not be in yet.: −$3.8M
Insider net 3M0 insider-days of buying (no priced lot) and 3 of selling ($3.8M) in the last 91 days, by transaction date, open-market transactions only — awards, exercises, tax withholding and employee-plan purchases are not counted. A Form 4 is filed within two business days of the trade, so the newest days may not be in yet.: −$3.8M
Insider net 1Y0 insider-days of buying (no priced lot) and 10 of selling ($10.1M) in the last 365 days, by transaction date, open-market transactions only — awards, exercises, tax withholding and employee-plan purchases are not counted. A Form 4 is filed within two business days of the trade, so the newest days may not be in yet.: −$10.1M

Form 4 transactions by trade date, as filed; latest on file 2026-10-13.

Fundamentals

Sales (ttm): 303.2B2016-08 118.7B2026-08 303.2B+155.4% over the window
Sales/share: $684.122016-08 $271.592026-08 $684.12+151.9% over the window
EPS (ttm): $20.762016-08 $5.332026-08 $20.76+289.5% over the window
FCF (ttm): 9.4B2016-08 643M2026-08 9.4B+1359.1% over the window
FCF/share: $21.172016-08 $1.472026-08 $21.17+1339.3% over the window
Book value/share: $80.802016-08 $27.632026-08 $80.80+192.4% over the window
Net margin: 3.04%2016-08 2.0%2026-08 3.0%+53.7% over the window
ROE: 25.77%2016-08 19.5%2026-08 25.8%+32.5% over the window
ROA: 10.36%2016-08 7.1%2026-08 10.4%+46.2% over the window
Debt / equity: 0.11×2016-08 0.342026-08 0.11-67.5% over the window
Current ratio: 1.062016-08 0.982026-08 1.06+8.5% over the window

Growth (CAGR, ttm) · 10Y

Sales: +10.18%2025-08-31 → 2026-08-30275.2B → 303.2B (+10.1% total)+7.78%2023-09-03 → 2026-08-30242.3B → 303.2B (+25.1% total)+9.12%2021-08-29 → 2026-08-30195.9B → 303.2B (+54.7% total)+9.82%2016-08-28 → 2026-08-30118.7B → 303.2B (+155.4% total)
Net income: +13.97%2025-08-31 → 2026-08-308.1B → 9.2B (+13.9% total)+13.66%2023-09-03 → 2026-08-306.3B → 9.2B (+46.6% total)+13.00%2021-08-29 → 2026-08-305B → 9.2B (+84.3% total)+14.65%2016-08-28 → 2026-08-302.4B → 9.2B (+292.6% total)
FCF: +19.79%2025-08-31 → 2026-08-307.8B → 9.4B (+19.7% total)+11.67%2023-09-03 → 2026-08-306.7B → 9.4B (+39.1% total)+11.80%2021-08-29 → 2026-08-305.4B → 9.4B (+74.7% total)+30.73%2016-08-28 → 2026-08-30643M → 9.4B (+1359.1% total)
Shares: -0.01%2025-08-31 → 2026-08-30443.2M → 443.1M (-0.0% total)+0.03%2023-09-03 → 2026-08-30442.7M → 443.1M (+0.1% total)+0.06%2021-08-29 → 2026-08-30441.8M → 443.1M (+0.3% total)+0.14%2016-08-28 → 2026-08-30437.1M → 443.1M (+1.4% total)

Per-share growth (CAGR, ttm) · 10Y

EPS: +14.05%2025-08-31 → 2026-08-30$18.21 → $20.76 (+14.0% total)+13.65%2023-09-03 → 2026-08-30$14.16 → $20.76 (+46.6% total)+12.99%2021-08-29 → 2026-08-30$11.27 → $20.76 (+84.2% total)+14.56%2016-08-28 → 2026-08-30$5.33 → $20.76 (+289.5% total)
Sales/share: +10.19%2025-08-31 → 2026-08-30$621.05 → $684.12 (+10.2% total)+7.75%2023-09-03 → 2026-08-30$547.25 → $684.12 (+25.0% total)+9.05%2021-08-29 → 2026-08-30$443.46 → $684.12 (+54.3% total)+9.67%2016-08-28 → 2026-08-30$271.59 → $684.12 (+151.9% total)
FCF/share: +19.80%2025-08-31 → 2026-08-30$17.68 → $21.17 (+19.7% total)+11.64%2023-09-03 → 2026-08-30$15.23 → $21.17 (+39.0% total)+11.73%2021-08-29 → 2026-08-30$12.15 → $21.17 (+74.2% total)+30.55%2016-08-28 → 2026-08-30$1.47 → $21.17 (+1339.3% total)
Book value/share: +22.86%2025-08-31 → 2026-08-30$65.81 → $80.80 (+22.8% total)+12.64%2023-09-03 → 2026-08-30$56.60 → $80.80 (+42.8% total)+15.23%2021-08-29 → 2026-08-30$39.75 → $80.80 (+103.2% total)+11.32%2016-08-28 → 2026-08-30$27.63 → $80.80 (+192.4% total)
Dividend/share: +12.65%2025-08-31 → 2026-08-30$4.92 → $5.54 (+12.6% total)+13.04%2023-09-03 → 2026-08-30$3.84 → $5.54 (+44.3% total)-15.69%2021-08-29 → 2026-08-30$13.01 → $5.54 (-57.4% total)+12.53%2016-08-28 → 2026-08-30$1.70 → $5.54 (+225.9% total)
Price: +6.70%2025-10-27 → 2026-10-27$929.85 → $992.13 (+6.7% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.+22.24%2023-10-27 → 2026-10-27$543.03 → $992.13 (+82.7% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.+15.20%2021-10-27 → 2026-10-27$489.11 → $992.13 (+102.8% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.+20.71%2016-10-26 → 2026-10-27$150.98 → $992.13 (+557.1% total)Price appreciation from split-adjusted daily closes, excluding dividends; endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close.
Total return: +7.33%2025-10-27 → 2026-10-27$924.46 → $992.13 (+7.3% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.+23.87%2023-10-27 → 2026-10-27$521.87 → $992.13 (+90.1% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.+16.44%2021-10-27 → 2026-10-27$463.52 → $992.13 (+114.0% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.+22.77%2016-10-26 → 2026-10-27$127.54 → $992.13 (+677.9% total)Total return with dividends reinvested (adjusted daily closes); endpoints are exact trading-day anniversaries of the latest close. The gap against the Price row is the dividend contribution.

Fundamentals end at the last reported quarter; price and total return end at the latest close.

Valuation

P/E (ttm)Price ÷ TTM diluted EPS. Net income carries everything below the operating line, including one-off gains. Negative when the trailing year lost money.: 47.8×2016-12 29.122026-10 47.65+63.6% over the window
P/OI (ttm)Price ÷ TTM operating income. Excludes the below-the-line items that make P/E jump — mark-to-market gains, settlements, tax true-ups.: 37.6×2016-12 18.732026-10 37.62+100.8% over the window
Fwd P/E: 40.1×
P/S (ttm)Market cap ÷ TTM revenue.: 1.5×2016-12 0.592026-10 1.45+146.6% over the window
P/B (mrq)Market cap ÷ stockholders' equity at the most recent quarter end.: 12.3×2016-12 5.872026-10 12.28+109.1% over the window
P/FCF (ttm)Market cap ÷ TTM free cash flow (operating cash flow − capex).: 46.9×2016-12 26.312026-10 46.86+78.1% over the window
EV/EBITDA (fy): 29.8×
EV/Sales (ttm): 1.4×
FCF yield (ttm)TTM free cash flow ÷ market cap — the inverse of P/FCF.: 2.13%2016-11 3.8%2026-08 2.3%-38.8% over the window
Dividend yield (fwd)Indicated annual dividend ÷ last close: the last regular payment × payments a year, from our own dividend record. Shown only for a company that pays the same amount each time (raises and cuts allowed), whose payments are on schedule and agree with the dividends it reports paying; a company whose payments vary in size, such as an unequal interim and final, has no forward figure — see the ttm yield.: 0.59%
Dividend yield (ttm)Dividends paid over the last year ÷ last close: the last full cycle of regular payments in our own dividend record. Below the forward yield after a raise, above it after a cut. Shown only when the record holds that full cycle and it agrees with the dividends the company reports paying; otherwise —.: 0.58%
Dividend/share (fwd)The indicated annual dividend: the last regular payment × payments a year, for a company that pays the same amount each time.: $5.88
Buyback yield (realized, 1y)1 − shares_at(2026-08-30) ÷ shares_at(2025-08-31) = 1 − 443.1M ÷ 443.2M. Point-in-time share counts from the company's own SEC filings (the same count at both ends), published only when the cash flow statement shows repurchases inside that window. A falling price can't inflate it; negative means net dilution.: 0.01%
Shareholder yield (realized, 1y)Buyback leg + dividend leg: shares retired over the year (0.01%) + dividends paid over that year ($2.5B) ÷ market_cap_at(2025-08-31) ($418.3B). Both legs are measured against the start of the window, so a payout can't shrink its own denominator.: 0.60%
Buyback yield (cash, ttm)Buybacks net of issuance over the trailing twelve months ($848M) ÷ today's market cap ($439.6B). Dollars SPENT over what the company is worth NOW — a stock that fell after buying reads high.: 0.19%2016-11 0.7%2026-08 0.2%-68.3% over the window
Shareholder yield (cash, ttm)(TTM buybacks net of issuance $848M + TTM dividends $2.5B) ÷ today's market cap ($439.6B). Same caveat as the cash buyback yield.: 0.75%2016-11 2.0%2026-08 0.8%-59.1% over the window

Vs own 10Y history

P/E: 76th
P/OI: 77th
P/S: 81st
P/B: 71st
P/FCF: 67th

Bar = where today’s multiple sits in COST’s own 10-year range:near a decade-low (cheap)→near a decade-high (rich).

Performance · price return · as of 2026-10-27#

-1.30%

-0.25%

+7.52%

+4.26%

YTD

+15.05%

+6.70%

+102.84%

Recent filings#

Oct 148-K · COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND
Oct 13Insider sale · Wilcox William Richard (Executive Vice President) sold 1,100 shares for $1.1M at $958.21
Sep 29Insider sale · Adamo Claudine (Executive Vice President) sold 2,200 shares for $2.0M at $915.93
Sep 29Insider sale · Frates Caton (Sr. Executive Vice President) sold 800.638 shares for $733K at $915.93
Sep 24Earnings · Earnings release — EPS $6.60 vs $6.48 est. (+1.9%); revenue $95.72B (+11% y/y) 2.9%

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