Costco Wholesale has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 11.7%, while the Consumer Retailing industry saw earnings growing at 11.2% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 7.8% per year. Costco Wholesale's return on equity is 26.4%, and it has net margins of 3%.
Key information
11.75%
Earnings growth rate
11.71%
EPS growth rate
Consumer Retailing Industry Growth
12.41%
Revenue growth rate
7.81%
Return on equity
26.38%
Net Margin
3.01%
Next Earnings Update
24 Sep 2026
Recent past performance updates
Recent updates
Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
How Costco Wholesale makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.
Earnings and Revenue History
BASE:COSTD Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
Date
Revenue
Earnings
G+A Expenses
R&D Expenses
10 May 26
293,587
8,838
26,577
0
15 Feb 26
286,265
8,549
26,063
0
23 Nov 25
280,391
8,302
25,454
0
31 Aug 25
275,235
8,099
24,966
0
11 May 25
268,776
7,843
24,255
0
16 Feb 25
264,086
7,621
23,721
0
24 Nov 24
258,805
7,576
23,298
0
01 Sep 24
254,453
7,367
22,810
0
12 May 24
253,695
7,173
22,682
0
18 Feb 24
248,828
6,794
22,331
0
26 Nov 23
245,652
6,517
22,031
0
03 Sep 23
242,290
6,292
21,590
0
07 May 23
235,442
6,000
20,569
0
12 Feb 23
234,390
6,051
20,225
0
20 Nov 22
231,028
5,884
19,978
0
28 Aug 22
226,954
5,844
19,661
0
08 May 22
217,538
5,646
18,895
0
13 Feb 22
210,219
5,513
18,644
0
21 Nov 21
203,084
5,165
18,302
0
29 Aug 21
195,929
5,007
18,453
0
09 May 21
186,637
4,726
17,923
0
14 Feb 21
178,626
4,344
17,562
0
22 Nov 20
172,929
4,324
16,961
0
30 Aug 20
166,761
4,002
16,387
0
10 May 20
160,876
3,710
16,059
0
16 Feb 20
158,350
3,778
15,606
0
24 Nov 19
154,674
3,736
15,329
0
01 Sep 19
152,703
3,659
15,080
0
12 May 19
149,616
3,605
14,649
0
17 Feb 19
147,237
3,449
14,427
0
25 Nov 18
144,836
3,261
14,200
0
02 Sep 18
141,576
3,134
13,944
0
13 May 18
139,465
3,010
13,803
0
18 Feb 18
135,964
2,960
13,562
0
26 Nov 17
132,735
2,774
13,311
0
03 Sep 17
129,025
2,679
13,032
0
07 May 17
123,285
2,539
12,599
0
12 Feb 17
121,194
2,384
12,426
0
20 Nov 16
119,598
2,415
12,276
0
28 Aug 16
118,719
2,350
12,146
0
08 May 16
117,937
2,338
11,952
0
14 Feb 16
117,269
2,309
11,796
0
22 Nov 15
116,553
2,361
11,631
0
30 Aug 15
116,199
2,377
11,510
0
Quality Earnings: COSTD has high quality earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: COSTD's current net profit margins (3%) are higher than last year (2.9%).
Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: COSTD's earnings have grown by 11.7% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: COSTD's earnings growth over the past year (12.7%) exceeds its 5-year average (11.7% per year).
Earnings vs Industry: COSTD earnings growth over the past year (12.7%) exceeded the Consumer Retailing industry 0.4%.
Return on Equity
High ROE: COSTD's Return on Equity (26.4%) is considered high.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/07/21 01:37
End of Day Share Price
2026/07/21 00:00
Earnings
2026/05/10
Annual Earnings
2025/08/31
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Costco Wholesale Corporation is covered by 64 analysts. 34 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.