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Costco Wholesale COST Debt-to-assets

Debt-to-assets at other companies

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TargetTGT
0.3×0.0×
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KrogerKR
0.2×0.0×
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SyscoSYY
0.5×0.0×
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Walmart WMT
0.3×0.0×
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0.3×0.0×
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0.5×+0.2×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$70.5B+11.6%
Gross profit$9.0B+9.7%
Operating income$2.8B+11.3%
Net income$2.2B+15.2%
EPS (diluted)$4.93+15.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$18.9B+36.9%
Total debt$8.1B-2.7%
Total equity$33.5B+23.5%
Total assets$86.4B+14.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$11.1B+17.6%
CapEx$4.2B+19.7%
Free cash flow$6.9B+16.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$421.95B-6.1%
Enterprise value$411.14B-7.3%
P/E47.7×-9.5×
P/S1.4×-0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin12.9%+0.1pp
Operating margin3.8%+0.1pp
Net margin3%+0.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity29.2%-2.9pp
Debt / equity0.2×-0.1×
Current ratio1.1×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Costco Wholesale’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Costco Wholesale’s 10-Q, filed June 3, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Costco Wholesale's debt-to-assets?
Costco Wholesale (COST) reported debt-to-assets of 0.1× in Q1 2026.
How has Costco Wholesale's debt-to-assets changed year-over-year?
Costco Wholesale's debt-to-assets decreased by 15.0% year-over-year, from 0.1× to 0.1×.
What is the long-term trend for Costco Wholesale's debt-to-assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Costco Wholesale's debt-to-assets has grown at a -10.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 0.7× to 0.5×.
What does debt-to-assets mean?
What fraction of everything the company owns is funded by debt.
How do you interpret debt-to-assets?
A lower ratio indicates a more conservatively financed balance sheet. Rising debt-to-assets over time signals increasing financial risk.
How does debt-to-assets compare across companies?
Comparable within an industry; bounded between 0 and 1 for most non-financials, which makes cross-company reads cleaner than debt-to-equity.