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Costco Wholesale COST Interest coverage

Interest coverage at other companies

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TargetTGT
10.7×-2.9×
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KrogerKR
+0.3×
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SyscoSYY
4.3×-0.7×
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Best BuyBBY
33.5×+10.6×
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Dollar TreeDLTR
13.6×+2.6×
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AmazonAMZN
33.7×+2.6×

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 trailing twelve months.

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 interest coverage?
Costco Wholesale (COST) reported interest coverage of 76.9× in Q1 2026.
How has Costco Wholesale's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
Costco Wholesale's interest coverage increased by 19.7% year-over-year, from 64.2× to 76.9×.
What is the long-term trend for Costco Wholesale's interest coverage?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Costco Wholesale's interest coverage has grown at a 13.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 147.9× to 248×.
What does interest coverage mean?
How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
How do you interpret interest coverage?
Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
How does interest coverage compare across companies?
Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.