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Costco Wholesale COST Market capitalization

Market capitalization at other companies

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$57.71B+31.0%
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$34.11B-7.1%
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$1.05T+37.1%
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$12.65B-9.3%
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$19.16B+9.7%

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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Enterprise value$417.41B-7.3%
P/E48.5×-9.7×
P/S1.5×-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

Computed from the period-end share price: $424.14B.

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 market capitalization?
Costco Wholesale (COST) reported market capitalization of $424.14B in Q1 2026.
How has Costco Wholesale's market capitalization changed year-over-year?
Costco Wholesale's market capitalization decreased by 6.1% year-over-year, from $451.58B to $424.14B.
What is the long-term trend for Costco Wholesale's market capitalization?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Costco Wholesale's market capitalization has grown at a 26.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $690.22B to $1.77T.
What does market capitalization mean?
What the stock market says the company's equity is worth.
How do you interpret market capitalization?
A size and market-sentiment gauge, not a quality measure — interpret through valuation ratios (P/E, P/S) that relate it to fundamentals.
How does market capitalization compare across companies?
Comparable across companies as a size class; the input to every equity-price valuation multiple.