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Costco Wholesale COST Price / sales

Price / sales at other companies

Target logo
TargetTGT
0.5×+0.1×
Kroger logo
KrogerKR
0.3×0.0×
Sysco logo
SyscoSYY
0.4×0.0×
Walmart
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Walmart WMT
1.4×+0.3×
Best Buy logo
Best BuyBBY
0.3×0.0×
Dollar Tree logo
Dollar TreeDLTR
0.0×

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$428.22B-6.1%
Enterprise value$417.41B-7.3%
P/E48.5×-9.7×

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 price / sales?
Costco Wholesale (COST) reported price / sales of 1.4× in Q1 2026.
How has Costco Wholesale's price / sales changed year-over-year?
Costco Wholesale's price / sales decreased by 14.0% year-over-year, from 1.7× to 1.4×.
What is the long-term trend for Costco Wholesale's price / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Costco Wholesale's price / sales has grown at a 15.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 3.8× to 6.6×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.