What are Costco Wholesale's profit margins?

Costco Wholesale (COST) runs a 12.9% gross margin and a 3.8% operating margin, with a 3.0% net margin.

Where do Costco Wholesale's ratios come from?

Every ratio is computed from Costco Wholesale's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.

Costco Wholesale COST Ratios & Valuation

Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Ratios Segments

Quarterly Annual TTM

YoY

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	FY'25	FY'24	FY'23	FY'22
Profitability
Gross margin	51%+1.1pp	49.9%+1.4pp	48.5%-1.5pp	50%-2.2pp
Operating margin	14.9%+0.9pp	14%+0.6pp	13.5%-0.4pp	13.9%+0.4pp
Net margin	11.7%+0.6pp	11.1%+0.8pp	10.3%-0.1pp	10.3%+0.3pp
Returns
Return on equity	125.6%+5.1pp	120.5%+7.2pp	113.2%-10.8pp	124%+12.6pp
Return on assets	43.2%+2.4pp	40.8%+3.8pp	37%+0.6pp	36.4%+2.9pp
Return on invested capital	183.6%+54.6pp	129.1%+1.7pp	127.3%-8.6pp	135.9%+21.5pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover	14.8×+0.1×	14.7×+0.3×	14.4×+0.3×	14.1×+0.7×
Inventory turnover	50.5×-0.1×	50.7×+2.1×	48.6×+0.9×	47.7×-0.7×
Liquidity
Current ratio	4×+0.1×	3.9×-0.3×	4.2×+0.1×	4.1×+0.1×
Quick ratio	2×+0.1×	1.9×-0.2×	2.2×+0.2×	2×-0.1×
Cash ratio	1.4×+0.1×	1.3×-0.2×	1.5×+0.1×	1.4×-0.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity	1.3×-0.4×	1.7×+0.1×	1.6×-0.4×	1.9×-0.7×
Debt-to-assets	0.5×-0.1×	0.5×0.0×	0.5×0.0×	0.6×-0.1×
Interest coverage	248×+41.2×	206.9×+0.7×	206.1×+24.7×	181.4×+33.5×
Per Share
Book value per share	$239.00+15.1%	$207.57-0.7%	$209.00+18.4%	$176.47+21.5%
Valuation
Market capitalization	$1.77T+31.1%	$1.35T+45.9%	$923.67B+1.8%	$907.25B+31.4%
Enterprise value	$1.75T+30.7%	$1.34T+47.1%	$909.94B+1.2%	$898.96B+30.5%
Price / earnings	227.1×+34.5×	192.6×+40.1×	152.5×-11.7×	164.2×+14.4×
Price / sales	6.6×+1.3×	5.4×+1.4×	3.9×-0.3×	4.2×+0.5×
Price / book	66.8×+7.6×	59.2×+19.3×	39.9×-6.5×	46.4×+3.6×
EV / sales	6.6×+1.2×	5.3×+1.5×	3.9×-0.3×	4.2×+0.5×
Earnings yield	7.1%-1.3pp	8.4%-2.1pp	10.5%+0.7pp	9.8%-0.9pp
PEG ratio	19.9×+6.5×	13.4×-4.2×	17.6×+9.4×	8.2×+0.5×

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Questions, answered.

What are Costco Wholesale's profit margins?: Costco Wholesale (COST) runs a 12.9% gross margin and a 3.8% operating margin, with a 3.0% net margin.
Where do Costco Wholesale's ratios come from?: Every ratio is computed from Costco Wholesale's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.