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Costco Wholesale COST Retained Earnings

Retained Earnings at other companies

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$9.55B+14.3%

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$29.54B+0.5%

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$13.46B+5.2%

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$100.24B+10.3%

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$1.66B+4.3%

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$2.68B+10.3%

Other financials

Income statement

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

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

Operating cash flow$11.1B+17.6%

CapEx$4.2B+19.7%

Free cash flow$6.9B+16.3%

Valuation

Market cap$404.88B-8.0%

Enterprise value$394.07B-9.3%

P/E45.8×-10.3×

P/S1.4×-0.3×

Profitability

Gross margin12.9%+0.1pp

Operating margin3.8%+0.1pp

Net margin3%+0.1pp

FCF margin3.8%—

Returns & leverage

Return on equity29.2%-2.9pp

Debt / equity0.2×-0.1×

Current ratio1.1×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Costco Wholesale in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit.

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 retained earnings?: Costco Wholesale (COST) reported retained earnings of $26.48B in Q1 2026.
How has Costco Wholesale's retained earnings changed year-over-year?: Costco Wholesale's retained earnings increased by 26.8% year-over-year, from $20.89B to $26.48B.
What is the long-term trend for Costco Wholesale's retained earnings?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Costco Wholesale's retained earnings has grown at a 18.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $11.67B to $22.65B.
What does retained earnings mean?: Cumulative net income earned since inception minus all dividends paid — the total profits reinvested in the business over its lifetime.