What is Costco Wholesale's tax on share settlement?

Costco Wholesale (COST) reported tax on share settlement of $361M in Q1 2026.

How has Costco Wholesale's tax on share settlement changed year-over-year?

Costco Wholesale's tax on share settlement decreased by 7.9% year-over-year, from $392M to $361M.

What does tax on share settlement mean?

Cash paid to tax authorities for employee share vesting, where the company withholds shares and pays the tax obligation in cash.

Costco Wholesale COST Tax on Share Settlement

Tax on Share Settlement at other companies

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$89M+48.3%

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$40K-45.2%

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$21.8M+17.2%

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$4.1M+36.7%

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$51M+54.5%

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$404.88B-8.0%

Enterprise value$394.07B-9.3%

P/E45.8×-10.3×

P/S1.4×-0.3×

Profitability

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Gross margin12.9%+0.1pp

Operating margin3.8%+0.1pp

Net margin3%+0.1pp

FCF margin3.8%—

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

Reported directly by Costco Wholesale in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation.

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 tax on share settlement?: Costco Wholesale (COST) reported tax on share settlement of $361M in Q1 2026.
How has Costco Wholesale's tax on share settlement changed year-over-year?: Costco Wholesale's tax on share settlement decreased by 7.9% year-over-year, from $392M to $361M.
What does tax on share settlement mean?: Cash paid to tax authorities for employee share vesting, where the company withholds shares and pays the tax obligation in cash.