COST Costco
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Consumer Cyclical · Retail-Variety Stores
Costco (COST) is a consumer cyclical company in the Retail-Variety Stores industry, with a market capitalization of $449.8 billion. Shares last traded at $1015.00, 7.4% below their 52-week high. Over the past year the stock is up 11.2%. COST trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.75, above the Retail-Variety Stores median of 20.99. Net profit margin is 3.0%, below the peer median of 3.9%. Revenue grew 10.1% year over year. The shares yield 0.5% in dividends.
* P/E (TTM) = market cap ÷ net income over the trailing twelve months where four consecutive quarters are reported, otherwise the latest fiscal year — the same basis as the peer table and the screener, so it can differ from price ÷ EPS.
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Financials
Trailing twelve months where four consecutive quarters are reported, otherwise the latest fiscal year; revenue is the fiscal-year figure where quarterly revenue covers under half of it (typical for banks, insurers and REITs), and margins are taken on it; latest reported period ends 2026-08-30. Source: SEC EDGAR/XBRL.
COST Dividend History
| Fiscal year end | Total dividends paid | Per share* | Payout ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-30 | $2.46B | $5.53 | 27% |
| 2025-08-31 | $2.18B | $4.91 | 27% |
| 2024-09-01 | $9.04B | $20.33 | 123% |
| 2023-09-03 | $1.25B | $2.81 | 20% |
| 2022-08-28 | $1.50B | $3.37 | 26% |
| 2021-08-29 | $5.75B | $12.94 | 115% |
| 2020-08-30 | $1.48B | $3.33 | 37% |
*Per share derived as total dividends paid ÷ weighted diluted shares (SEC EDGAR/XBRL annual cash-flow facts). Reported history — not a forecast of future dividends.
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Recent earnings
| Period | EPS (diluted) | Reported |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2026 (derived) | $6.75 | 2026-10-07 |
| FY 2026 | $20.76 | 2026-10-07 |
| Q3 2026 | $4.93 | 2026-06-03 |
| Q2 2026 | $4.58 | 2026-03-11 |
| Q1 2026 | $4.50 | 2025-12-17 |
| Q4 2025 (derived) | $5.87 | 2025-10-08 |
Q4 marked "derived" = fiscal-year EPS minus Q1–Q3 (10-Ks report only the annual figure); EPS is not strictly additive, so it can differ by a cent or two from the issuer's own Q4.
Retail-Variety Stores peers
COST vs 10 industry peers (Retail-Variety Stores), by market cap. Data as of close
| WMT | Walmart | $986.6B | 44.69 | 1.35 | 3.0% | -2.68% |
| COST | Costco | $449.8B | 48.75 | 1.48 | 3.0% | -2.30% |
| TGT | Target | $70.1B | 15.97 | 0.65 | 4.1% | -2.59% |
| DG | Dollar General | $28.8B | 16.90 | 0.66 | 3.9% | -3.91% |
| DLTR | Dollar Tree | $25.2B | 15.60 | 1.25 | 8.0% | -3.28% |
| BJ | Bj'S Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. | $13.8B | 23.26 | 0.61 | 2.6% | -1.14% |
| FIVE | Five Below, Inc | $13.0B | 20.99 | 2.45 | 11.7% | -1.20% |
| OLLI | Ollie'S Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. | $5.3B | 19.34 | 1.89 | 9.8% | +0.19% |
| PSMT | Pricesmart Inc | $5.0B | 29.85 | 0.85 | 2.8% | -3.42% |
| MNSO | Miniso Group Holding Ltd | — | — | — | — | -2.11% |
🇨🇦 Costco also trades on Cboe Canada as a CAD-hedged Canadian Depositary Receipt (CDR) under COST / ZCOS. A CDR represents the same underlying COST shares in Canadian dollars with the currency exposure hedged; this page tracks the US-listed shares.
Source: SEC EDGAR (fundamentals/EPS/dividends) · Databento EQUS.MINI (prices) · market cap & yield computed by tradmap. Informational only — not financial advice.