This is the standing evidence sheet for Costco Wholesale (COST): the yardsticks BullScope computes from official SEC filings and market prices. It refreshes whenever a new edition of our research is published, and it is impersonal by design, every reader sees the same page. Nothing here is investment advice; it is the evidence, organized.
The price tag: what buyers pay per dollar of profit
Today the market pays about $50.5 for each $1 of Costco Wholesale’s annual profit (a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.5). Across its own past decade the typical price tag was 50.5, which puts today at roughly the 50th percentile of the company’s own history.
The tape: what the stock itself has done
- Last price: $942.25 (end-of-day market data as of the edition date · methodology) · 14% below its 52-week high
- Past 6 months: -8.5% · past 12 months: +3.4%
- Day-to-day temperament: normal (annualized volatility 20%)
The filed record: straight from the annual reports
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Growth | Operating margin | EPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | $227.0B | +15.8% | 3.4% | $13.14 |
| FY2023 | $242.3B | +6.8% | 3.3% | $14.16 |
| FY2024 | $254.5B | +5.0% | 3.6% | $16.56 |
| FY2025 | $275.2B | +8.2% | 3.8% | $18.21 |
| FY2026 | $303.2B | +10.1% | 3.9% | $20.76 |
The road ahead: filed results vs published expectations
| FY2024A | FY2025A | FY2026A | FY2027E | FY2028E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net sales ($B) | 254.5 | 275.2 | 303.2 | 318 to 332 | 337 to 360 |
| Net sales growth (%) | +8.5 | +8.1 | +10.2 | 5.0 to 9.0 | 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Operating margin (%) | 3.65 | 3.78 | 3.86 | 3.75 to 4.00 | 3.75 to 4.05 |
| Diluted EPS ($) | 16.56 | 18.21 | 20.76 | 21.50 to 23.50 | 22.50 to 25.50 |
Columns marked A are actual filed results; E columns are the published consensus ranges the current price is being weighed against.
The four gauges: from the latest edition
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Edition date: 2026-10-08. This page updates when a new edition is published. Sources: SEC EDGAR filings, Nasdaq prices; computed by BullScope’s published methodology.
