
Costco's Q4 net sales increase 11.3% to $93.9 billion as digitally enabled comparable sales jump 19.5%, far outpacing company-wide growth.
Costco Wholesale Corporation (doing business as Costco Wholesale and also known simply as Costco) is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only (needing a membership to shop there) big-box retail stores. As of 2020, Costco was the fifth largest retailer in the world, and the world's largest retailer of choice and prime beef, organic foods, rotisserie chicken, and wine as of 2016.
| Revenue (TTM) | $293.59B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $37.80B |
| EBITDA | $13.79B |
| Operating Margin | 3.67% |
| Return on Equity | 29.10% |
| Return on Assets | 8.67% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $661.29 |
| Book Value | $37.28 |
| Price-to-Book | 12.25 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 1.38 |
| EV/Revenue | 1.357 |
| EV/EBITDA | 27.56 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 45.50% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 21.50% |
| Shares Outstanding | $443.48M |
| Float | $440.93M |
| % Insiders | 0.16% |
| % Institutions | 74.51% |
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Costco's Q4 net sales increase 11.3% to $93.9 billion as digitally enabled comparable sales jump 19.5%, far outpacing company-wide growth.

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COST's August sales increase 9.9% as comparable sales climbed across regions and digitally enabled sales jumped 17.9%, underscoring resilient demand.

Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Pre Recorded Sales/ Trading Statement Call Prepared Remarks Transcript

ISSAQUAH, Wash., Sept. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: COST) today reported net sales of $23.70 billion for the retail month of August, the four weeks ended August 30, 2026, an increase of 9.9 percent from $21.56 billion last year.

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