BJ vs COST
Bj’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corp. /new, side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | BJ | COST |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $21.5B | $275.2B |
| Net income | $578.4M | $8.1B |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 12.8% |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| Return on equity | 28.6% | 30.7% |
| Diluted EPS | $4.38 | $18.21 |
| Dividend / share | — | $4.92 |
| Payout ratio | 0.0% | 27.0% |
| Free cash flow | $328.0M | $7.8B |
| Equity | $2.2B | $29.2B |
| Net debt / equity | 0.22× | −0.29× |
| Current ratio | 0.75× | 1.03× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 6.8% | 10.5% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | 6.6% | 15.1% |
COST bills 12.8× the revenue of BJ, and keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (2.9% against 2.7%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
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Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | BJ | COST |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $21.5B | $275.2B |
| FY2024 | $20.5B | $254.5B |
| FY2023 | $20.0B | $242.3B |
| FY2022 | $19.3B | $227.0B |
| FY2021 | $16.7B | $195.9B |
| FY2020 | $15.4B | $166.8B |
| FY2019 | $13.2B | $152.7B |
| FY2018 | $13.0B | $141.6B |
| FY2017 | $12.8B | $129.0B |
| FY2016 | $12.4B | $118.7B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | BJ | COST |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $578.4M | $8.1B |
| FY2024 | $534.4M | $7.4B |
| FY2023 | $523.7M | $6.3B |
| FY2022 | $513.2M | $5.8B |
| FY2021 | $426.7M | $5.0B |
| FY2020 | $421.0M | $4.0B |
| FY2019 | $187.2M | $3.7B |
| FY2018 | $127.3M | $3.1B |
| FY2017 | $50.3M | $2.7B |
| FY2016 | $44.2M | $2.4B |
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