COST vs WMT
Costco Wholesale Corp. /new and Walmart Inc., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | COST | WMT |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $275.2B | $706.4B |
| Net income | $8.1B | $21.9B |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 24.2% |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 3.1% |
| Return on equity | 30.7% | 23.0% |
| Diluted EPS | $18.21 | $2.73 |
| Dividend / share | $4.92 | $0.94 |
| Payout ratio | 27.0% | 34.3% |
| Free cash flow | $7.8B | $14.9B |
| Equity | $29.2B | $99.6B |
| Net debt / equity | −0.29× | 0.28× |
| Current ratio | 1.03× | 0.79× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 10.5% | 4.9% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | 15.1% | 10.1% |
WMT bills 2.6× the revenue of COST, and keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (3.1% against 2.9%).
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 | COST | WMT |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $275.2B | $706.4B |
| FY2024 | $254.5B | $674.5B |
| FY2023 | $242.3B | $642.6B |
| FY2022 | $227.0B | $605.9B |
| FY2021 | $195.9B | $567.8B |
| FY2020 | $166.8B | $555.2B |
| FY2019 | $152.7B | $519.9B |
| FY2018 | $141.6B | $510.3B |
| FY2017 | $129.0B | $495.8B |
| FY2016 | $118.7B | $481.3B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | COST | WMT |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $8.1B | $21.9B |
| FY2024 | $7.4B | $19.4B |
| FY2023 | $6.3B | $15.5B |
| FY2022 | $5.8B | $11.7B |
| FY2021 | $5.0B | $13.7B |
| FY2020 | $4.0B | $13.5B |
| FY2019 | $3.7B | $14.9B |
| FY2018 | $3.1B | $6.7B |
| FY2017 | $2.7B | $9.9B |
| FY2016 | $2.4B | $13.6B |
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