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Costco Wholesale Corp. /new COST
18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2025
$275.2B
▲ 8.2% vs FY2024
EPS · FY25
$18.21
Dividend / sh · FY25
$4.92
Payout · FY25
27%
ROE · FY25
30.7%
Net margin · FY25
2.9%
Dividend coverage
3.7×
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Result
USD 275.2B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below
Revenue
Net income
3 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.
Per share
USD 18.21
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS
Dividend
Earnings covered the dividend 3.7 times — the rest stayed in the company.
Profitability
30.7%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
Operating margin3.8%
Net margin2.9%
Return on assets11.0%
Each USD of equity produced 31 cents of profit this year.
Returned to shareholders
USD 3.1B
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 2.2B
Net buybacksUSD 903.0M
Share of profit38.1%
Consecutive raises—
USD 2.2B in dividends and USD 903.0M in buybacks — 38% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.
Growth
+10.5% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+6.6%
+10.5%
+9.0%
+8.8%
Net income
+11.5%
+15.1%
+13.0%
+13.0%
EPS, diluted
+11.5%
+15.1%
+13.0%
+13.0%
Dividend / share
−2.8%
+13.2%
Returned to shareholders
+16.8%
+13.0%
−0.8%
+10.9%
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.
Share base
0.44B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
Change, 5 years+0.4%
Change, 10 years+1.2%
The share count grew 0% in five years — the same company, cut into more, smaller slices.
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Balance sheet
USD 77.1B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 77.1B
EquityUSD 29.2B
CashUSD 14.2B
Gross debtUSD 5.8B
Net debtUSD -8.4B
Current ratio1.03×
The company holds more cash than debt.
History
18 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Revenue $B
275.2
254.5
242.3
227.0
195.9
166.8
152.7
141.6
129.0
118.7
116.2
112.6
105.2
99.1
88.9
77.9
71.4
72.5
Operating income $B
10.4
9.3
8.1
7.8
6.7
5.4
4.7
4.5
4.1
3.7
3.6
3.2
3.1
2.8
2.4
2.1
1.8
2.0
EBITDA $B
12.8
11.5
10.2
9.7
8.5
7.1
6.2
5.9
5.5
4.9
4.8
4.2
4.0
3.7
3.3
2.9
2.5
2.6
Income tax $B
2.7
2.4
2.2
1.9
1.6
1.3
1.1
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.2
1.1
1.0
1.0
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.7
Net income $B
8.1
7.4
6.3
5.8
5.0
4.0
3.7
3.1
2.7
2.4
2.4
2.1
2.0
1.7
1.5
1.3
1.1
1.3
EPS, diluted $
18.21
16.56
14.16
13.14
11.27
9.02
8.26
7.09
6.08
5.33
5.37
4.65
4.63
3.89
3.30
2.92
2.47
2.89
Dividend / sh $
4.92
19.36
3.84
·
·
·
·
2.14
8.90
1.70
6.51
1.33
8.17
1.03
0.89
0.77
0.68
0.61
Payout %
27
123
20
26
115
37
28
22
146
32
121
28
175
26
27
26
27
21
ROE %
30.7
30.3
27.5
30.6
27.9
23.9
26.1
26.6
23.4
20.7
20.7
17.8
17.6
14.0
12.8
12.5
10.8
·
Shares out B
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.43
0.43
0.43
0.44
·
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.
How we verifyAUDITED
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