Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

Costco Ratios and Metrics

Market cap in millions USD. Fiscal year is October - September.

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020
Period Ending	May 14, 2025	Sep 1, 2024	Sep 3, 2023	Aug 28, 2022	Aug 29, 2021	Aug 30, 2020
Market Capitalization	440,844	395,623	241,184	235,577	199,081	153,814
Market Cap Growth	48.10%	64.03%	2.38%	18.33%	29.43%	18.65%
Enterprise Value	438,134	393,421	236,485	233,327	198,675	154,952
Last Close Price	999.03	889.05	526.82	510.93	429.86	321.49
PE Ratio	58.01	53.70	38.33	40.31	39.76	38.43
Forward PE	52.62	51.99	35.33	38.18	39.97	38.01
PS Ratio	1.68	1.56	1.00	1.04	1.02	0.92
PB Ratio	17.33	16.75	9.63	11.41	11.01	8.22
P/TBV Ratio	17.33	17.48	10.02	11.99	12.02	8.89
P/FCF Ratio	64.01	59.68	35.76	67.29	37.07	25.42
P/OCF Ratio	37.05	34.89	21.79	31.87	22.22	17.36
PEG Ratio	5.82	5.64	3.52	3.23	4.10	4.08
EV/Sales Ratio	1.66	1.55	0.98	1.03	1.01	0.93
EV/EBITDA Ratio	36.29	34.15	22.35	23.78	23.18	21.89
EV/EBIT Ratio	44.93	42.37	27.81	29.49	29.25	28.51
EV/FCF Ratio	63.27	59.35	35.06	66.65	37.00	25.61
Debt / Equity Ratio	0.31	0.42	0.42	0.53	0.63	0.59
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	0.64	0.83	0.95	1.06	1.26	1.49
Debt / FCF Ratio	1.16	1.50	1.56	3.12	2.12	1.83
Asset Turnover	3.79	3.67	3.64	3.68	3.41	3.30
Inventory Turnover	12.87	12.60	12.28	12.41	12.90	12.26
Quick Ratio	0.44	0.39	0.52	0.42	0.48	0.60
Current Ratio	1.00	0.97	1.07	1.02	1.00	1.13
Return on Equity (ROE)	32.89%	30.27%	27.53%	30.55%	27.62%	23.67%
Return on Assets (ROA)	8.73%	8.36%	7.98%	8.01%	7.39%	6.73%
Return on Capital (ROIC)	19.10%	16.78%	15.83%	16.20%	14.32%	12.91%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	26.90%	27.00%	24.00%	24.60%	22.80%	17.70%
Earnings Yield	1.72%	1.86%	2.61%	2.48%	2.51%	2.60%
FCF Yield	1.56%	1.68%	2.80%	1.49%	2.70%	3.93%
Dividend Yield	0.52%	0.49%	0.73%	0.66%	0.69%	0.84%
Payout Ratio	30.36%	32.39%	19.88%	25.63%	114.80%	36.96%
Buyback Yield / Dilution	-0.10%	-0.07%	0.07%	-0.09%	-0.10%	-0.22%
Total Shareholder Return	0.43%	0.42%	0.80%	0.57%	0.59%	0.62%

Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence. Standard template. Financial Sources.

SEC Filings: 10-K · 10-Q