Costco Wholesale Corp financials

Key figures from Costco Wholesale Corp's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: the latest quarter against a year earlier, and the trend across recent quarters and fiscal years.

Latest quarter vs a year earlier

MetricAug 2026*Aug 2025Change
Revenue$95.7B$86.2B+11.1%
Net income$3.0B$2.6B+14.9%
Free cash flow$2.5B$1.9B+30.3%
Gross margin12.7%12.9%-0.2 pts
Operating margin4.0%3.9%+0.1 pts
Net margin3.1%3.0%+0.1 pts

Quarterly trend

Revenue by quarter
$57.8BNov 2023$58.4BFeb 2024$58.5BMay 2024$79.7BSep 2024*$62.2BNov 2024$63.7BFeb 2025$63.2BMay 2025$86.2BAug 2025*$67.3BNov 2025$69.6BFeb 2026$70.5BMay 2026$95.7BAug 2026*
Net income by quarter
$1.6BNov 2023$1.7BFeb 2024$1.7BMay 2024$2.4BSep 2024*$1.8BNov 2024$1.8BFeb 2025$1.9BMay 2025$2.6BAug 2025*$2.0BNov 2025$2.0BFeb 2026$2.2BMay 2026$3.0BAug 2026*
Free cash flow by quarter
$3.6BNov 2023-$300MFeb 2024$1.9BMay 2024$1.4BSep 2024*$2.0BNov 2024$1.6BFeb 2025$2.3BMay 2025$1.9BAug 2025*$3.2BNov 2025$1.7BFeb 2026$2.0BMay 2026$2.5BAug 2026*
Margins by quarter
1%8%15%Nov 2023Feb 2024May 2024Sep 2024*Nov 2024Feb 2025May 2025Aug 2025*Nov 2025Feb 2026May 2026Aug 2026*12.7%12.5%12.5%12.7%12.9%12.5%13.0%12.9%13.1%12.8%12.8%12.7%3.4%3.5%3.8%3.8%3.5%3.6%4.0%3.9%3.7%3.7%4.0%4.0%2.7%3.0%2.9%3.0%2.9%2.8%3.0%3.0%3.0%2.9%3.1%3.1%

Fiscal years

Fiscal yearRevenueNet incomeNet marginFree cash flowEPS (diluted)
FY Aug 2026$303.2B$9.2B3.0%$9.4B$20.76
FY Aug 2025$275.2B$8.1B2.9%$7.8B$18.21
FY Sep 2024$254.5B$7.4B2.9%$6.6B$16.56
FY Sep 2023$242.3B$6.3B2.6%$6.7B$14.16
FY Aug 2022$227.0B$5.8B2.6%$3.5B$13.14

* Fiscal fourth quarter computed from the annual filing minus the three reported quarters. All figures from company filings with the SEC.

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