Costco Financial Ratios for Analysis 2011-2026 | COST

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Fifteen years of historical annual and quarterly financial ratios and margins for Costco (COST).

Annual Data

Metric Name
Current Ratio
Long-term Debt / Capital
Debt/Equity Ratio
Gross Margin
Operating Margin
EBIT Margin
EBITDA Margin
Pre-Tax Profit Margin
Net Profit Margin
Asset Turnover
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Receiveable Turnover
Days Sales In Receivables
ROE - Return On Equity
Return On Tangible Equity
ROA - Return On Assets
ROI - Return On Investment
Book Value Per Share
Operating Cash Flow Per Share
Free Cash Flow Per Share

2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
1.03	0.97	1.07	1.02	1.00	1.13	1.01	1.02	0.99	0.98	1.01	1.22	1.19	1.10	1.14
0.16	0.20	0.18	0.24	0.27	0.29	0.25	0.33	0.37	0.25	0.31	0.29	0.31	0.10	0.09
0.20	0.25	0.26	0.32	0.41	0.41	0.44	0.50	0.59	0.42	0.57	0.41	0.45	0.11	0.17
12.84	12.61	12.26	12.15	12.88	13.09	12.98	13.01	13.29	13.32	13.02	12.59	12.56	12.42	12.57
3.77	3.65	3.35	3.43	3.42	3.26	3.10	3.16	3.19	3.09	3.12	2.86	2.90	2.78	2.74
3.77	3.65	3.35	3.43	3.42	3.26	3.10	3.16	3.19	3.09	3.12	2.86	2.90	2.78	2.74
4.65	4.53	4.21	4.27	4.33	4.25	4.08	4.18	4.25	4.15	4.09	3.77	3.80	3.70	3.70
3.93	3.83	3.50	3.45	3.41	3.22	3.12	3.14	3.13	3.05	3.10	2.84	2.90	2.79	2.68
2.94	2.90	2.60	2.58	2.56	2.40	2.40	2.21	2.08	1.98	2.05	1.83	1.94	1.72	1.64
3.57	3.64	3.51	3.54	3.31	3.00	3.36	3.47	3.55	3.58	3.52	3.41	3.47	3.65	3.32
13.24	11.92	12.77	11.13	12.01	11.84	11.66	11.16	11.38	11.47	11.35	11.64	11.65	12.24	11.71
85.93	93.51	106	101	109	108	99.48	84.83	90.10	94.82	94.93	98.12	87.56	96.62	92.14
4.25	3.90	3.44	3.60	3.36	3.39	3.67	4.30	4.05	3.85	3.84	3.72	4.17	3.78	3.96
27.77	31.19	25.11	28.65	28.09	21.70	23.77	24.26	24.50	19.27	22.22	16.68	18.72	14.12	12.26
27.77	31.19	25.11	28.65	28.09	21.70	23.77	24.26	24.50	19.27	22.22	16.68	18.72	14.12	12.26
10.50	10.55	9.12	9.22	8.57	7.31	8.16	7.79	7.47	7.16	7.30	6.32	6.81	6.51	5.76
23.22	25.04	20.67	21.80	20.50	15.48	17.89	16.23	15.38	14.49	15.35	11.86	12.87	12.71	11.15
65.80	53.31	56.59	46.64	40.92	42.39	35.45	29.90	25.34	28.19	24.76	28.59	25.21	28.95	28.95
29.98	25.49	24.90	16.62	20.16	19.96	14.35	13.07	15.25	7.46	9.68	9.00	7.80	6.96	7.22
17.62	14.90	15.18	7.87	12.09	13.63	7.58	6.35	9.58	1.46	4.27	4.50	3.07	3.59	4.31

Quarterly Data

Metric Name
Current Ratio
Long-term Debt / Capital
Debt/Equity Ratio
Gross Margin
Operating Margin
EBIT Margin
EBITDA Margin
Pre-Tax Profit Margin
Net Profit Margin
Asset Turnover
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Receiveable Turnover
Days Sales In Receivables
ROE - Return On Equity
Return On Tangible Equity
ROA - Return On Assets
ROI - Return On Investment
Book Value Per Share
Operating Cash Flow Per Share
Free Cash Flow Per Share

2025-11-30	2025-08-31	2025-05-31	2025-02-28	2024-11-30	2024-08-31	2024-05-31	2024-02-29	2023-11-30	2023-08-31	2023-05-31	2023-02-28	2022-11-30	2022-08-31	2022-05-31	2022-02-28	2021-11-30	2021-08-31	2021-05-31	2021-02-28	2020-11-30	2020-08-31	2020-05-31	2020-02-29	2019-11-30	2019-08-31	2019-05-31	2019-02-28	2018-11-30	2018-08-31	2018-05-31	2018-02-28	2017-11-30	2017-08-31	2017-05-31	2017-02-28	2016-11-30	2016-08-31	2016-05-31	2016-02-29	2015-11-30	2015-08-31	2015-05-31	2015-02-28	2014-11-30	2014-08-31	2014-05-31	2014-02-28	2013-11-30	2013-08-31	2013-05-31	2013-02-28	2012-11-30	2012-08-31	2012-05-31	2012-02-29	2011-11-30	2011-08-31
1.04	1.03	1.02	1.00	0.98	0.97	0.94	0.93	1.09	1.07	1.08	1.06	1.03	1.02	1.04	1.03	1.02	1.00	1.00	0.99	0.98	1.13	1.11	1.04	1.01	1.01	0.98	0.96	1.02	1.02	1.01	1.00	0.98	0.99	0.81	0.93	0.97	0.98	0.97	1.01	1.03	1.01	1.05	0.99	1.20	1.22	1.19	1.20	1.17	1.19	1.17	1.16	1.09	1.10	1.18	1.16	1.13	1.14
0.16	0.16	0.17	0.18	0.19	0.20	0.21	0.22	0.18	0.18	0.22	0.22	0.23	0.24	0.24	0.25	0.26	0.27	0.31	0.32	0.33	0.29	0.31	0.23	0.24	0.25	0.24	0.25	0.32	0.33	0.34	0.35	0.36	0.37	0.22	0.18	0.24	0.25	0.25	0.30	0.30	0.31	0.31	0.27	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.30	0.30	0.31	0.31	0.32	0.10	0.10	0.09	0.10	0.10	0.09
0.19	0.20	0.21	0.23	0.24	0.25	0.32	0.33	0.27	0.26	0.28	0.29	0.30	0.32	0.32	0.33	0.39	0.41	0.45	0.47	0.50	0.41	0.53	0.33	0.42	0.44	0.44	0.46	0.48	0.50	0.52	0.54	0.57	0.59	0.39	0.40	0.42	0.42	0.44	0.44	0.55	0.57	0.56	0.48	0.40	0.41	0.41	0.43	0.44	0.45	0.46	0.47	0.11	0.11	0.10	0.18	0.18	0.17
13.07	12.91	12.99	12.52	12.94	12.68	12.55	12.49	12.70	12.31	12.07	12.38	12.25	11.84	11.87	12.31	12.73	12.67	12.95	12.71	13.31	13.08	13.46	12.84	12.98	13.03	12.97	13.21	12.68	12.92	13.07	12.92	13.18	13.25	13.48	12.90	13.56	13.43	13.47	13.14	13.22	13.09	13.08	12.96	12.96	12.63	12.56	12.40	12.76	12.53	12.64	12.48	12.60	12.44	12.46	12.31	12.47	12.41
3.66	3.88	4.00	3.63	3.53	3.82	3.75	3.53	3.43	3.52	3.13	3.44	3.22	3.46	3.41	3.49	3.36	3.63	3.67	2.99	3.31	3.61	3.16	3.24	2.86	3.08	3.23	3.40	2.71	3.26	3.30	3.08	2.99	3.43	3.35	2.84	3.02	3.26	3.21	3.04	2.82	3.23	3.15	3.19	2.87	3.07	2.86	2.75	2.67	2.94	3.00	2.97	2.69	2.95	2.79	2.80	2.51	2.70
3.66	3.88	4.00	3.63	3.53	3.82	3.75	3.53	3.43	3.52	3.13	3.44	3.22	3.46	3.41	3.49	3.36	3.63	3.67	2.99	3.31	3.61	3.16	3.24	2.86	3.08	3.23	3.40	2.71	3.26	3.30	3.08	2.99	3.43	3.35	2.84	3.02	3.26	3.21	3.04	2.82	3.23	3.15	3.19	2.87	3.07	2.86	2.75	2.67	2.94	3.00	2.97	2.69	2.95	2.79	2.80	2.51	2.70
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3.84	4.07	4.08	3.80	3.71	3.91	3.90	3.83	3.64	3.75	3.30	3.59	3.25	3.49	3.47	3.47	3.37	3.66	3.64	2.95	3.29	3.50	3.12	3.27	2.86	3.14	3.23	3.43	2.67	3.26	3.31	2.99	2.94	3.35	3.34	2.72	3.01	3.23	3.12	2.99	2.80	3.23	3.06	3.17	2.90	3.06	2.81	2.77	2.63	2.94	2.96	2.97	2.72	3.00	2.79	2.73	2.56	2.74
2.97	3.03	3.01	2.81	2.89	2.95	2.87	2.98	2.75	2.74	2.43	2.65	2.51	2.59	2.57	2.50	2.63	2.66	2.69	2.12	2.70	2.60	2.25	2.38	2.28	2.31	2.61	2.51	2.19	2.35	2.32	2.12	2.01	2.17	2.43	1.73	1.94	2.13	2.04	1.94	1.76	2.14	1.98	2.18	1.85	1.96	1.83	1.76	1.70	1.90	1.91	2.20	1.75	1.89	1.73	1.72	1.48	1.70
0.81	1.12	0.84	0.87	0.85	1.14	0.86	0.88	0.78	1.14	0.80	0.83	0.82	1.12	0.82	0.82	0.79	1.06	0.79	0.82	0.72	0.96	0.72	0.80	0.72	1.05	0.79	0.83	0.80	1.09	0.82	0.85	0.81	1.16	0.81	0.84	0.77	1.10	0.79	0.87	0.77	1.08	0.78	0.82	0.78	1.08	0.79	0.83	0.77	1.07	0.80	0.86	0.81	1.19	0.80	0.83	0.77	1.05
2.77	4.14	2.96	2.97	2.58	3.73	2.94	3.00	2.80	4.16	2.89	3.01	2.57	3.55	2.63	2.76	2.59	3.85	2.82	2.82	2.51	3.79	2.93	2.87	2.33	3.63	2.67	2.71	2.51	3.50	2.65	2.69	2.46	3.73	2.56	2.72	2.27	3.53	2.59	2.75	2.28	3.49	2.56	2.79	2.42	3.67	2.66	2.79	2.34	3.60	2.76	2.87	2.54	3.98	2.77	2.90	2.49	3.72
20.83	26.90	21.98	20.82	20.98	29.29	22.65	21.03	22.74	34.55	21.44	20.36	23.55	32.17	26.42	23.25	26.07	34.76	28.39	23.15	26.25	34.44	24.73	19.65	21.65	30.94	20.39	17.74	19.54	26.61	20.31	16.49	20.40	29.54	19.74	18.64	18.76	29.20	20.59	19.39	20.03	29.23	21.84	21.33	21.53	30.94	23.13	21.15	21.85	27.05	21.24	19.13	20.18	31.40	21.93	21.03	22.02	29.20
4.32	3.35	4.09	4.32	4.29	3.07	3.97	4.28	3.96	2.61	4.20	4.42	3.82	2.80	3.41	3.87	3.45	2.59	3.17	3.89	3.43	2.61	3.64	4.58	4.16	2.91	4.41	5.07	4.61	3.38	4.43	5.46	4.41	3.05	4.56	4.83	4.80	3.08	4.37	4.64	4.49	3.08	4.12	4.22	4.18	2.91	3.89	4.26	4.12	3.33	4.24	4.70	4.46	2.87	4.10	4.28	4.09	3.08
6.60	8.95	7.02	6.99	7.35	9.97	7.72	8.40	6.08	8.62	5.52	6.43	6.35	9.10	6.69	6.61	7.08	9.37	7.26	6.02	7.71	7.51	4.95	5.57	5.28	7.12	6.18	6.35	5.76	8.04	6.12	5.92	5.73	8.41	6.93	4.10	4.54	6.37	4.67	4.94	4.40	7.18	4.80	5.82	4.02	5.63	3.98	4.04	3.78	5.65	4.36	5.39	3.28	4.97	3.07	3.21	2.64	3.98
6.60	8.95	7.02	6.99	7.35	9.97	7.72	8.40	6.08	8.62	5.52	6.43	6.35	9.10	6.69	6.61	7.08	9.37	7.26	6.02	7.71	7.51	4.95	5.57	5.28	7.12	6.18	6.35	5.76	8.04	6.12	5.92	5.73	8.41	6.93	4.10	4.54	6.37	4.67	4.94	4.40	7.18	4.80	5.82	4.02	5.63	3.98	4.04	3.78	5.65	4.36	5.39	3.28	4.97	3.07	3.21	2.64	3.98
2.42	3.39	2.52	2.44	2.45	3.37	2.48	2.63	2.16	3.13	1.95	2.19	2.07	2.93	2.15	2.09	2.10	2.86	2.15	1.77	1.96	2.53	1.65	1.94	1.66	2.44	2.09	2.11	1.77	2.58	1.92	1.84	1.65	2.56	1.98	1.46	1.52	2.37	1.62	1.71	1.37	2.36	1.55	1.81	1.46	2.13	1.46	1.50	1.33	2.05	1.55	1.90	1.44	2.29	1.46	1.50	1.17	1.87
5.56	7.48	5.79	5.71	5.95	8.00	6.09	6.55	4.96	7.10	4.33	5.00	4.88	6.92	5.08	4.96	5.24	6.84	5.04	4.11	5.17	5.35	3.44	4.29	4.01	5.36	4.67	4.75	3.89	5.38	4.02	3.84	3.65	5.28	5.43	3.36	3.43	4.79	3.50	3.44	3.06	4.96	3.32	4.26	2.87	4.00	2.82	2.83	2.63	3.89	2.99	3.67	2.97	4.48	2.78	2.90	2.38	3.62
68.26	65.80	61.16	57.64	55.08	53.31	49.10	46.80	58.92	56.59	53.19	51.40	48.39	46.64	46.30	45.06	42.85	40.92	38.39	36.44	34.56	42.39	38.96	38.49	36.72	35.45	33.70	32.23	30.60	29.90	28.38	27.46	25.86	25.34	23.22	28.96	27.84	28.19	26.80	25.58	25.19	24.76	24.59	23.68	28.54	28.59	27.41	26.62	25.95	25.21	24.38	23.57	29.51	28.95	30.43	29.55	28.60	28.95
10.55	29.98	21.29	13.50	7.33	25.49	18.84	12.10	10.47	24.90	16.52	13.05	5.87	16.62	10.98	8.22	7.33	20.16	13.55	6.04	5.96	19.96	10.41	6.13	4.74	14.35	9.18	4.43	4.92	13.07	9.55	4.79	4.55	15.25	11.09	7.46	6.34	7.46	7.85	3.63	1.84	9.68	7.35	4.58	2.55	9.00	7.10	3.73	2.12	7.80	6.52	3.47	2.51	6.96	5.30	2.83	1.51	7.22
7.11	17.62	13.35	8.11	4.49	14.90	11.80	7.44	8.13	15.18	10.30	8.67	3.49	7.87	5.07	4.23	4.96	12.09	7.93	2.74	3.95	13.63	6.00	3.29	3.13	7.58	4.69	1.45	3.27	6.35	5.22	1.78	2.69	9.58	7.19	4.77	4.83	1.46	3.77	0.60	0.22	4.27	3.77	1.94	1.30	4.50	3.88	1.42	0.83	3.07	3.39	1.32	1.40	3.59	3.25	1.39	0.74	4.31