Costco Wholesale Corp /New $COST Read from its own SEC filings · nothing written, nothing inferred
🫧 Edgar looked up COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW ($COST). Last filing: 8-K (2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition), 2026-09-24. 9 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.
🔖 Exposure: revenue $275.2B (FY2025), total debt $5.8B. Experience: revenue up 8.2% on the year, up 8.9% a year over 4 years; operating margin 3.8%, up from 3.6%. Soundness: equity 37.8% of assets, return on equity 27.8%, payout 27.0% of profit, the dividend per share fell in the latest year on record. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $265.0B and $308.6B next year (method v4.1: its own 4-year record of growth weighed at 50% against $10B+ filers; on a year the method never saw, 83.4% landed inside). In a shock year the stress range is $247.8B to $328.1B. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (9 filers, $50M+ revenue, retail-variety stores): operating margin 3.8% against a 4.9% median; growth 8.2% against 7.2%.
Gold paid out, navy kept. Kept share × return on equity = the growth it can fund itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.
Speed and cash · fiscal 2025
Both views must agree for a label · a description, not advice.
| Cash flow (op · inv · fin · free) | $13.3B · −$5.3B · −$3.8B · $7.8B |
| Investment book (cash · short · long) | $14.2B · $119M · $667M · current ratio 1.03 |
| Revenue swing · equity of assets | 4.3% · 36.6% |
Costco Wholesale Corp /New is growing faster than its size class, with steadier revenue. Its own audited SEC figures.
The figures, as filed
| Fiscal year end | 2025-08-31 |
| Revenue | $275.2B |
| Revenue, on the year | 8.2% |
| Revenue, a year over the record | 8.9% |
| Operating margin | 3.8% |
| Operating margin, prior year | 3.6% |
| Net margin | 2.9% |
| Research and development | not filed separately |
| Total debt | $5.8B |
| Equity of assets | 37.8% |
| Return on equity | 27.8% |
| Payout of profit | 27.0% |
| Dividend per share | $4.92 · cut in the latest year |
| Earnings per share | $18.24 |
| Book value per share | $65.57 |
| Revenue per share | $618.78 |
| Shares outstanding | 444,803,000 |
| Audited years read | 5 |
Peers: the median of 9 filers with $50M+ revenue in retail-variety stores.
Health HarborCostco Wholesale Corp /New sails as: New ship
Health watch · 12 monthsDirector or officer change
Sailing speed follows growth: 6.6% a year crosses the harbor in 60 seconds.
🌊 Visit the Bay →No warning signs on the measures below.
Boat condition = number of warning signs: a serious warning filing in 12 months; liabilities over assets; slow and jumpy; negative operating cash; an 80% revenue range of ±25% or wider. A picture of the signs, not a rating and not investment advice.
- 8-K · 2026-09-24 · 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 8-K · 2026-07-08 · 8.01 Other Events; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 10-Q · 2026-06-03
- 8-K · 2026-05-28 · 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 8-K · 2026-04-15 · 8.01 Other Events; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 10-Q · 2026-03-11
Figures are as filed in audited 10-K reports and can move with restatements, acquisitions, disposals or a change in fiscal year. A range set from how past company-years turned out is not a promise about the next one, and says nothing about the share price. Reporting, not investment advice. No price targets and no trading recommendations. Figures from the SEC’s own data · every filing · this page as JSON · ask about another company