COSTCostco

Consumer staples · Discount Stores · Nasdaq

Costco Wholesale Corporation and its subsidiaries (Costco or the Company) began operations in 1983, in Seattle, Washington. 10-K, Item 1

Employees: 355,000
Headquarters: Issaquah, WA
CEO: Roland Michael Vachris
Next results: around Dec 10, 2026

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What the 10-K filed 2026-10-07 says about risks that are not on the face of the balance sheet, from the notes to the financial statements, Legal Proceedings and the MD&A (and, for big customers and key suppliers, Business and Risk Factors). Tickdelta picks sentences with specifics (amounts, accruals, covenant ratios) and quotes them as filed. New marks a sentence with nothing like it in the 10-K filed 2025-10-08.

Big customers

Customers the company names as a large share of revenue or receivables (it must name any worth 10% of revenue).

No specific sentence about this in the 10-K.

Key suppliers

Parts or manufacturing that depend on one or a few suppliers.

No specific sentence about this in the 10-K.

Lawsuits and legal claims

2 new

Pending cases, settlements and what the company has set aside for them.

“In accordance with accounting guidance, the Company establishes an accrual for legal proceedings if and when those matters present loss contingencies that are both probable and reasonably estimable.”
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“If the loss contingency at issue is not both probable and reasonably estimable, the Company does not establish an accrual, but monitors for developments that make the contingency both probable and reasonably estimable.”
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New “Cases filed against the Company by counties and cities in Michigan, New Jersey, Oregon, Virginia, and South Carolina, a hospital in Texas, and class actions and individual actions filed on behalf of individuals seeking to recover alleged increased insurance costs associated with opioid abuse in 43 states and American Samoa have been resolved or dismissed.”
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“A claim against the Company filed in federal court outside the MDL by one county in Georgia is pending, and claims filed by certain cities and counties in New York are pending in state court, as are claims by certain county district attorneys in Pennsylvania.”
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New “The Castillo plaintiffs filed a consolidated complaint on January 26, 2024, which seeks damages, equitable relief, and attorneys’ fees under various statutes, including the Washington Consumer Protection Act, Washington Privacy Act, Washington Uniform Health Care Information Act, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, California”
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Guarantees and indemnities

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Promises to pay someone else's debts or losses if they cannot.

New “Proceeds from long-term debt in 2026 included three series of Guaranteed Senior Notes totaling approximately $500, at fixed interest rates ranging from 2.620% to 3.680%, issued by our Japan subsidiary, as compared to no proceeds in 2025.”
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“Our Canadian and Other International operations maintain $1,012 of this capacity under bank credit facilities, of which $333 is guaranteed by the Company.”
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“We have letter of credit facilities, for commercial and standby letters of credit, totaling $232.”
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“The outstanding commitments under these facilities at the end of 2026 totaled $210, most of which were standby letters of credit that do not expire or have expiration dates within one year.”
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“In 2026, 2025, and 2024 the Japanese subsidiary repaid $69, $103, and $77 of its Guaranteed Senior Notes.”
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Debt covenants

Conditions in loan agreements that, if broken, can make debt due early.

No specific sentence about this in the 10-K.

Commitments off the balance sheet

Contracts the company must pay for later: purchase obligations, take-or-pay deals.

No specific sentence about this in the 10-K.

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