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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COST and 9 peers, year by year

The 9 Consumer staples companies closest to COST in revenue over the last twelve months. Every number is from the 10-K and links to it in SEC's Inline XBRL viewer.

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Each company's latest fiscal year
Company	Year	Revenue	Sales growth	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	FCF margin	Return on equity	Debt / equity
COST Costco	FY2026	$303.2B	+10.1%	-	3.9%	3.0%	3.1%	25.8%	0.17
KR Kroger	FY2025	$147.6B	+0.4%	-	1.3%	0.7%	2.3%	17.1%	2.68
TGT Target Corporation	FY2025	$104.8B	−1.7%	-	4.9%	3.5%	2.7%	22.9%	0.89
PEP PepsiCo	FY2025	$93.9B	+2.3%	54.1%	12.2%	8.8%	8.2%	40.4%	2.61
BG Bunge Global	FY2025	$70.3B	+9.0%	4.8%	-	1.2%	−1.2%	5.1%	0.88
PG Procter & Gamble	FY2026	$87.0B	+3.3%	-	22.7%	18.4%	17.4%	29.5%	0.63
SYY Sysco	FY2026	$84.6B	+3.9%	18.5%	3.7%	2.1%	2.3%	65.9%	5.07
ADM Archer Daniels Midland	FY2025	$80.3B	+2.4%	6.3%	-	1.3%	5.2%	4.7%	0.37
TSN Tyson Foods	FY2025	$54.4B	+2.1%	6.5%	2.0%	0.9%	2.2%	2.6%	0.49
KO Coca-Cola	FY2025	$47.9B	+1.9%	61.6%	28.7%	27.3%	11.0%	40.7%	1.41

Revenuepeer median $84.6B

Sales growthpeer median +2.3%

Gross marginpeer median 12.5%

KO 61.6%
PEP 54.1%
SYY 18.5%
TSN 6.5%
ADM 6.3%
BG 4.8%
COST -
KR -
TGT -
PG -

Operating marginpeer median 4.9%

KO 28.7%
PG 22.7%
PEP 12.2%
TGT 4.9%
COST 3.9%
SYY 3.7%
TSN 2.0%
KR 1.3%
BG -
ADM -

Net marginpeer median 2.1%

KO 27.3%
PG 18.4%
PEP 8.8%
TGT 3.5%
COST 3.0%
SYY 2.1%
ADM 1.3%
BG 1.2%
TSN 0.9%
KR 0.7%

FCF marginpeer median 2.7%

PG 17.4%
KO 11.0%
PEP 8.2%
ADM 5.2%
COST 3.1%
TGT 2.7%
KR 2.3%
SYY 2.3%
TSN 2.2%
BG −1.2%

Return on equitypeer median 22.9%

Debt / equitypeer median 0.89

SYY 5.07
KR 2.68
PEP 2.61
KO 1.41
TGT 0.89
BG 0.88
PG 0.63
TSN 0.49
ADM 0.37
COST 0.17

RevenueSales growthGross marginOperating marginNet marginFree cash flowFCF marginReturn on equityDebt / equityEPS (diluted)

Revenue, FY2017 to FY2026

Revenue as reported in the 10-K.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
COST Aug	$129.0B	$141.6B	$152.7B	$166.8B	$195.9B	$227.0B	$242.3B	$254.5B	$275.2B	$303.2B
KR Jan	$123.3B	$121.9B	$122.3B	$132.5B	$137.9B	$148.3B	-	$150.0B	$147.6B	-
TGT Jan	$72.7B	$75.4B	$78.1B	$93.6B	$106.0B	$109.1B	$107.4B	$106.6B	$104.8B	-
PEP Dec	$63.5B	$64.7B	$67.2B	$70.4B	$79.5B	$86.4B	$91.5B	$91.9B	$93.9B	-
BG Dec	-	-	-	-	$59.2B	$67.2B	$59.5B	$53.1B	$70.3B	-
PG Jun	$65.1B	$66.8B	$67.7B	$71.0B	$76.1B	$80.2B	$82.0B	$84.0B	$84.3B	$87.0B
SYY Jun	$55.4B	$58.7B	$60.1B	$52.9B	$51.3B	$68.6B	$76.3B	$78.8B	$81.4B	$84.6B
ADM Dec	$60.8B	$64.3B	$64.7B	$64.4B	$85.2B	$101.6B	$93.9B	$85.5B	$80.3B	-
TSN Sep	$38.3B	$40.1B	$42.4B	$43.2B	$47.0B	$53.3B	$52.9B	$53.3B	$54.4B	-
KO Dec	$36.2B	$34.3B	$37.3B	$33.0B	$38.7B	$43.0B	$45.8B	$47.1B	$47.9B	-
Peer median	$62.2B	$64.5B	$65.9B	$67.4B	$76.1B	$80.2B	$79.2B	$84.0B	$81.4B	-

Sales growth, FY2017 to FY2026

Revenue against the fiscal year before.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
COST Aug	+8.7%	+9.7%	+7.9%	+9.2%	+17.5%	+15.8%	+6.8%	+5.0%	+8.2%	+10.1%
KR Jan	+6.4%	−1.2%	+0.4%	+8.4%	+4.1%	+7.5%	-	+1.2%	+0.4%	-
TGT Jan	+3.5%	+3.6%	+3.7%	+19.8%	+13.3%	+2.9%	−1.6%	−0.8%	−1.7%	-
PEP Dec	+1.2%	+1.8%	+3.9%	+4.8%	+12.9%	+8.7%	+5.9%	+0.4%	+2.3%	-
BG Dec	-	-	-	-	-	+25.4%	−15.4%	−12.8%	+9.0%	-
PG Jun	−0.4%	+2.7%	+1.3%	+4.8%	+7.3%	+5.3%	+2.3%	+2.5%	+0.3%	+3.3%
SYY Jun	-	+6.1%	+2.4%	−12.0%	−3.0%	+33.8%	+11.2%	+3.3%	+3.2%	+3.9%
ADM Dec	−2.4%	+5.8%	+0.5%	−0.5%	+32.5%	+19.1%	−6.9%	−5.1%	+2.4%	-
TSN Sep	+3.7%	+4.7%	+5.9%	+1.8%	+8.9%	+13.2%	−0.8%	+0.8%	+2.1%	-
KO Dec	−15.4%	−5.3%	+8.6%	−11.4%	+17.1%	+11.3%	+6.4%	+2.9%	+1.9%	-
Peer median	+1.2%	+3.2%	+3.0%	+3.3%	+10.9%	+11.3%	+0.8%	+0.8%	+2.1%	-

Gross margin, FY2017 to FY2026

Gross profit / revenue.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
COST Aug	-	-	10.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
KR Jan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TGT Jan	28.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
PEP Dec	54.7%	54.6%	55.1%	54.8%	53.3%	53.0%	54.2%	54.6%	54.1%	-
BG Dec	-	-	-	-	5.7%	5.5%	8.1%	6.4%	4.8%	-
PG Jun	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SYY Jun	19.1%	18.9%	19.0%	18.7%	18.2%	17.9%	18.3%	18.5%	18.4%	18.5%
ADM Dec	5.8%	6.5%	6.4%	6.9%	7.0%	7.5%	8.0%	6.8%	6.3%	-
TSN Sep	13.2%	12.7%	11.8%	12.5%	13.9%	12.5%	5.0%	6.8%	6.5%	-
KO Dec	62.1%	61.9%	60.8%	59.3%	60.3%	58.1%	59.5%	61.1%	61.6%	-
Peer median	23.8%	18.9%	19.0%	18.7%	16.1%	15.2%	13.2%	12.7%	12.5%	-

Operating margin, FY2017 to FY2026

Operating income / revenue.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
COST Aug	3.2%	3.2%	3.1%	3.3%	3.4%	3.4%	3.3%	3.6%	3.8%	3.9%
KR Jan	2.1%	2.1%	1.8%	2.1%	2.5%	2.8%	-	2.1%	1.3%	-
TGT Jan	5.8%	5.5%	6.0%	7.0%	8.4%	3.5%	5.3%	5.2%	4.9%	-
PEP Dec	16.2%	15.6%	15.3%	14.3%	14.0%	13.3%	13.1%	14.0%	12.2%	-
BG Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
PG Jun	21.2%	20.0%	8.1%	22.1%	23.6%	22.2%	22.1%	22.1%	24.3%	22.7%
SYY Jun	3.7%	3.9%	3.9%	1.4%	2.8%	3.4%	4.0%	4.1%	3.8%	3.7%
ADM Dec	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TSN Sep	7.6%	7.4%	6.5%	7.0%	9.3%	8.3%	−0.7%	2.6%	2.0%	-
KO Dec	21.4%	26.7%	27.1%	27.3%	26.7%	25.4%	24.7%	21.2%	28.7%	-
Peer median	7.6%	7.4%	6.5%	7.0%	9.3%	8.3%	9.2%	5.2%	4.9%	-

Net margin, FY2017 to FY2026

Net income / revenue.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
COST Aug	2.1%	2.2%	2.4%	2.4%	2.6%	2.6%	2.6%	2.9%	2.9%	3.0%
KR Jan	1.5%	2.6%	1.4%	2.0%	1.2%	1.5%	-	1.4%	0.7%	-
TGT Jan	4.0%	3.9%	4.2%	4.7%	6.6%	2.5%	3.9%	3.8%	3.5%	-
PEP Dec	7.6%	19.4%	10.9%	10.1%	9.6%	10.3%	9.9%	10.4%	8.8%	-
BG Dec	-	-	-	-	3.5%	2.4%	3.8%	2.1%	1.2%	-
PG Jun	23.6%	14.6%	5.8%	18.4%	18.8%	18.4%	17.9%	17.7%	19.0%	18.4%
SYY Jun	2.1%	2.4%	2.8%	0.4%	1.0%	2.0%	2.3%	2.5%	2.2%	2.1%
ADM Dec	2.6%	2.8%	2.1%	2.8%	3.2%	4.3%	3.7%	2.1%	1.3%	-
TSN Sep	4.6%	7.4%	4.7%	4.8%	6.5%	6.1%	−1.2%	1.5%	0.9%	-
KO Dec	3.4%	18.8%	23.9%	23.5%	25.3%	22.2%	23.4%	22.6%	27.3%	-
Peer median	3.7%	5.7%	4.4%	4.7%	6.5%	4.3%	3.8%	2.5%	2.2%	-

Free cash flow, FY2017 to FY2026

Cash from operations minus capital spending.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
COST Aug	$4.2B	$2.8B	$3.4B	$6.1B	$5.4B	$3.5B	$6.7B	$6.6B	$7.8B	$9.4B
KR Jan	$604.0M	$1.2B	$1.5B	$4.0B	$3.6B	$1.4B	-	$2.9B	$3.5B	-
TGT Jan	$4.4B	$2.5B	$4.1B	$7.9B	$5.1B	−$1.5B	$3.8B	$4.5B	$2.8B	-
PEP Dec	$7.1B	$6.1B	$5.4B	$6.4B	$7.0B	$5.6B	$7.9B	$7.2B	$7.7B	-
BG Dec	-	-	-	-	−$3.3B	−$6.1B	$2.2B	$524.0M	−$879.0M	-
PG Jun	$9.4B	$11.2B	$11.9B	$14.3B	$15.6B	$13.6B	$13.8B	$16.5B	$14.0B	$15.1B
SYY Jun	$1.5B	$1.5B	$1.7B	$898.3M	$1.4B	$1.2B	$2.1B	$2.2B	$1.6B	$1.9B
ADM Dec	−$7.0B	−$5.6B	−$6.3B	−$3.2B	$5.4B	$2.2B	$3.0B	$1.2B	$4.2B	-
TSN Sep	$1.5B	$1.8B	$1.3B	$2.7B	$2.6B	$800.0M	−$187.0M	$1.5B	$1.2B	-
KO Dec	$5.3B	$6.1B	$8.4B	$8.7B	$11.3B	$9.5B	$9.7B	$4.7B	$5.3B	-
Peer median	$3.0B	$2.1B	$2.9B	$5.2B	$5.1B	$1.4B	$3.4B	$2.9B	$3.5B	-

FCF margin, FY2017 to FY2026

Free cash flow / revenue.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
COST Aug	3.3%	2.0%	2.2%	3.6%	2.7%	1.5%	2.8%	2.6%	2.8%	3.1%
KR Jan	0.5%	1.0%	1.3%	3.0%	2.6%	1.0%	-	1.9%	2.3%	-
TGT Jan	6.1%	3.3%	5.2%	8.4%	4.8%	−1.4%	3.6%	4.2%	2.7%	-
PEP Dec	11.1%	9.5%	8.1%	9.1%	8.8%	6.5%	8.7%	7.8%	8.2%	-
BG Dec	-	-	-	-	−5.6%	−9.1%	3.7%	1.0%	−1.2%	-
PG Jun	14.4%	16.7%	17.6%	20.2%	20.5%	16.9%	16.8%	19.7%	16.7%	17.4%
SYY Jun	2.8%	2.5%	2.9%	1.7%	2.8%	1.7%	2.7%	2.7%	2.0%	2.3%
ADM Dec	−11.5%	−8.7%	−9.7%	−5.0%	6.4%	2.1%	3.2%	1.4%	5.2%	-
TSN Sep	4.0%	4.4%	3.0%	6.2%	5.6%	1.5%	−0.4%	2.7%	2.2%	-
KO Dec	14.6%	17.7%	22.6%	26.3%	29.1%	22.2%	21.3%	10.1%	11.0%	-
Peer median	5.0%	3.8%	4.1%	7.3%	5.6%	1.7%	3.6%	2.7%	2.7%	-

Return on equity, FY2017 to FY2026

Net income / shareholders' equity at the year end.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
COST Aug	24.9%	24.5%	24.0%	21.9%	28.5%	28.3%	25.1%	31.2%	27.8%	25.8%
KR Jan	27.5%	39.4%	19.3%	27.0%	17.5%	22.3%	-	18.6%	17.1%	-
TGT Jan	25.0%	26.0%	27.7%	30.2%	54.2%	24.8%	30.8%	27.9%	22.9%	-
PEP Dec	44.0%	86.2%	49.5%	52.9%	47.5%	52.0%	49.0%	53.1%	40.4%	-
BG Dec	-	-	-	-	26.6%	17.5%	20.7%	11.5%	5.1%	-
PG Jun	27.5%	18.4%	8.2%	27.8%	30.7%	31.5%	31.1%	29.4%	30.6%	29.5%
SYY Jun	48.0%	57.1%	66.9%	18.6%	33.8%	98.3%	88.1%	105.1%	99.9%	65.9%
ADM Dec	8.7%	9.5%	7.2%	8.9%	12.0%	17.8%	14.4%	8.1%	4.7%	-
TSN Sep	16.8%	23.2%	14.2%	13.5%	17.2%	16.4%	−3.6%	4.4%	2.6%	-
KO Dec	7.3%	37.9%	47.0%	40.1%	42.5%	39.6%	41.3%	42.8%	40.7%	-
Peer median	26.2%	31.9%	23.5%	27.4%	30.7%	24.8%	31.0%	27.9%	22.9%	-

Debt / equity, FY2017 to FY2026

Total debt / shareholders' equity at the year end.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
COST Aug	0.62	0.52	0.45	0.42	0.43	0.32	0.26	0.25	0.20	0.17
KR Jan	2.13	1.82	1.54	1.30	1.24	1.12	-	0.88	2.68	-
TGT Jan	0.90	0.91	0.84	0.74	0.90	1.26	1.05	0.95	0.89	-
PEP Dec	3.55	2.50	2.36	3.53	2.76	2.46	2.60	2.68	2.61	-
BG Dec	-	-	-	-	-	0.50	0.45	0.63	0.88	-
PG Jun	0.56	0.57	0.63	0.74	0.68	0.67	0.73	0.64	0.66	0.63
SYY Jun	3.44	3.32	3.25	11.14	6.82	7.70	5.18	6.44	7.27	5.07
ADM Dec	0.41	0.44	0.46	0.50	0.42	0.38	0.35	0.46	0.37	-
TSN Sep	0.97	0.77	0.86	0.74	0.53	0.42	0.52	0.53	0.49	-
KO Dec	2.78	2.56	2.20	2.17	1.82	1.61	1.61	1.78	1.41	-
Peer median	1.55	1.36	1.20	1.02	1.07	1.12	0.89	0.88	0.89	-

EPS (diluted), FY2017 to FY2026

Diluted earnings per share, on today's share count after splits.

Company	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2026
COST Aug	$6.08	$7.09	$8.26	$9.02	$11.27	$13.14	$14.16	$16.56	$18.21	$20.76
KR Jan	$2.09	$3.76	$2.04	$3.27	$2.17	$3.06	-	$2.96	$1.54	-
TGT Jan	$5.29	$5.51	$6.36	$8.64	$14.10	$5.98	$8.94	$8.86	$8.13	-
PEP Dec	$3.38	$8.78	$5.20	$5.12	$5.49	$6.42	$6.56	$6.95	$6.00	-
BG Dec	-	-	-	-	$13.64	$10.51	$14.87	$7.99	$4.91	-
PG Jun	$5.59	$3.67	$1.43	$4.96	$5.50	$5.81	$5.90	$6.02	$6.51	$6.62
SYY Jun	$2.08	$2.70	$3.20	$0.42	$1.02	$2.64	$3.47	$3.89	$3.73	$3.66
ADM Dec	$2.79	$3.19	$2.44	$3.15	$4.79	$7.71	$6.43	$3.65	$2.23	-
TSN Sep	$4.79	$8.04	$5.40	$5.64	$8.34	$8.92	−$1.87	$2.25	$1.33	-
KO Dec	$0.29	$1.50	$2.07	$1.79	$2.25	$2.19	$2.47	$2.46	$3.04	-
Peer median	$3.08	$3.71	$2.82	$4.12	$5.49	$5.98	$6.17	$3.89	$3.73	-

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