Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) operating KPIs

COSTNasdaqRetail-Variety StoresFiscal year ends August 30

Financials through Q4 FY2026, quarter ended Aug 30, 2026Last filing: 10-K on Oct 7, 2026Score 17/3057% above fair value

$1012.28+16.20 (+1.63%)

Close on Oct 30, 2026Market cap $448.93BP/E 48.8Yield 0.55%

Costco Wholesale cash paid for share repurchases ($M)

Form 10-Q / 10-K Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Quarterly Annual

Latest, Q4 FY26

245

Period ended Aug 30, 2026

Change on a year earlier

-12.5%

280 in Q4 FY25

History

72 quarters

Since Q1 FY09

Sources

Documents cited below

Quarterly history

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Period	Ended	Cash paid for share repurchases ($M)	Year on year	Source
Q4 FY26	Aug 30, 2026	245	-12.5%	Form 10-K (filed 2026-10-07) ↗
Q3 FY26	May 10, 2026	184	-12.8%	Form 10-Q (filed 2026-06-03) ↗
Q2 FY26	Feb 15, 2026	209	+2.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2026-03-11) ↗
Q1 FY26	Nov 23, 2025	210	+1.4%	Form 10-Q (filed 2025-12-17) ↗
Q4 FY25	Aug 31, 2025	280	+29.6%	Form 10-K (filed 2025-10-08) ↗
Q3 FY25	May 11, 2025	211	+30.2%	Form 10-Q (filed 2025-06-05) ↗
Q2 FY25	Feb 16, 2025	205	+28.1%	Form 10-Q (filed 2025-03-13) ↗
Q1 FY25	Nov 24, 2024	207	+27.8%	Form 10-Q (filed 2024-12-19) ↗
Q4 FY24	Sep 1, 2024	216	-6.1%	Form 10-K (filed 2024-10-09) ↗
Q3 FY24	May 12, 2024	162	0.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2024-06-06) ↗
Q2 FY24	Feb 18, 2024	160	+11.9%	Form 10-Q (filed 2024-03-13) ↗
Q1 FY24	Nov 26, 2023	162	+14.9%	Form 10-Q (filed 2023-12-20) ↗
Q4 FY23	Sep 3, 2023	230	+24.3%	Form 10-K (filed 2023-10-11) ↗
Q3 FY23	May 7, 2023	162	+16.5%	Form 10-Q (filed 2023-06-01) ↗
Q2 FY23	Feb 12, 2023	143	+83.3%	Form 10-Q (filed 2023-03-09) ↗
Q1 FY23	Nov 20, 2022	141	+281.1%	Form 10-Q (filed 2022-12-29) ↗
Q4 FY22	Aug 28, 2022	185	+43.4%	Form 10-K (filed 2022-10-05) ↗
Q3 FY22	May 8, 2022	139	-23.2%	Form 10-Q (filed 2022-06-02) ↗
Q2 FY22	Feb 13, 2022	78	-26.4%	Form 10-Q (filed 2022-03-10) ↗
Q1 FY22	Nov 21, 2021	37	-53.7%	Form 10-Q (filed 2021-12-22) ↗
Q4 FY21	Aug 29, 2021	129	+51.8%	Form 10-K (filed 2021-10-06) ↗
Q3 FY21	May 9, 2021	181	+432.4%	Form 10-Q (filed 2021-06-03) ↗
Q2 FY21	Feb 14, 2021	106	+125.5%	Form 10-Q (filed 2021-03-10) ↗
Q1 FY21	Nov 22, 2020	80	+166.7%	Form 10-Q (filed 2020-12-16) ↗
Q4 FY20	Aug 30, 2020	85	+63.5%	Form 10-K (filed 2020-10-07) ↗
Q3 FY20	May 10, 2020	34	-26.1%	Form 10-Q (filed 2020-06-04) ↗
Q2 FY20	Feb 16, 2020	47	-59.8%	Form 10-Q (filed 2020-03-12) ↗
Q1 FY20	Nov 24, 2019	30	-6.2%	Form 10-Q (filed 2019-12-23) ↗
Q4 FY19	Sep 1, 2019	52	-42.2%	Form 10-K (filed 2019-10-11) ↗
Q3 FY19	May 12, 2019	46	-14.8%	Form 10-Q (filed 2019-06-06) ↗
Q2 FY19	Feb 17, 2019	117	+95.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2019-03-13) ↗
Q1 FY19	Nov 25, 2018	32	-74.2%	Form 10-Q (filed 2018-12-20) ↗
Q4 FY18	Sep 2, 2018	90	-61.4%	Form 10-K (filed 2018-10-26) ↗
Q3 FY18	May 13, 2018	54	+17.4%	Form 10-Q (filed 2018-06-07) ↗
Q2 FY18	Feb 18, 2018	60	-11.8%	Form 10-Q (filed 2018-03-15) ↗
Q1 FY18	Nov 26, 2017	124	+1.6%	Form 10-Q (filed 2017-12-21) ↗
Q4 FY17	Sep 3, 2017	233	+71.3%	Form 10-K (filed 2017-10-18) ↗
Q3 FY17	May 7, 2017	46	-66.4%	Form 10-Q (filed 2017-06-01) ↗
Q2 FY17	Feb 12, 2017	68	-4.2%	Form 10-Q (filed 2017-03-09) ↗
Q1 FY17	Nov 20, 2016	122	-14.1%	Form 10-Q (filed 2016-12-16) ↗
Q4 FY16	Aug 28, 2016	136	-46.9%	Form 10-K (filed 2016-10-12) ↗
Q3 FY16	May 8, 2016	137	+11.4%	SEC Filing ↗
Q2 FY16	Feb 14, 2016	71	-15.5%	SEC Filing ↗
Q1 FY16	Nov 22, 2015	142	+688.9%	Form 10-Q (filed 2015-12-18) ↗
Q4 FY15	Aug 30, 2015	256	+57.1%	Form 10-K (filed 2015-10-14) ↗
Q3 FY15	May 10, 2015	123	-28.1%	Form 10-Q (filed 2015-06-04) ↗
Q2 FY15	Feb 15, 2015	84	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2015-03-11) ↗
Q1 FY15	Nov 23, 2014	18	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2014-12-18) ↗
Q4 FY14	Aug 31, 2014	163	–	Form 10-K (filed 2014-10-15) ↗
Q3 FY14	May 11, 2014	171	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2014-06-05) ↗
Q2 FY14	Feb 16, 2014	0	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2014-03-14) ↗
Q1 FY14	Nov 24, 2013	0	-100.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2013-12-20) ↗
Q4 FY13	Sep 1, 2013	0	-100.0%	Form 10-K (filed 2013-10-16) ↗
Q3 FY13	May 12, 2013	0	-100.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2013-06-11) ↗
Q2 FY13	Feb 17, 2013	0	-100.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2013-03-20) ↗
Q1 FY13	Nov 25, 2012	36	-77.9%	Form 10-Q (filed 2012-12-21) ↗
Q4 FY12	Sep 2, 2012	180	-35.0%	Form 10-K (filed 2012-10-19) ↗
Q3 FY12	May 6, 2012	140	+29.6%	Form 10-Q (filed 2012-06-06) ↗
Q2 FY12	Feb 12, 2012	149	+58.5%	Form 10-Q (filed 2012-03-15) ↗
Q1 FY12	Nov 20, 2011	163	+12.4%	Form 10-Q (filed 2011-12-16) ↗
Q4 FY11	Aug 28, 2011	277	-36.3%	Form 10-K (filed 2011-10-14) ↗
Q3 FY11	May 8, 2011	108	-1.8%	Form 10-Q (filed 2011-06-09) ↗
Q2 FY11	Feb 13, 2011	94	+1,466.7%	Form 10-Q (filed 2011-03-17) ↗
Q1 FY11	Nov 21, 2010	145	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2010-12-17) ↗
Q4 FY10	Aug 29, 2010	435	–	Form 10-K (filed 2010-10-18) ↗
Q3 FY10	May 9, 2010	110	+5,400.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2010-06-10) ↗
Q2 FY10	Feb 14, 2010	6	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2010-03-17) ↗
Q1 FY10	Nov 22, 2009	0	-100.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2009-12-18) ↗
Q4 FY09	Aug 30, 2009	0	–	Form 10-K (filed 2010-10-18) ↗
Q3 FY09	May 10, 2009	2	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2010-06-10) ↗
Q2 FY09	Feb 15, 2009	0	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2010-03-17) ↗
Q1 FY09	Nov 23, 2008	67	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2009-12-18) ↗

Cite this data

StockData. (2026). Costco Wholesale Cash paid for share repurchases ($M), quarterly Q1 FY09–Q4 FY26 [Data set]. Compiled from Costco Wholesale SEC filings and investor materials. https://stockdatahq.com/stocks/cost/kpis/buyback-cash-paid

See every metric in the Costco Wholesale KPI table. Data updated Oct 24, 2026.

Where these numbers come from

Parsed from the XBRL in Costco Wholesale's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC
Per-share figures adjusted for the 2-for-1 split on Jan 14, 2000
Fourth quarters derived from the annual report minus nine months
Every figure in the statements links to its source filing

Against peers

Trailing twelve months. Peers are matched on business description, industry and size. Ticks are peers, the dot is COST.

Compare: COST vs WMT · COST vs TGT · COST vs BJ · COST vs PSMT · COST vs DG

Revenue growth10.1% · median 6.2%

Gross margin12.8% · median 25.2%

Operating margin3.9% · median 4.5%

Net margin3.0% · median 3.0%

Company	Revenue	Growth
WMT	$735.84B	+6.2%
COST	$303.15B	+10.1%
TGT	$107.71B	+2.0%
DG	$43.64B	+4.8%
BJ	$22.81B	+9.1%
PSMT	$5.69B	+10.2%

Company

Next earnings (est.): Dec 10, 2026, after close
Exchange: Nasdaq
Industry: Retail-Variety Stores
Fiscal year ends: August 30
Employees: 355,000
Held by institutions: 72.9%
Auditor: KPMG LLP
SEC CIK: 909832

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