COST
Rank #134Rank #134 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.41) · ROE 24.2% · Piotroski F-Score 6 / 9.
As-of 2026-07-22 · CIK 0000909832 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
Financials
Stable
Direction over 5 fiscal years
- Free cash flowimproving
- Gross marginstable
- Gross profitabilitystable
- Net cashimproving
- Operating marginstable
- Return on equitystable
- Share count (dilution)improving
Red flags: fcf_ni_divergence_unfavorable — rating capped at Stable
Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.
Each fiscal year is read as-of that year’s own 10-K filing, so nothing restated after the fact leaks backwards. Line items this filer never tagged are omitted. Hover or tap a badge for the diagnostic behind it.
| Fiscal year end | 2025-08-31filed 2025-10-08 | 2024-09-01filed 2024-10-09 | 2023-09-03filed 2023-10-11 | 2022-08-28filed 2022-10-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||
| Revenue | 275,235.0 | 254,453.0 | 242,290.0 | 226,954.0 |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.2% | 5.0% | 6.8% | 15.8% |
| Gross profit | 35,349.0 | 32,095.0 | 29,704.0 | 27,572.0 |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 12.6% | 12.3% | 12.1% |
| Net income | 8,099.0 | 7,367.0 | 6,292.0 | 5,844.0 |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| EPS (diluted) | $18.21 | $16.56 | $14.16 | $13.14 |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 10.0% | 16.9% | 7.8% | — |
| Cash flow | ||||
| Operating cash flow | 13,335.0 | 11,339.0 | 11,068.0 | 7,392.0 |
| Capital expenditures | 5,498.0 | 4,710.0 | 4,323.0 | 3,891.0 |
| Free cash flow | 7,837.0 | 6,629.0 | 6,745.0 | 3,501.0 |
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