Costco Wholesale Corporation
Rank #128Capital ReturnCOST · Nasdaq · Consumer Defensive
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) — Rank #128 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.41) · ROE 24.2% · Piotroski F-Score 6 / 9.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000909832 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden.
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It offers merchandise, including sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; non-food merchandise comprising appliances, small electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, lawn and garden, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal, automotive, stamps, tickets, apparel, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and fresh food, such as meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. The company is also involved in warehouse ancillary operations, which include gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers. In addition, it engages in e-commerce, business centers, travel, and other businesses. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999.
Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.
- Industry
- Discount Stores
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- State
- WA
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- August 30
- Website
- costco.com
Segments
A revenue-by-segment breakdown is not available for COST. This is expected for a single-reportable-segment filer with no product/service revenue disaggregation, or for a company whose filings predate SEC’s XBRL viewer.