Costco income statement
In fiscal 2026, Costco reported revenue of $303.15bn, up 10.1% on the year before, operating income of $11.69bn (a 3.9% margin) and net income of $9.23bn, or $20.76 per diluted share. Every line below comes from the company's 10-K and 10-Q filings; column headings link to the filing.
Income statement
| Fiscal year | 2010Aug 2010 | 2011Aug 2011 | 2012Sept 2012 | 2013Sept 2013 | 2014Aug 2014 | 2015Aug 2015 | 2016Aug 2016 | 2017Sept 2017 | 2018Sept 2018 | 2019Sept 2019 | 2020Aug 2020 | 2021Aug 2021 | 2022Aug 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Aug 2025 | 2026Aug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 77.9 | 88.9 | 99.1 | 105.2 | 112.6 | 116.2 | 118.7 | 129.0 | 141.6 | 152.7 | 166.8 | 195.9 | 227.0 | 242.3 | 254.5 | 275.2 | 303.2 |
| Cost of revenue | — | — | — | — | — | — | 102.9 | 111.9 | 123.2 | 132.9 | 144.9 | 170.7 | 199.4 | 212.6 | 222.4 | 239.9 | 264.3 |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.8 | 17.1 | 18.4 | 16.5 | 21.8 | 25.2 | 27.6 | 29.7 | 32.1 | 35.3 | 38.9 |
| Selling, general and administrative | 7.8 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 15.0 | 16.4 | 18.5 | 19.8 | 21.6 | 22.8 | 25.0 | 27.2 |
| Operating income | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.7 |
| Interest expense | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Income before tax | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 12.3 |
| Income tax | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| Net income | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 9.2 |
| Diluted EPS | $2.92 | $3.30 | $3.89 | $4.63 | $4.65 | $5.37 | $5.33 | $6.08 | $7.09 | $8.26 | $9.02 | $11.27 | $13.14 | $14.16 | $16.56 | $18.21 | $20.76 |
| Diluted shares (average) | 446m | 443m | 439m | 441m | 442m | 443m | 441m | 441m | 442m | 443m | 444m | 444m | 445m | 444m | 445m | 445m | 444m |
| EBITDA | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 14.4 |
| Quarter | 2025 Q1Nov 2024 | 2025 Q2Feb 2025 | 2025 Q3May 2025 | 2025 Q4Aug 2025 | 2026 Q1Nov 2025 | 2026 Q2Feb 2026 | 2026 Q3May 2026 | 2026 Q4Aug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 62.2 | 63.7 | 63.2 | 86.2 | 67.3 | 69.6 | 70.5 | 95.7 |
| Cost of revenue | 54.1 | 55.7 | 55.0 | 75.0 | 58.5 | 60.7 | 61.5 | 83.5 |
| Gross profit | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 11.1 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 12.2 |
| Selling, general and administrative | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 8.4 |
| Operating income | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| Interest expense | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Income tax | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| Net income | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| Diluted EPS | $4.04 | $4.02 | $4.28 | $5.87 | $4.50 | $4.58 | $4.93 | $6.75 |
| EBITDA | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
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