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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

Nasdaq: COST · Retail-Variety Stores · Issaquah, WA · filing with the SEC since 1994
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The company now

Costco reported on 24 September 2026 that net sales for its fiscal year rose 10.1 percent to $297.2 billion, and net income rose to $9.226 billion from $8.099 billion 2. Comparable sales, the sales of warehouses open more than a year, rose 8.4 percent, or 6.6 percent leaving out gasoline prices and currencies 2. Sales started on a phone or a computer rose 20.9 percent 2.

The annual report credits a 5 percent rise in the average ticket, what a member spends on a trip, and 3 percent more trips 1. Membership fees rose 11 percent to $5.9 billion, from new members, the 2024 fee increase and upgrades to the Executive card 1. Those fees equal about half of the year's $11.7 billion operating income, the profit from running the business 1.

The year also carried tariff refunds, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February 2026 that the IEEPA tariffs were unlawful 1. Costco received $184 million during the year and $155 million more after it ended, and it intends to put most of the money into member value 1. Chief executive Ron Vachris said the price cuts reached produce, meat, beverages and some home furnishings and hardware 16.

The open question is the rest of those refunds, and who keeps them: four class actions filed in March 2026 ask for tariff money passed on to members 1. A Washington state court denied Costco's motion to dismiss one of them on 17 July 2026 1.

As of Oct 28, 2026. Written by the desk, an AI model, from the sources listed. Nothing here is advice.

Newer filings are on file since this was written; an update is queued.

Where the revenue comes from

fiscal 2025, as filed

Revenue by product, fiscal 2025

ProductFiscal 2025Fiscal 2024Share of revenue
Food and Sundries$109.6B$101.5B39.8%
Non Foods$71.19B$63.97B25.9%
Other$51.17B$49.97B18.6%
Fresh Food$37.99B$34.22B13.8%
Membership$5.32B$4.83B1.9%

As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed Oct 8, 2025 ↗), read from the SEC's financial statement data sets. The year before is the figure the record holds for the prior fiscal year.

The desk's written account, in full. As of Oct 28, 2026. Written by the desk, an AI model, from the sources listed. Nothing here is advice.

Past

Costco began operations in Seattle in 1983 on one idea: a short list of goods sold in bulk to paying members 1. The annual report says the high volume and quick turnover let it run profitably at gross margins, sales minus merchandise costs, far below most retailers 1.

In June 1993 Costco and Price Co., the company behind the Price Club warehouses, agreed to merge into one company to be called Price/Costco 21. Costco's Jim Sinegal was named to be president and chief executive of the combined company, with Robert Price as chairman 21.

From fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2020, net sales rose from $116.1 billion to $163.2 billion as the warehouse count went from 715 to 795 6. Paid members rose from 47.6 million to 58.1 million in those years, though about 1.3 million of the 2020 count came from a change in how members were counted 6.

The pandemic of 2020 tested the model: the warehouses largely stayed open as essential businesses, and food sales jumped while some services were hurt by closures 6. Net sales rose 9 percent to $163.2 billion that year, and comparable online sales rose 50 percent 6. Costco also bought Innovel Solutions, which delivers and installs bulky goods, and 35 percent of Navitus Health Solutions, a pharmacy benefit manager 6.

Fiscal 2022 brought the fastest growth of the stretch: net sales rose 16 percent to $222.7 billion as comparable sales climbed 14 percent 7. Part of that was inflation, which the report says ran higher than in earlier years, and gross margin fell 65 basis points, hundredths of a percentage point, partly from an inventory charge 7. In June 2022 Costco bought out its Taiwan joint-venture partner for $842 million 7.

Fiscal 2023 ran 53 weeks, and fiscal 2024's net sales still rose 5 percent to $249.6 billion despite the missing week 8. Net income rose 17 percent to $7.4 billion, helped by the absence of the charges of 2023 for ending its charter shipping 8.

Costco has handed spare cash back in lump sums: a special dividend of $10 a share in fiscal 2021, about $4.4 billion, and $15 a share in January 2024, about $6.7 billion 710. In July 2024 it raised the basic U.S. and Canada membership fee by $5 to $65, and the Executive fee from $120 to $130, from 1 September 2024 11.

Net sales rose 8 percent to $269.9 billion in fiscal 2025 and 10 percent to $297.2 billion in fiscal 2026, on higher comparable sales and new warehouses 91. The fee increase accounted for about 30 percent of the growth in membership income in 2026 and 40 percent in 2025 1.

Present

Warehouses and what they sell

Costco ran 939 warehouses at the end of August 2026: 647 in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, 115 in Canada and the rest in twelve other countries 12. Each carries fewer than 4,000 items in its core business, far fewer than broadline rivals, many sold only by the case or in multipacks 1.

Foods and sundries

Foods and sundries, the dry grocery, drinks, candy, frozen food, liquor and tobacco, is the largest category: $116.8 billion in fiscal 2026, 39 percent of net sales (computed) 1. It grew 6.6 percent from $109.6 billion (computed), the slowest of the four categories 1.

Non-foods

Non-foods covers electronics, appliances, health and beauty aids, hardware, tires, toys, apparel, furniture and jewelry 1. It brought in $77.4 billion in fiscal 2026, 26 percent of net sales, up 8.7 percent (computed) 1.

Fresh foods

Fresh foods, the meat, produce, deli and bakery counters, sold $41.7 billion, 14 percent of net sales, up 9.8 percent (computed) 1. Meat and produce were among the everyday items where Costco cut prices with its tariff refunds, Vachris said on the results call 16.

Gasoline, pharmacy and other services

Warehouse ancillary and other businesses, led by gasoline and pharmacy, grew fastest: 20 percent, to $61.4 billion 1. Costco ran 774 gas stations at the end of fiscal 2026, and gasoline was 11 percent of net sales 1. Higher pump prices added $3.5 billion to sales, and 7 percent more gallons sold added $1.9 billion 1.

The report says the gas stations bring members into the warehouses, though fuel carries a lower gross margin percentage than the rest of the business 1. The same section counts pharmacy, optical, hearing aids, the food court and tire installation among the services sold in or beside the warehouses 1.

Membership

A U.S. Gold Star card costs $65 a year, and the Executive upgrade costs another $65 111. Executive members earn a reward of generally 2 percent on qualified purchases, up to $1,250 a year 111.

Paid members reached 84.1 million at the end of fiscal 2026, up from 81.0 million, and 42.3 million of them held the Executive card 1. Executive members accounted for about 75.2 percent of net sales 1. Renewal rates were 92.3 percent in the U.S. and Canada and 89.8 percent worldwide 1.

Kirkland Signature

Kirkland Signature is Costco's own brand, which the annual report says sells for generally less than national brands and earns higher margins 1. Chowhound reported that a presentation at the 2026 shareholders' meeting put the brand's 2025 sales at about $90 billion, priced to sell 20 percent below comparable goods 19. The American Customer Satisfaction Index credited store brands for helping keep Costco's satisfaction high, Money Talks News reported 20.

Online, travel and advertising

Sales started on a digital device, whether picked up in a warehouse or shipped, and Costco Travel together made up 11 percent of net sales in fiscal 2026 1. Digitally enabled comparable sales rose 21 percent in the year 1. Costco also sells advertising under the name Costco Velocity, and has added Moloco's machine-learning system to place display ads on Costco.com, Adweek and Supermarket News reported 1718.

Plants, depots and land

Costco owns both land and building at 755 of its 939 warehouses, about 80 percent (computed), and owns the building on most of the rest 1. The warehouses hold 138.7 million square feet of floor space, and depots and logistics sites another 33.6 million 1. It also runs processing, packaging and manufacturing plants that make some of its own-brand goods 1.

The people

Ron Vachris, who ran merchandising from 2016 to 2022 and then became president and chief operating officer, is president and chief executive 1. Gary Millerchip, finance chief of Kroger until February 2024, is chief financial officer 1.

Costco employed 355,000 people at the end of fiscal 2026, 232,000 of them in the U.S., and about 5 percent belong to unions 1. The average U.S. hourly wage was about $33.00 after a raise in March 2026, and retention in the U.S. and Canada ran about 94 percent for staff past their first year 1.

Jim Klauer, an executive vice president, retires on 30 October 2026, and Adam Self now runs the Northern Division as its chief operating officer 1. The board set the chief executive's fiscal 2027 base bonus at $1.2 million: $500,000 each for sales and pre-tax income targets and $200,000 for environmental and social measures 4.

The rivals

The annual report names Walmart, Target, Kroger and Amazon as major general rivals, and Sam's Club and BJ's Wholesale Club among the warehouse clubs 1. Sam's Club had net sales of $93.0 billion in Walmart's fiscal 2026 from 601 clubs, against $219.8 billion of revenue in Costco's U.S. segment 141. BJ's, with 263 clubs in 21 states, had total revenues of $21.5 billion in its year to January 2026 15.

In the American Customer Satisfaction Index's 2026 retail study, Sam's Club scored 83, Costco 81 and BJ's 80 out of 100, Money Talks News reported 20.

Current problems

Costco says no pending case, alone or together, is expected to have a material adverse effect, though one could still hurt a single quarter or year 1. Four suits filed in March 2026 seek tariff money for members, and a Washington case over barring lower-paid workers from second jobs goes to trial on 1 March 2027 1.

Two suits say Kirkland Signature tequilas labeled 100 percent agave contain alcohol from other sugars, and Costco has moved to dismiss the one still open 1. Older matters include pixel trackers on Costco.com, which drew demands from the Washington attorney general, and opioid suits still pending in several states 1.

The umbrella, in words

Costco's main brands are Costco Wholesale, the name on its warehouses and websites, and Kirkland Signature, its own label 1. Exhibit 21 lists its significant subsidiaries, among them Costco Wholesale Canada, Costco Wholesale Japan, Costco de Mexico, Costco Wholesale UK and its Korean, Taiwanese and Australian companies 12. It also lists NW Re Limited of Arizona, and the annual report says Costco insures some risks through a wholly owned captive insurance subsidiary 121.

Its stakes on record: in 2020 Costco bought 35 percent of Navitus Health Solutions, and in 2022 it bought the rest of its Taiwan business from its partner, so it now owns that business outright 67. The fiscal 2026 annual report does not mention Navitus 1.

The largest holder on file is Vanguard Capital Management, which reported 7.49 percent of the common stock, 33,256,639 shares, in a Schedule 13G filed in April 2026 13. The common stock is the only class listed, on Nasdaq under the symbol COST 1.

Future

Costco plans to open up to 33 new warehouses in fiscal 2027, five of them relocations, and intends to spend about $7.5 billion on capital projects, up from $6.4 billion 1. The report adds that the plans are subject to change and carry no assurance 1. The company expects square footage to keep growing faster in many international markets, where its base is smaller 1.

Finance chief Gary Millerchip said the $184 million received in the fourth quarter was a little over a third of the refunds Costco expects 16. He said a similar amount had already arrived in the new quarter, and the annual report counts $155 million received after fiscal 2026 ended 161. Costco plans to report the refunds' net effect on its coming results calls, he said 16.

The quarterly dividend is $1.47 a share, payable on 13 November 2026, after a 13 percent rise in April 31. The $4 billion buyback program approved in January 2023 expires in January 2027, with $1.1 billion of it unused at the end of fiscal 2026 1.

The next report covers the first quarter of fiscal 2027, twelve weeks long, since the first three quarters each hold three four-week periods 1. Directors elected on 15 January 2026 serve until the 2027 annual meeting 5.

In court, the second-job case goes to trial on 1 March 2027, and a motion for appeals review of the ruling that kept one tariff suit alive is pending 1. The U.S. credit line was renewed in August 2026 at $1 billion, up from $400 million, and matures in August 2027 1.

In its own words, Costco expects to keep raising the share of sales that comes from its Kirkland Signature items 1.

What it may be looking into

Speculation Speculation, labeled as such: where the clues point, how sure the desk is of each, and what would change it. It is not a forecast and not advice.

  1. Speculation

    Costco may approve a new share buyback program before the current one runs out in January 2027.

    Because

    • The $4 billion program approved in January 2023 expires in January 2027, with $1.1 billion left at the end of fiscal 2026 1.
    • Costco kept buying through the program's life, $847 million of its stock in fiscal 2026 and $903 million in fiscal 2025 1.
    Confidence 65 of 100What would change this A board authorization in an 8-K or in the first-quarter 10-Q would confirm it; January 2027 passing with no new program would refute it 1.
  2. Speculation

    Costco may grow its advertising arm, Costco Velocity, into a business large enough to report on its own.

    Because

    • Costco renamed its ad business Costco Velocity in February and began a beta of AI-placed display ads with Moloco, Adweek reported 17.
    • Supermarket News reported plans to open the new display format to all ad partners later in the year and to add more ad slots and formats 18.
    • Its audience is large: Costco counted 150.4 million cardholders at the end of fiscal 2026 1.
    Confidence 50 of 100What would change this An advertising revenue figure in a 10-K or a results release would confirm it; an annual report that still never names advertising would weaken it 118.
  3. Speculation

    Costco might declare another special dividend as its cash builds up.

    Because

    • Cash and short-term investments reached $21.3 billion at the end of fiscal 2026, up from $15.3 billion a year earlier 1.
    • Costco has paid two special dividends this decade, $10 a share in fiscal 2021 and $15 a share in January 2024 710.
    Confidence 35 of 100What would change this An 8-K declaring a special dividend would confirm it; spending well past the planned $7.5 billion of capital projects, or a large purchase, would point the cash elsewhere 1.

How the company works

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The record in brief

five sections from the record

By the desk, an AI model (Claude Haiku 4.5), written from the company's record on Oct 21, 2026; nothing here is advice. Every sentence rests on the numbered source beside it, and a sentence the record did not support was cut before the report was kept.

A newer current report (Form 8-K, filed 2026-11-10) is on file; this report was written before it, and the desk writes it again on request.

Past

Costco's revenue grew from $129 billion in fiscal 2017 to $303 billion in fiscal 2026, up 10% a year, rising in 9 of 9 years and never falling from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years. The net worth moved about 14.3% a year up since fiscal 2017. Over the three fiscal years to 2026, the diluted share count held steady, and dividends and buybacks returned about 40% of its operating cash flow. Officers and directors filed 14 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-14. Costco's filings since 2017 show no warning events: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice. 12

Present

In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2026-08-30, Costco reported revenue of $303 billion and a profit of $9.2 billion. Return on equity was about 26 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money; gross profitability was about 44 cents per dollar of everything the company owns; leverage was about 60 cents per dollar of assets; and the share count shrank 0.1% over the year. Costco's revenue of $303 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 17% by size among its industry family; its net margin of 3% ranks in the bottom 25%; revenue growth of 7.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 45%. The chief executive is Roland Michael Vachris, filing under that title since 2024-10-24, 2 years; the 24 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.9 years; 9 officer or director changes were reported since 2023-10-21, against the 24 people in charge now. Shareholders' equity on its own books is $35.80 billion as of 2026-08-30. 312

Future

A quarterly report (Form 10-Q) for the quarter ending 2026-11-30 is due by 2027-01-09. An annual report (Form 10-K) for the fiscal year ending 2027-08-30 is due by 2027-10-29. Costco's room to grow shows cash of $20 billion against debt of $3.9 billion leaves 18.3% of its assets as net cash; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.1% of revenue; a gross margin of 12.8%. Revenue grew 7.8% a year over the last three filed years against 10% over all 10, slowing; the newest year grew 10.2%; capital spending grew 14.2% a year. Costco reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2025: Food and Sundries at $110 billion, Non Foods at $71 billion, Other at $51 billion, and 2 more; all 5 grew against the year before. 41

How the company operates

Costco is a retail business, classed by the SEC under Retail-Variety Stores. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue by product and service line: Food and Sundries 40%, Non Foods 26%, Other 19%, Fresh Food 14%, Membership 2%. Revenue reached $303 billion in fiscal 2026. 35

New moves

On 2026-10-16, Costco filed a Form 8-K for an officer or director change (item 5.02). On 2026-10-14, Costco filed a Form 8-K for another event (item 8.01) the company chose to report. On 2026-09-24, Costco booked 184 million dollars of a tariff refund in its fourth quarter, the first result of the new fiscal year to carry the money; ten releases from August and September put the money into earnings, prices, vendors' hands and, in one case, a sale of the claims themselves, in different shares. On 2026-10-20, MarketWatch reported: "Walmart takes aim at Amazon and Costco with new membership program, but is it a good deal? " On 2026-10-08, CNBC reported: "Costco's sales resilience is giving Cramer a reason to feel better about the stock. " 467

Sources

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The written account 21 sources · as of Oct 28, 2026
  1. Form 10-K, annual report for the fiscal year ended 30 August 2026 ↗Costco Wholesale Corporation (SEC filing) · filed Oct 7, 2026
  2. Exhibit 99.1 to Form 8-K, Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Results ↗Costco Wholesale Corporation (SEC filing) · filed Sep 24, 2026
  3. Exhibit 99.1 to Form 8-K, Costco Wholesale Corporation Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend ↗Costco Wholesale Corporation (SEC filing) · filed Oct 14, 2026
  4. Form 8-K, fiscal 2027 criteria for executive bonuses ↗Costco Wholesale Corporation (SEC filing) · filed Oct 16, 2026
  5. Form 8-K, results of the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders ↗Costco Wholesale Corporation (SEC filing) · filed Jan 21, 2026
  6. Form 10-K, annual report for the fiscal year ended 30 August 2020 ↗Costco Wholesale Corporation (SEC filing) · filed Oct 7, 2020
  7. Form 10-K, annual report for the fiscal year ended 28 August 2022 ↗Costco Wholesale Corporation (SEC filing) · filed Oct 5, 2022
  8. Form 10-K, annual report for the fiscal year ended 1 September 2024 ↗Costco Wholesale Corporation (SEC filing) · filed Oct 9, 2024
  9. Form 10-K, annual report for the fiscal year ended 31 August 2025 ↗Costco Wholesale Corporation (SEC filing) · filed Oct 8, 2025
  10. Exhibit 99.1 to Form 8-K, first quarter fiscal 2024 results and a special cash dividend of $15 per share ↗Costco Wholesale Corporation (SEC filing) · filed Dec 14, 2023
  11. Exhibit 99.1 to Form 8-K, June sales results, quarterly cash dividend and plans for membership fee increase ↗Costco Wholesale Corporation (SEC filing) · filed Jul 10, 2024
  12. Exhibit 21.1 to Form 10-K, Subsidiaries of the Company as of August 30, 2026 ↗Costco Wholesale Corporation (SEC filing) · filed Oct 7, 2026
  13. Schedule 13G on Costco Wholesale Corporation common stock ↗Vanguard Capital Management (SEC filing) · filed Apr 29, 2026
  14. Form 10-K, annual report for the fiscal year ended 31 January 2026 ↗Walmart Inc. (SEC filing) · filed Mar 13, 2026
  15. Form 10-K, annual report for the fiscal year ended 31 January 2026 ↗BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (SEC filing) · filed Mar 12, 2026
  16. Costco cuts prices on produce, meat and home goods after tariff refunds ↗Fox Business (Eric Revell) · Sep 25, 2026
  17. Costco Adds Adtech Firm Moloco to Scale Retail Media Network ↗Adweek (Kathryn Lundstrom) · Mar 18, 2026
  18. Costco upgrades its retail media platform ↗Supermarket News (Bill Wilson) · Mar 18, 2026
  19. Costco's Kirkland Signature Products Brought In A Staggering Amount Of Money In 2025 ↗Chowhound (Amanda Berkey) · Feb 7, 2026
  20. America's Favorite Grocery, Warehouse and Hardware Stores for 2026, and the Champ That Got Dethroned ↗Money Talks News (Stacy Johnson) · Aug 24, 2026
  21. Price, Costco announce merger ↗United Press International · Jun 16, 1993
The record in brief 7 sources · written Oct 21, 2026
  1. COST: the nine metricsthis site's record
    show the quoted wordsTrack record (past, graded 6.6 of 10, weighs 33% of the past): Costco Wholesale Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $129 billion in fiscal 2017 to $303 billion in fiscal 2026, up 10% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).Shareholder treatment (past, graded 5.5 of 10, weighs 22% of the past): Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-08-30, Costco Wholesale Corporation's diluted share count held steady, and dividends and buybacks returned about 40% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements).Its officers and directors filed 14 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-14 (their Form 4 filings).Surviving crises (past, graded 6.5 of 10, weighs 45% of the past): Costco Wholesale Corporation's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).Financial health (present, graded 5.9 of 10, weighs 45% of the present): Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-08-30, Costco Wholesale Corporation earned about 26 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 44 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 60 centsIndustry position (present, graded 5.1 of 10, weighs 33% of the present): Costco Wholesale Corporation's standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $303 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 17% by size; a net margin of 3% ranks in the bottom 25%; revenue growth of 7.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 45% (its annual reports).Leadership (present, graded 4.9 of 10, weighs 22% of the present): Costco Wholesale Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Vachris, Roland Michael (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-10-24, 2 years (top 31% of its family); the 24 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have beRoom to expand (future, graded 4.5 of 10, weighs 22% of the future): Costco Wholesale Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $20 billion against debt of $3.9 billion leaves 18.3% of its assets as net cash, top 15% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.1% of revenue (bottom 45%); a gross margin of 12.8% (bottom 5%) (its annual reGrowth drivers (future, graded 5.0 of 10, weighs 45% of the future): Costco Wholesale Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 7.8% a year over the last three filed years against 10% over all 10, slowing (bottom 45% of its family); the newest year grew 10.2% (top 45%); capital spending grew 14.2% a year (top 50%) (its annual reports).Costco Wholesale Corporation reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2025: Food and Sundries at $110 billion (40%), Non Foods at $71 billion (26%), Other at $51 billion (19%), and 2 more; 5 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).
  2. COST: net worth, from the balance sheeta filing
    show the quoted wordsIn fiscal 2017, 9 filed years earlier, the net worth was $10.78 billion, so it has moved about 14.3% a year up since.Shareholders' equity, or book value, the net worth on its own books: $35.80 billion as of 2026-08-30, what it owns minus what it owes (the filed figure, us-gaap:StockholdersEquity, Form 10-K filed 2026-10-07).
  3. COST: the company filethis site's record
    show the quoted wordsIn its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2026-08-30, it reported revenue of $303 billion and a profit of $9.2 billion (its filed statements).Retail business (prior from its industry code (SEC 5331, Retail-Variety Stores); the filing read can change it).Where the revenue comes from, fiscal 2025, as tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2025-10-08): product and service lines: Food and Sundries 40%, Non Foods 26%, Other 19%, Fresh Food 14%, Membership 2%.
  4. COST: the filing record, ten yearsa filing
    show the quoted wordsDeadline ahead: Quarterly report (Form 10-Q) for the quarter ending 2026-11-30 is due by 2027-01-09; large accelerated filers have 40 days after the quarter ends; quarter ends are taken to the month end.Deadline ahead: Annual report (Form 10-K) for the fiscal year ending 2027-08-30 is due by 2027-10-29; large accelerated filers have 60 days after the fiscal year ends.2026-10-16: Form 8-K, Current report (Officer or director change, item 5.02), for the period ended 2026-10-13.Document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983226000100 2026-10-14: Form 8-K, Current report (Other event, item 8.01). The news lane: another event the company chose to report.
  5. COST: the money and the checks, as fileda filing
    show the quoted wordsRevenue by fiscal year (USD billions): 2019 152.7; 2020 166.76; 2021 195.93; 2022 226.95; 2023 242.29; 2024 254.45; 2025 275.24; 2026 303.15.
  6. COST: the stories that name itthis site's record
    show the quoted words(a study by the desk; the company is named in the event; /n/study-refund-customs-opens-phase-three-to-importers-that-sued/) 2026-09-24: "Costco books a third of its tariff refund: 184 million dollars": What changed since 22 September: Costco's fourth quarter is the first result of the new fiscal year to carry the refund; ten releases from August and September put the money into earnings, prices, v
  7. COST: the alerts of the last thirty days (headlines only; the desk has not read the articles)this site's record
    show the quoted words2026-10-20, MarketWatch, top stories: "Walmart takes aim at Amazon and Costco with new membership program — but is it a good deal?"Here's what that means for retail stocks" 2026-10-08, CNBC, top news: "Costco's sales resilience is giving Cramer a reason to feel better about the stock"
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