Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

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

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Income statement, as filed

In millions of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts in thousands. The fiscal year ends in August.

Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal year	FY 2026	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020	FY 2019	FY 2018	FY 2017
Period ending	Aug 30, 2026	Aug 31, 2025	Sep 1, 2024	Sep 3, 2023	Aug 28, 2022	Aug 29, 2021	Aug 30, 2020	Sep 1, 2019	Sep 2, 2018	Sep 3, 2017
Report filed	Oct 7, 2026	Oct 8, 2025	Oct 9, 2024	Oct 11, 2023	Oct 5, 2022	Oct 6, 2021	Oct 7, 2020	Oct 11, 2019	Oct 26, 2018	Oct 18, 2017
Revenue	303,154	275,235	254,453	242,290	226,954	195,929	166,761	152,703	141,576	129,025
Cost of revenue	264,279	239,886	222,358	212,586	199,382	170,684	144,939	132,886	123,152	111,882
Selling, general and administrative	27,190	24,966	22,810	21,590	19,779	18,537^r	16,387^r	14,994	13,876	12,950
Operating income	11,685	10,383	9,285	8,114	7,793	6,708	5,435	4,737	4,480	4,111
Interest expense	145	154	169	160	158	171	160	150	159	134
Income before income taxes	12,251	10,818	9,740	8,487	7,840	6,680	5,367	4,765	4,442	4,039
Income tax expense	3,025	2,719	2,373	2,195	1,925	1,601	1,308	1,061	1,263	1,325
Net income including non-controlling interests	·	8,099	7,367	6,292	5,915	5,079	4,059	3,704	3,179	2,714
Net income to non-controlling interests	·	·	0	0	71	72	57	45	45	35
Net income	9,226	8,099	7,367	6,292	5,844	5,007	4,002	3,659	3,134	2,679
Earnings per share, basic	20.78	18.24	16.59	14.18	13.17	11.30	9.05	8.32	7.15	6.11
Earnings per share, diluted	20.76	18.21	16.56	14.16	13.14	11.27	9.02	8.26	7.09	6.08
Weighted average shares, basic	443,953	443,985	443,914	443,854	443,651	443,089	442,297	439,755	438,515	438,437
Weighted average shares, diluted	444,427	444,803	444,759	444,452	444,757	444,346	443,901	442,923	441,834	440,937

As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. ^r restated by the company in a later report; ^b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.

What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it

Revenue what customers paid for what it sold

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Cost of revenue what it cost to make or buy what it sold

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Selling, general and administrative the cost of selling and of running the companyus-gaap:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense

Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss

Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpense

Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest

Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit

Net income including non-controlling interests the whole group's profit, minority holders' share includedus-gaap:ProfitLoss

Net income to non-controlling interests the share that belongs to minority holdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest

Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss

Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic

Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted

Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic

Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding

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