Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Income Statement Analysis

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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

Industry: Discount Stores

Sector: Consumer Defensive

Website: https://www.costco.com

About Costco Wholesale Corporation

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Australia, Spain, France, Iceland, China, and Taiwan. It offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. The company offers sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, liquor, and tobacco and deli products; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, garden and patio products, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal products, office supplies, automotive care products, postages, tickets, apparel, small appliances, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. It also operates pharmacies, opticals, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers, as well as 636 gas stations; and offers business delivery, travel, same-day grocery, and various other services online in various countries. As of August 29, 2021, the company operated 815 membership warehouses, including 564 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 105 in Canada, 39 in Mexico, 30 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom, 16 in South Korea, 14 in Taiwan, 12 in Australia, 3 in Spain, 1 in Iceland, 1 in France, and 1 in China. It also operates e-commerce websites in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia. 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.

Metric	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989	1988	1987	1986	1985
Revenue	254.45B	242.29B	226.95B	195.93B	166.76B	152.70B	141.58B	129.03B	118.72B	116.20B	112.64B	105.16B	99.14B	88.92B	77.95B	71.42B	72.48B	64.40B	60.15B	52.94B	48.11B	42.55B	38.76B	34.80B	32.16B	27.46B	24.27B	21.87B	19.57B	17.91B	16.48B	15.15B	7.32B	6.60B	5.29B	4.90B	4.05B	3.31B	2.65B	1.83B
Cost of Revenue	222.36B	212.59B	199.38B	170.68B	144.94B	132.89B	123.15B	111.88B	102.90B	101.07B	98.46B	91.95B	86.82B	77.74B	68.00B	62.34B	63.50B	56.45B	52.75B	46.35B	42.09B	37.24B	33.98B	30.60B	28.07B	23.95B	21.18B	19.13B	17.18B	16.08B	14.52B	13.62B	6.61B	5.97B	4.79B	4.46B	3.69B	2.94B	2.35B	1.78B
Gross Profit	32.10B	29.70B	27.57B	25.25B	21.82B	19.82B	18.42B	17.14B	15.82B	15.13B	14.18B	13.21B	12.31B	11.18B	9.95B	9.09B	8.98B	7.95B	7.41B	6.59B	6.01B	5.31B	4.78B	4.20B	4.10B	3.51B	3.09B	2.74B	2.38B	1.82B	1.96B	1.54B	715.20M	625.40M	496.00M	441.10M	363.10M	367.10M	294.60M	49.40M
Gross Profit Ratio	12.61%	12.26%	12.15%	12.88%	13.09%	12.98%	13.01%	13.29%	13.32%	13.02%	12.59%	12.56%	12.42%	12.57%	12.77%	12.72%	12.39%	12.35%	12.31%	12.45%	12.50%	12.48%	12.33%	12.07%	12.74%	12.79%	12.72%	12.54%	12.18%	10.18%	11.90%	10.13%	9.77%	9.48%	9.38%	9.00%	8.96%	11.11%	11.12%	2.69%
Research & Development	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
General & Administrative	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Selling & Marketing	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
SG&A	22.81B	21.59B	19.78B	18.46B	16.33B	14.99B	13.88B	12.95B	12.07B	11.45B	10.90B	10.10B	9.52B	8.68B	7.84B	7.29B	7.01B	6.33B	5.77B	5.11B	4.63B	4.15B	3.65B	3.21B	2.80B	2.43B	2.10B	1.98B	1.73B	1.56B	1.43B	1.37B	629.40M	528.90M	395.00M	350.50M	289.70M	229.60M	182.70M	0.00
Other Expenses	0.00	0.00	38.00M	76.00M	55.00M	86.00M	23.00M	17.00M	11.00M	7.00M	12.00M	14.00M	14.00M	55.00M	34.00M	0.00	248.00K	13.61M	0.00	-53.23M	-44.41M	0.00	0.00	0.00	254.40M	224.80M	196.30M	182.30M	161.60M	142.00M	143.70M	112.10M	54.00M	40.60M	27.40M	19.50M	15.10M	10.50M	10.10M	5.70M
Operating Expenses	22.81B	21.59B	19.78B	18.54B	16.39B	15.08B	13.94B	13.03B	12.15B	11.51B	10.96B	10.16B	9.56B	8.74B	7.87B	7.29B	7.01B	6.34B	5.77B	5.11B	4.63B	4.15B	3.65B	3.21B	3.06B	2.65B	2.30B	2.16B	1.89B	1.70B	1.57B	1.48B	683.40M	569.50M	422.40M	370.00M	304.80M	240.10M	192.80M	5.70M
Cost & Expenses	245.17B	234.18B	219.16B	189.22B	161.33B	147.97B	137.10B	124.91B	115.05B	112.58B	109.42B	102.10B	96.38B	86.48B	75.87B	69.63B	70.51B	62.79B	58.52B	51.46B	46.72B	41.39B	37.63B	33.80B	31.13B	26.60B	23.48B	21.29B	19.08B	17.78B	16.09B	15.10B	7.29B	6.54B	5.21B	4.83B	4.00B	3.18B	2.55B	1.79B
Interest Income	598.00M	533.00M	205.00M	143.00M	92.00M	178.00M	121.00M	62.00M	80.00M	104.00M	90.00M	97.00M	103.00M	60.00M	88.00M	45.00M	96.00M	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Interest Expense	169.00M	160.00M	158.00M	171.00M	160.00M	150.00M	159.00M	134.00M	133.00M	124.00M	113.00M	99.00M	95.00M	116.00M	111.00M	108.00M	103.00M	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Depreciation & Amortization	2.24B	2.49B	2.28B	2.07B	1.84B	1.49B	1.44B	1.37B	1.26B	1.13B	1.03B	946.00M	908.00M	855.00M	795.00M	728.00M	653.08M	566.39M	515.29M	477.87M	440.72M	391.30M	341.78M	301.30M	254.40M	224.80M	196.30M	182.30M	161.60M	142.00M	143.70M	112.10M	54.00M	40.60M	27.40M	19.50M	15.10M	10.50M	10.10M	5.70M
EBITDA	12.15B	11.14B	10.28B	8.92B	7.37B	6.41B	6.04B	5.54B	5.01B	4.86B	4.34B	4.10B	3.76B	3.34B	2.90B	2.51B	2.71B	2.17B	2.28B	1.95B	1.83B	1.55B	1.47B	1.29B	1.29B	1.08B	983.60M	763.00M	652.40M	266.50M	535.90M	167.90M	85.80M	96.50M	101.00M	90.60M	73.40M	137.50M	111.90M	49.40M
EBITDA Ratio	4.77%	4.43%	4.27%	4.33%	4.25%	4.08%	4.18%	4.25%	4.15%	4.09%	3.77%	3.80%	3.70%	3.70%	3.68%	3.51%	3.62%	3.38%	3.56%	3.69%	3.80%	3.64%	3.80%	3.72%	4.02%	3.95%	4.05%	3.49%	3.33%	1.49%	3.25%	1.11%	1.17%	1.46%	1.91%	1.85%	1.81%	4.16%	4.22%	2.69%
Operating Income	9.29B	8.11B	7.79B	6.71B	5.44B	4.74B	4.48B	4.11B	3.67B	3.62B	3.22B	3.05B	2.76B	2.44B	2.08B	1.78B	1.97B	1.61B	1.63B	1.47B	1.39B	1.16B	1.13B	992.27M	1.04B	860.10M	787.30M	580.70M	490.80M	124.50M	392.20M	55.80M	31.80M	55.90M	73.60M	71.10M	58.30M	127.00M	101.80M	43.70M
Operating Income Ratio	3.65%	3.35%	3.43%	3.42%	3.26%	3.10%	3.16%	3.19%	3.09%	3.12%	2.86%	2.90%	2.78%	2.74%	2.66%	2.49%	2.72%	2.50%	2.70%	2.79%	2.88%	2.72%	2.92%	2.85%	3.23%	3.13%	3.24%	2.65%	2.51%	0.70%	2.38%	0.37%	0.43%	0.85%	1.39%	1.45%	1.44%	3.84%	3.84%	2.38%
Total Other Income/Expenses	455.00M	373.00M	47.00M	-28.00M	-68.00M	28.00M	-38.00M	-72.00M	-53.00M	-20.00M	-23.00M	-2.00M	8.00M	-56.00M	-23.00M	-50.00M	30.14M	101.41M	77.83M	74.66M	14.98M	1.61M	6.65M	11.21M	14.95M	-1.30M	-20.90M	-60.40M	-67.30M	243.70M	-188.60M	314.50M	183.40M	163.90M	132.00M	120.70M	98.40M	12.60M	14.20M	47.00M
Income Before Tax	9.74B	8.49B	7.84B	6.68B	5.37B	4.77B	4.44B	4.04B	3.62B	3.60B	3.20B	3.05B	2.77B	2.38B	2.05B	1.71B	2.00B	1.71B	1.75B	1.55B	1.40B	1.16B	1.14B	1.00B	1.05B	858.80M	766.40M	520.30M	423.50M	368.20M	203.60M	370.30M	215.20M	219.80M	205.60M	191.80M	156.70M	139.60M	116.00M	90.70M
Income Before Tax Ratio	3.83%	3.50%	3.45%	3.41%	3.22%	3.12%	3.14%	3.13%	3.05%	3.10%	2.84%	2.90%	2.79%	2.68%	2.64%	2.40%	2.76%	2.66%	2.91%	2.93%	2.91%	2.72%	2.94%	2.88%	3.27%	3.13%	3.16%	2.38%	2.16%	2.06%	1.24%	2.44%	2.94%	3.33%	3.89%	3.91%	3.87%	4.22%	4.38%	4.95%
Income Tax Expense	2.37B	2.20B	1.93B	1.60B	1.31B	1.06B	1.26B	1.33B	1.24B	1.20B	1.11B	990.00M	1.00B	841.00M	731.00M	628.00M	716.25M	627.22M	648.20M	485.87M	518.23M	437.23M	438.20M	401.39M	420.96M	343.50M	306.60M	208.10M	174.70M	151.00M	92.70M	147.10M	86.10M	85.70M	80.20M	74.80M	61.90M	66.30M	57.10M	44.70M
Net Income	7.37B	6.29B	5.84B	5.01B	4.00B	3.66B	3.13B	2.68B	2.35B	2.38B	2.06B	2.04B	1.71B	1.46B	1.30B	1.09B	1.28B	1.08B	1.10B	1.06B	882.39M	721.00M	699.98M	602.09M	631.44M	397.30M	459.80M	312.20M	248.80M	133.80M	-112.40M	223.20M	129.10M	134.10M	125.40M	117.00M	94.80M	73.30M	58.90M	46.00M
Net Income Ratio	2.90%	2.60%	2.57%	2.56%	2.40%	2.40%	2.21%	2.08%	1.98%	2.05%	1.83%	1.94%	1.72%	1.64%	1.67%	1.52%	1.77%	1.68%	1.83%	2.01%	1.83%	1.69%	1.81%	1.73%	1.96%	1.45%	1.89%	1.43%	1.27%	0.75%	-0.68%	1.47%	1.76%	2.03%	2.37%	2.39%	2.34%	2.22%	2.22%	2.51%
EPS	16.60	14.18	13.17	11.30	9.05	8.32	7.15	6.11	5.36	5.41	4.69	4.68	3.94	3.35	2.97	2.50	2.95	2.42	2.35	2.24	1.92	1.58	1.54	1.34	1.41	0.91	1.07	0.76	0.64	0.34	-0.26	0.50	0.53	0.50	0.42	0.36	0.46	0.35	0.30	0.24
EPS Diluted	16.56	14.16	13.14	11.27	9.02	8.26	7.09	6.08	5.33	5.37	4.65	4.63	3.89	3.30	2.92	2.47	2.89	2.37	2.30	2.18	1.85	1.53	1.48	1.29	1.35	0.87	1.02	0.74	0.61	0.34	-0.26	0.50	0.53	0.50	0.42	0.36	0.46	0.35	0.30	0.24
Weighted Avg Shares Out	443.91M	443.85M	443.65M	443.09M	442.30M	439.76M	438.52M	438.44M	438.59M	439.46M	438.69M	435.74M	433.62M	436.12M	438.61M	433.99M	434.44M	447.66M	469.72M	473.95M	459.22M	455.96M	453.65M	449.63M	446.26M	439.25M	431.01M	410.79M	388.75M	393.53M	432.31M	446.40M	243.58M	268.20M	217.44M	212.31M	206.09M	209.43M	196.33M	191.67M
Weighted Avg Shares Out (Dil)	444.76M	444.45M	444.76M	444.35M	443.90M	442.92M	441.83M	440.94M	441.26M	442.72M	442.49M	440.51M	439.37M	443.09M	445.97M	440.45M	444.24M	457.64M	480.34M	492.04M	482.46M	471.24M	479.26M	475.83M	475.74M	471.12M	463.37M	421.89M	407.87M	393.53M	432.31M	446.40M	243.58M	268.20M	217.44M	212.31M	206.09M	209.43M	196.33M	191.67M

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