Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation is classed by the SEC under Retail-Variety Stores (industry code 5331), based in Issaquah, WA. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-08-31, it reported revenue of $275 billion and a profit of $8.1 billion (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a retail business: prior from its industry code (SEC 5331, Retail-Variety Stores); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 5.5 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 6.3 out of ten, present 5.4 out of ten, future 4.9 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 6.5 out of ten. No warning events in its filings since 2017. 65th percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 6.6 out of ten. +10% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10. 66th percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 5.5 out of ten. Share count steady. 40% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 13 sales, 0 purchases. 55th percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 5.9 out of ten. ROE 26%: 26¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 60%: owes 60¢ per asset dollar. 59th percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 5.1 out of ten. top 49% of 10 in its family; net margin 3%. 51st percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 4.9 out of ten. bottom 49% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024. 49th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 4.5 out of ten. bottom 45% of 10 in its family for room to expand. 45th percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 5.0 out of ten. top 50% of 10 in its family for growth drivers. 50th percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 5.2 out of ten. top 48% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality. 52nd percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-10-07 for the period ended 2026-08-30 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-06-03 for the period ended 2026-05-10 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-09-24 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 10-K, 2026-10-07. Filings on record since 1994. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
Product and service lines in fiscal 2025: Food and Sundries 40%, Non Foods 26%, Other 19%, Fresh Food 14%, Membership 2%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2025-10-08).
Who runs it
Vachris, Roland Michael (President and CEO); James, Hamilton E (Chairman of the Board); Adamo, Claudine (Executive Vice President); Frates, Caton (Sr. Executive Vice President); Self, Adam Webb (Executive Vice President); Jones, Teresa A. (Executive Vice President); Klauer, James C (Executive Vice President); Riel, Pierre (Executive Vice President); Rubananko, Yoram (Executive Vice President); Wilcox, William Richard (Executive Vice President); and 14 more. 24 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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