Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)

Exchange
NASDAQ
Symbol
COST
Sector
Trade & Services
Industry
Retail-variety Stores
Description
Costco Wholesale Corporation (doing business as Costco Wholesale and also known simply as Costco) is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only (needing a membership to shop there) big-box retail stores. As of 2020, Costco was the fifth largest retailer in the world, and the world's largest retailer of choice and prime beef, organic foods, rotisserie chicken, and wine as of 2016.
Country
USA

Stock price

At close: December 2, 2024

  • Open
    971.36
  • High
    976.50
  • Low
    964.76
  • Close
    975.00
  • Volume
    1,955,770

Financial ratios

Sep 1, 2024

Activity ratios
Inventory turnover
13.15
Receivables turnover
93.51
Payables turnover
12.63
Working capital turnover
—
Days of inventory on hand (DOH)
27.75
Days of sales outstanding (DSO)
3.90
Number of days of payables
28.90
Fixed asset turnover
8.76
Total asset turnover
3.64
 Liquidity ratios
Current ratio
0.97
Quick ratio
0.39
Cash ratio
0.31
Cash conversion cycle
2.75
 Solvency ratios
Debt-to-assets ratio
0.08
Debt-to-capital ratio
0.20
Debt-to-equity ratio
0.25
Financial leverage ratio
2.96
Interest coverage
58.63
 Profitability ratios
Gross profit margin
3.61%
Operating profit margin
3.65%
Pretax margin
3.83%
Net profit margin
2.90%
Operating return on assets (Operating ROA)
13.30%
Return on assets (ROA)
10.55%
Return on total capital
33.69%
Return on equity (ROE)
31.19%