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: September 18, 2024

  • Open
    899.94
  • High
    904.98
  • Low
    890.95
  • Close
    892.52
  • Volume
    1,338,160

Financial ratios

Feb 18, 2024

Activity ratios
Inventory turnover
10.62
Receivables turnover
89.54
Payables turnover
10.37
Working capital turnover
—
Days of inventory on hand (DOH)
34.35
Days of sales outstanding (DSO)
4.08
Number of days of payables
35.20
Fixed asset turnover
9.02
Total asset turnover
3.75
 Liquidity ratios
Current ratio
0.93
Quick ratio
0.38
Cash ratio
0.30
Cash conversion cycle
3.23
 Solvency ratios
Debt-to-assets ratio
0.09
Debt-to-capital ratio
0.22
Debt-to-equity ratio
0.28
Financial leverage ratio
3.19
Interest coverage
54.08
 Profitability ratios
Gross profit margin
5.53%
Operating profit margin
3.42%
Pretax margin
3.65%
Net profit margin
2.73%
Operating return on assets (Operating ROA)
12.83%
Return on assets (ROA)
10.24%
Return on total capital
34.73%
Return on equity (ROE)
32.73%