Ownership and insider activity for Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST): insider transactions, US Senate and House trading disclosures and shares outstanding. Track how corporate insiders and politicians are trading the stock.
Costco Wholesale Corporation, alongside its group entities, operates membership-based retail warehouses across a broad international scope, spanning the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Spain, France, Iceland, China, and Taiwan. These outlets provide customers with an extensive array of both well-known branded and proprietary private-label products.
Price
| Price | $923.52 |
| Market Cap | $409.6B |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Country | US |
Recent Insider Transactions
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Frates Caton | S-Sale | 800 | $733K |
| 2026-09-29 | Adamo Claudine | S-Sale | 2,200 | $2.0M |
| 2026-08-31 | Self Adam Webb | |||
| 2026-09-10 | Wilcox William Richard | A-Award | 4,129 | |
| 2026-09-10 | Wilcox William Richard | F-InKind | 1,934 | $1.7M |
| 2026-09-10 | Rubanenko Yoram | A-Award | 4,129 | |
| 2026-09-10 | Rubanenko Yoram | F-InKind | 1,695 | $1.5M |
| 2026-09-10 | Riel Pierre | A-Award | 4,552 | |
| 2026-09-10 | Riel Pierre | F-InKind | 1,561 | $1.4M |
| 2026-09-10 | Klauer James C | A-Award | 4,129 |
Balance Sheet (10y)
| Year | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $4.55B | $6.05B | $8.38B | $12.28B | $11.26B | $10.20B | $13.70B | $9.91B | $14.16B | $20.21B |
| Short-term Investments | $1.23B | $1.20B | $1.06B | $1.03B | $917.0M | $846.0M | $1.53B | $1.24B | $1.12B | $1.09B |
| Receivables | $1.43B | $1.67B | $1.53B | $1.55B | $1.80B | $2.24B | $2.29B | $2.72B | $3.20B | $3.96B |
| Inventory | $9.83B | $11.04B | $11.39B | $12.24B | $14.21B | $17.91B | $16.65B | $18.65B | $18.12B | $19.32B |
| Total Current Assets | $17.32B | $20.29B | $23.48B | $28.12B | $29.50B | $32.70B | $35.88B | $34.25B | $38.38B | $46.58B |
| Property, Plant & Equipment | $18.16B | $19.68B | $20.89B | $24.59B | $26.38B | $27.42B | $29.40B | $31.65B | $34.63B | $38.33B |
| Goodwill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $996.0M | $993.0M | $994.0M | $994.0M | $994.0M | 0 |
| Intangible Assets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Assets | $36.35B | $40.83B | $45.40B | $55.56B | $59.27B | $64.17B | $68.99B | $69.83B | $77.10B | $89.05B |
| Accounts Payable | $9.61B | $11.24B | $11.68B | $14.17B | $16.28B | $17.85B | $17.48B | $19.42B | $19.78B | $22.59B |
| Short-term Debt | $86.0M | $90.0M | $1.70B | $95.0M | $799.0M | $73.0M | $1.08B | $103.0M | $361.0M | $2.25B |
| Total Current Liabilities | $17.50B | $19.93B | $23.24B | $24.84B | $29.44B | $32.00B | $33.58B | $35.46B | $37.11B | $43.95B |
| Long-term Debt | $6.57B | $6.49B | $5.12B | $7.51B | $6.69B | $6.48B | $5.38B | $5.79B | $5.71B | $3.91B |
| Total Liabilities | $25.27B | $27.73B | $29.82B | $36.85B | $41.19B | $43.52B | $43.94B | $46.21B | $47.94B | $53.24B |
| Retained Earnings | $5.99B | $7.89B | $10.26B | $12.88B | $11.67B | $15.59B | $19.52B | $17.62B | $22.65B | $28.59B |
| Total Equity | $10.78B | $12.80B | $15.24B | $18.28B | $17.56B | $20.64B | $25.06B | $23.62B | $29.16B | $35.80B |
| Total Debt | $6.66B | $6.58B | $6.82B | $11.09B | $11.41B | $10.91B | $10.54B | $9.95B | $10.22B | $8.58B |
| Net Debt | $880.0M | -$682.0M | -$2.62B | -$2.22B | -$768.0M | -$143.0M | -$4.70B | -$1.20B | -$5.06B | -$12.72B |
| Working Capital | -$178.0M | $363.0M | $248.0M | $3.28B | $64.0M | $698.0M | $2.30B | -$1.22B | $1.27B | $2.63B |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 0.24 |
| Current Ratio | 1.06 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 8 |
| Altman Z-Score | 9.69 |
Profitability
| Return on Equity | 28.02% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 18.59% |
| Return on Assets | 10.36% |
| Gross Margin | 12.82% |
| Operating Margin | 3.85% |
| Net Margin | 3.04% |
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