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Costco Wholesale Corporation

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Warehouse retail company operating 921 warehouses worldwide with 340,000+ employees

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stated objectives
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Key metrics · each point sourced

Stock Price
949.58USD
Aug 12, 2026reference only
Price 52 Week High
1094.32USD
Aug 12, 2026reference only
Price 52 Week Low
850.00USD
Aug 12, 2026reference only
Stock Return Ytd
11.1%
Aug 12, 2026reference only
Net Income
7.8USD
May 18, 2026source
Market Share
2.1percent
May 17, 2026source
Store Count
610stores
May 15, 2026source
Payout Ratio
28percent
Apr 26, 2026source
Digital Sales Growth
23.3percent
Apr 26, 2026source
Price Earnings Ratio
52multiple
Apr 26, 2026source
Comparable Sales Growth
9.4percent
Apr 26, 2026source
Consecutive Dividend Increase Years
21years
Apr 15, 2026source
Dividend Quarterly
1.47USD_per_share
Apr 15, 2026source
Dividend Annual
5.88USD_per_share
Apr 15, 2026source
Gas Station Count
580locations
Apr 12, 2026source
Membership Price
65USD
Apr 12, 2026source
Net Sales
28.41USD
Apr 5, 2026source
Ytd Return
13percent
Mar 31, 2026source

Stated objectives

Next fiscal year sales growth

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target: 7.2% stated

Next fiscal year EPS growth

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target: 9.3% stated

Sales growth for current fiscal year

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target: 8% by 2026-12-31 00:00:00stated

Long-term target of 30+ warehouse openings per year

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target: 30+ stated

Achieve approximately 50% US and 50% international warehouse distribution long-term

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target: 50% stated

Deploy AI gas inventory management system to improve inventory management and drive incremental sales

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stated

Complete 5 warehouse relocations in FY2026 (3 US, 1 Canada, 1 Taiwan)

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target: 5 stated

Full year capital expenditure of $6.5 billion

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target: 6.5 stated

Open 28 new stores in the U.S. and major international markets in 2026 as part of a $6.5 billion expansion strategy.

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target: 28 new stores by 2026-01-01 00:00:00stated

Open more than 30 new sites each year for the foreseeable future as part of a $6.5 billion expansion strategy.

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target: 30+ sites per year stated

Relationship graph · 315 connections

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Supplies to
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Developed by
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Employs
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Customer of
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operates in
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Ford Motor Company
Both facts give cash for Ford Motor Company at the same point in time (2025-12-31; FY 2025 year-end and Q4 2025 year-end are the same date). Both are labelled USD, but the values are 23,356,000,000 and 23.356, which cannot both be true in USD. The two numbers agree once the second is read as billions (23.356 bn = 23,356,000,000), so the economic content is consistent and the conflict is a unit/scale error in the Q4 2025 record. The period is not the reason for the conflict: a Q4 and an FY figure at the same year-end date should match.
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