Costco ROE 2010-2024 | COST

Current and historical return on equity (ROE) values for Costco (COST) over the last 10 years. Return on equity can be defined as the amount of net income returned as a percentage of shareholders equity. Return on equity measures a corporation's profitability by revealing how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested.
Costco ROE - Return on Equity Historical Data
Date TTM Net Income Shareholder's Equity Return on Equity
2024-02-29 $6.79B $20.76B 28.45%
2023-11-30 $6.52B $26.15B 26.72%
2023-08-31 $6.29B $25.06B 27.09%
2023-05-31 $6.00B $23.57B 27.12%
2023-02-28 $6.05B $22.80B 28.33%
2022-11-30 $5.88B $21.48B 28.49%
2022-08-31 $5.84B $20.65B 29.17%
2022-05-31 $5.65B $20.51B 29.12%
2022-02-28 $5.51B $19.98B 29.79%
2021-11-30 $5.17B $19.00B 29.44%
2021-08-31 $5.01B $18.08B 30.12%
2021-05-31 $4.73B $16.97B 28.17%
2021-02-28 $4.34B $16.13B 25.80%
2020-11-30 $4.32B $15.31B 25.35%
2020-08-31 $4.00B $18.71B 23.16%
2020-05-31 $3.71B $17.20B 22.48%
2020-02-29 $3.78B $17.00B 23.75%
2019-11-30 $3.74B $16.22B 24.57%
2019-08-31 $3.66B $15.58B 25.21%
2019-05-31 $3.61B $14.82B 25.94%
2019-02-28 $3.45B $14.18B 25.93%
2018-11-30 $3.26B $13.48B 25.54%
2018-08-31 $3.13B $13.10B 25.61%
2018-05-31 $3.01B $12.45B 25.65%
2018-02-28 $2.96B $12.05B 26.50%
2017-11-30 $2.77B $11.36B 24.48%
2017-08-31 $2.68B $11.08B 23.19%
2017-05-31 $2.54B $10.19B 21.40%
2017-02-28 $2.38B $12.71B 19.45%
2016-11-30 $2.42B $12.23B 20.32%
2016-08-31 $2.35B $12.33B 20.26%
2016-05-31 $2.34B $11.75B 20.83%
2016-02-29 $2.31B $11.23B 21.00%
2015-11-30 $2.36B $11.08B 21.88%
2015-08-31 $2.38B $10.84B 21.29%
2015-05-31 $2.31B $10.81B 19.92%
2015-02-28 $2.26B $10.43B 19.05%
2014-11-30 $2.13B $12.57B 17.45%
2014-08-31 $2.06B $12.52B 17.27%
2014-05-31 $1.98B $12.02B 17.14%
2014-02-28 $1.96B $11.71B 17.54%
2013-11-30 $2.05B $11.41B 18.90%
2013-08-31 $2.04B $11.01B 18.22%
2013-05-31 $2.03B $10.65B 17.55%
2013-02-28 $1.96B $10.28B 16.04%
2012-11-30 $1.81B $12.83B 14.06%
2012-08-31 $1.71B $12.52B 13.41%
2012-05-31 $1.58B $13.18B 12.37%
2012-02-29 $1.52B $12.82B 12.04%
2011-11-30 $1.47B $12.45B 11.83%
2011-08-31 $1.46B $12.57B 11.95%
2011-05-31 $1.42B $12.54B 11.97%
2011-02-28 $1.40B $12.12B 12.23%
2010-11-30 $1.35B $11.71B 12.17%
2010-08-31 $1.30B $10.93B 12.10%
2010-05-31 $1.25B $10.97B 11.79%
2010-02-28 $1.15B $10.74B 11.28%
2009-11-30 $1.09B $10.43B 11.13%
Sector Industry Market Cap Revenue
Retail/Wholesale Retail - Discount & Variety $324.339B $242.290B
Costco Wholesale Corporation sells high volumes of foods and general merchandise at discounted prices through membership warehouses. The company also operates e-commerce websites in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia. The company's warehouses offer an array of low-priced nationally branded and select private labeled products in a wide range of merchandise categories. Costco offers three types of memberships to its customers: Business, Gold Star, and Executive. Costco generates revenue from two sources: 1) Store sales and 2) Membership fees. Costco offers myriad varieties of food products as well as a vast range of household and lifestyle products, stationeries and appliances. The company also sells gasoline to customers at cheap prices and offers merchandise in the following categories: Food and Sundries, Hardlines, Fresh Foods, Softlines, Ancillary.
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