Costco Gross Margin 2012-2026 | COST

Current and historical gross margin for Costco (COST) over the last 10 years. The current gross profit margin for Costco as of February 28, 2026 is %.
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Costco Gross Margin Historical Data
Date TTM Revenue TTM Gross Profit Gross Margin
2026-02-28 $286.27B $37.00B 12.93%
2025-11-30 $280.39B $36.10B 12.88%
2025-08-31 $275.24B $35.35B 12.84%
2025-05-31 $268.78B $34.34B 12.78%
2025-02-28 $264.09B $33.47B 12.67%
2024-11-30 $258.81B $32.80B 12.67%
2024-08-31 $254.45B $32.10B 12.61%
2024-05-31 $253.70B $31.71B 12.50%
2024-02-29 $248.83B $30.84B 12.39%
2023-11-30 $245.65B $30.38B 12.37%
2023-08-31 $242.29B $29.70B 12.26%
2023-05-31 $235.44B $28.52B 12.11%
2023-02-28 $234.39B $28.29B 12.07%
2022-11-30 $231.03B $27.83B 12.05%
2022-08-31 $226.95B $27.57B 12.15%
2022-05-31 $217.54B $26.98B 12.40%
2022-02-28 $210.22B $26.60B 12.65%
2021-11-30 $203.08B $25.91B 12.76%
2021-08-31 $195.93B $25.25B 12.88%
2021-05-31 $186.64B $24.29B 13.01%
2021-02-28 $178.63B $23.44B 13.12%
2020-11-30 $172.93B $22.77B 13.16%
2020-08-31 $166.76B $21.82B 13.09%
2020-05-31 $160.88B $21.03B 13.07%
2020-02-29 $158.35B $20.52B 12.96%
2019-11-30 $154.67B $20.18B 13.05%
2019-08-31 $152.70B $19.82B 12.98%
2019-05-31 $149.62B $19.37B 12.95%
2019-02-28 $147.24B $19.09B 12.97%
2018-11-30 $144.84B $18.68B 12.90%
2018-08-31 $141.58B $18.42B 13.01%
2018-05-31 $139.47B $18.29B 13.11%
2018-02-28 $135.96B $17.95B 13.20%
2017-11-30 $132.74B $17.52B 13.20%
2017-08-31 $129.03B $17.14B 13.29%
2017-05-31 $123.29B $16.45B 13.34%
2017-02-28 $121.19B $16.17B 13.34%
2016-11-30 $119.60B $16.03B 13.40%
2016-08-31 $118.72B $15.82B 13.32%
2016-05-31 $117.94B $15.59B 13.22%
2016-02-29 $117.27B $15.40B 13.13%
2015-11-30 $116.55B $15.25B 13.09%
2015-08-31 $116.20B $15.13B 13.02%
2015-05-31 $115.94B $14.94B 12.88%
2015-02-28 $115.64B $14.76B 12.77%
2014-11-30 $114.49B $14.47B 12.64%
2014-08-31 $112.64B $14.18B 12.59%
2014-05-31 $109.60B $13.77B 12.56%
2014-02-28 $107.89B $13.57B 12.58%
2013-11-30 $106.46B $13.41B 12.60%
2013-08-31 $105.16B $13.21B 12.56%
2013-05-31 $104.89B $13.15B 12.53%
2013-02-28 $103.13B $12.88B 12.49%
2012-11-30 $101.22B $12.61B 12.45%
2012-08-31 $99.14B $12.31B 12.42%
2012-05-31 $95.10B $11.80B 12.41%
2012-02-29 $93.40B $11.58B 12.40%
2011-11-30 $91.30B $11.39B 12.48%
2011-08-31 $88.92B $11.18B 12.57%
2011-05-31 $84.86B $10.78B 12.70%
2011-02-28 $82.02B $10.51B 12.81%
2010-11-30 $79.89B $10.22B 12.79%
2010-08-31 $77.95B $9.95B 12.77%
2010-05-31 $76.20B $9.72B 12.75%
2010-02-28 $74.23B $9.46B 12.75%
2009-11-30 $72.33B $9.19B 12.70%
2009-08-31 $71.42B $9.09B 12.72%
2009-05-31 $72.14B $9.02B 12.51%
2009-02-28 $72.95B $9.06B 12.42%
2008-11-30 $73.07B $9.11B 12.47%
2008-08-31 $72.48B $8.98B 12.39%
2008-05-31 $69.86B $8.72B 12.49%
2008-02-29 $67.91B $8.44B 12.43%
2007-11-30 $66.06B $8.17B 12.37%
2007-08-31 $64.40B $7.95B 12.35%
2007-05-31 $63.80B $7.80B 12.23%
2007-02-28 $62.42B $7.67B 12.29%
2006-11-30 $61.37B $7.57B 12.33%
2006-08-31 $60.15B $7.41B 12.31%
2006-05-31 $57.00B $7.07B 12.41%
2006-02-28 $55.71B $6.92B 12.41%
2005-11-30 $54.31B $6.76B 12.45%
2005-08-31 $52.95B $6.61B 12.47%
2005-05-31 $51.38B $6.45B 12.56%
2005-02-28 $50.28B $6.32B 12.57%
2004-11-30 $49.17B $6.16B 12.54%
2004-08-31 $48.11B $6.02B 12.51%
2004-05-31 $46.66B $5.81B 12.45%
2004-02-29 $45.30B $5.64B 12.44%
2003-11-30 $43.87B $5.46B 12.45%
2003-08-31 $42.55B $5.31B 12.48%
2003-05-31 $41.15B $5.15B 12.52%
2003-02-28 $40.23B $5.00B 12.43%
2002-11-30 $39.50B $4.90B 12.40%
2002-08-31 $38.76B $4.78B 12.33%
2002-05-31 $37.60B $4.59B 12.20%
2002-02-28 $36.70B $4.45B 12.12%
2001-11-30 $35.63B $4.31B 12.09%
2001-08-31 $34.80B $4.20B 12.07%
2001-05-31 $34.25B $4.11B 12.00%
2001-02-28 $33.43B $4.03B 12.05%
2000-11-30 $32.86B $3.94B 12.00%
2000-08-31 $32.17B $3.84B 11.94%
2000-05-31 $30.39B $3.64B 11.97%
2000-02-29 $29.55B $3.54B 11.98%
1999-11-30 $28.40B $3.40B 11.97%
1999-08-31 $27.46B $3.29B 11.97%
1999-05-31 $26.35B $3.15B 11.94%
1999-02-28 $25.64B $3.06B 11.93%
1998-11-30 $24.84B $2.95B 11.87%
1998-08-31 $24.27B $2.89B 11.90%
1998-05-31 $23.48B $2.78B 11.84%
1998-02-28 $22.98B $2.71B 11.80%
1997-11-30 $22.42B $2.64B 11.75%
1997-08-31 $21.87B $2.56B 11.70%
1997-05-31 $21.14B $2.46B 11.62%
1997-02-28 $20.62B $2.39B 11.57%
1996-11-30 $20.07B $2.30B 11.46%
1996-08-31 $19.57B $2.22B 11.35%
1996-05-31 $19.40B $2.18B 11.22%
1996-02-29 $18.98B $2.12B 11.14%
1995-11-30 $18.60B $2.07B 11.11%
1995-08-31 $18.25B $2.02B 11.08%
1995-05-31 $17.32B $1.90B 10.99%
1995-02-28 $17.04B $1.88B 11.04%
1994-11-30 $16.84B $1.86B 11.06%
1994-08-31 $16.49B $1.83B 11.07%
1994-05-31 $13.15B $-1.19B -9.01%
1994-02-28 $12.95B $-1.21B -9.33%
1993-11-30 $12.67B $-1.23B -9.72%
1993-08-31 $12.49B $-1.26B -10.07%
1993-05-31 $12.43B $2.90B 23.29%
1993-02-28 $10.72B $4.23B 39.42%
1992-11-30 $8.46B $5.34B 63.14%
Sector Industry Market Cap Revenue
Retail/Wholesale Retail - Discount & Variety $442.974B $275.235B
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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