Costco Pre-Tax Profit Margin 2011-2025 | COST
Current and historical pre-tax profit margin for Costco (COST) from 2011 to 2025. Pre-tax profit margin can be defined as earnings before taxes as a portion of total revenue. Costco pre-tax profit margin for the three months ending August 31, 2025 was .
| Costco Pre-Tax Profit Margin Historical Data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | TTM Revenue | TTM Pre-Tax Income | Pre-Tax Margin |
| 2025-08-31 | $275.24B | $10.82B | 3.93% |
| 2025-05-31 | $268.78B | $10.42B | 3.88% |
| 2025-02-28 | $264.09B | $10.13B | 3.83% |
| 2024-11-30 | $258.81B | $9.94B | 3.84% |
| 2024-08-31 | $254.45B | $9.74B | 3.83% |
| 2024-05-31 | $253.70B | $9.59B | 3.78% |
| 2024-02-29 | $248.83B | $9.08B | 3.65% |
| 2023-11-30 | $245.65B | $8.82B | 3.59% |
| 2023-08-31 | $242.29B | $8.49B | 3.50% |
| 2023-05-31 | $235.44B | $8.04B | 3.41% |
| 2023-02-28 | $234.39B | $8.10B | 3.45% |
| 2022-11-30 | $231.03B | $7.91B | 3.43% |
| 2022-08-31 | $226.95B | $7.84B | 3.45% |
| 2022-05-31 | $217.54B | $7.62B | 3.50% |
| 2022-02-28 | $210.22B | $7.44B | 3.54% |
| 2021-11-30 | $203.08B | $6.96B | 3.43% |
| 2021-08-31 | $195.93B | $6.68B | 3.41% |
| 2021-05-31 | $186.64B | $6.26B | 3.35% |
| 2021-02-28 | $178.63B | $5.77B | 3.23% |
| 2020-11-30 | $172.93B | $5.73B | 3.31% |
| 2020-08-31 | $166.76B | $5.37B | 3.22% |
| 2020-05-31 | $160.88B | $4.99B | 3.10% |
| 2020-02-29 | $158.35B | $4.95B | 3.13% |
| 2019-11-30 | $154.67B | $4.89B | 3.16% |
| 2019-08-31 | $152.70B | $4.77B | 3.12% |
| 2019-05-31 | $149.62B | $4.72B | 3.16% |
| 2019-02-28 | $147.24B | $4.67B | 3.17% |
| 2018-11-30 | $144.84B | $4.44B | 3.07% |
| 2018-08-31 | $141.58B | $4.44B | 3.14% |
| 2018-05-31 | $139.47B | $4.41B | 3.16% |
| 2018-02-28 | $135.96B | $4.31B | 3.17% |
| 2017-11-30 | $132.74B | $4.13B | 3.11% |
| 2017-08-31 | $129.03B | $4.04B | 3.13% |
| 2017-05-31 | $123.29B | $3.80B | 3.08% |
| 2017-02-28 | $121.19B | $3.67B | 3.03% |
| 2016-11-30 | $119.60B | $3.70B | 3.10% |
| 2016-08-31 | $118.72B | $3.62B | 3.05% |
| 2016-05-31 | $117.94B | $3.59B | 3.05% |
| 2016-02-29 | $117.27B | $3.56B | 3.03% |
| 2015-11-30 | $116.55B | $3.59B | 3.08% |
| 2015-08-31 | $116.20B | $3.60B | 3.10% |
| 2015-05-31 | $115.94B | $3.53B | 3.05% |
| 2015-02-28 | $115.64B | $3.46B | 2.99% |
| 2014-11-30 | $114.49B | $3.32B | 2.90% |
| 2014-08-31 | $112.64B | $3.20B | 2.84% |
| 2014-05-31 | $109.60B | $3.07B | 2.80% |
| 2014-02-28 | $107.89B | $3.05B | 2.83% |
| 2013-11-30 | $106.46B | $3.06B | 2.88% |
| 2013-08-31 | $105.16B | $3.05B | 2.90% |
| 2013-05-31 | $104.89B | $3.06B | 2.92% |
| 2013-02-28 | $103.13B | $2.97B | 2.88% |
| 2012-11-30 | $101.22B | $2.86B | 2.83% |
| 2012-08-31 | $99.14B | $2.77B | 2.79% |
| 2012-05-31 | $95.10B | $2.57B | 2.71% |
| 2012-02-29 | $93.40B | $2.49B | 2.66% |
| 2011-11-30 | $91.30B | $2.43B | 2.66% |
| 2011-08-31 | $88.92B | $2.38B | 2.68% |
| 2011-05-31 | $84.86B | $2.30B | 2.70% |
| 2011-02-28 | $82.02B | $2.24B | 2.72% |
| 2010-11-30 | $79.89B | $2.14B | 2.67% |
| 2010-08-31 | $77.95B | $2.05B | 2.64% |
| 2010-05-31 | $76.20B | $1.95B | 2.56% |
| 2010-02-28 | $74.23B | $1.82B | 2.45% |
| 2009-11-30 | $72.33B | $1.73B | 2.39% |
| 2009-08-31 | $71.42B | $1.73B | 2.42% |
| 2009-05-31 | $72.14B | $1.76B | 2.44% |
| 2009-02-28 | $72.95B | $1.89B | 2.59% |
| 2008-11-30 | $73.07B | $2.02B | 2.77% |
| 2008-08-31 | $72.48B | $2.01B | 2.77% |
| 2008-05-31 | $69.86B | $1.97B | 2.83% |
| 2008-02-29 | $67.91B | $1.87B | 2.75% |
| 2007-11-30 | $66.06B | $1.74B | 2.63% |
| 2007-08-31 | $64.40B | $1.71B | 2.66% |
| 2007-05-31 | $63.80B | $1.68B | 2.64% |
| 2007-02-28 | $62.42B | $1.71B | 2.74% |
| 2006-11-30 | $61.37B | $1.78B | 2.91% |
| 2006-08-31 | $60.15B | $1.75B | 2.91% |
| 2006-05-31 | $57.00B | $1.70B | 2.98% |
| 2006-02-28 | $55.71B | $1.65B | 2.96% |
| 2005-11-30 | $54.31B | $1.59B | 2.93% |
| 2005-08-31 | $52.95B | $1.55B | 2.93% |
| 2005-05-31 | $51.38B | $1.52B | 2.96% |
| 2005-02-28 | $50.28B | $1.50B | 2.98% |
| 2004-11-30 | $49.17B | $1.45B | 2.96% |
| 2004-08-31 | $48.11B | $1.40B | 2.91% |
| 2004-05-31 | $46.66B | $1.30B | 2.79% |
| 2004-02-29 | $45.30B | $1.24B | 2.73% |
| 2003-11-30 | $43.87B | $1.18B | 2.68% |
| 2003-08-31 | $42.55B | $1.16B | 2.72% |
| 2003-05-31 | $41.15B | $1.17B | 2.84% |
| 2003-02-28 | $40.23B | $1.13B | 2.82% |
| 2002-11-30 | $39.50B | $1.16B | 2.93% |
| 2002-08-31 | $38.76B | $1.14B | 2.94% |
| 2002-05-31 | $37.60B | $1.07B | 2.85% |
| 2002-02-28 | $36.70B | $1.03B | 2.81% |
| 2001-11-30 | $35.63B | $1.00B | 2.82% |
| 2001-08-31 | $34.80B | $1.00B | 2.88% |
| 2001-05-31 | $34.25B | $1.02B | 2.98% |
| 2001-02-28 | $33.43B | $1.05B | 3.13% |
| 2000-11-30 | $32.86B | $1.05B | 3.21% |
| 2000-08-31 | $32.17B | $1.05B | 3.28% |
| 2000-05-31 | $30.39B | $0.98B | 3.21% |
| 2000-02-29 | $29.55B | $0.95B | 3.22% |
| 1999-11-30 | $28.40B | $0.90B | 3.17% |
| 1999-08-31 | $27.46B | $0.86B | 3.13% |
| 1999-05-31 | $26.35B | $0.85B | 3.24% |
| 1999-02-28 | $25.64B | $0.82B | 3.20% |
| 1998-11-30 | $24.84B | $0.78B | 3.13% |
| 1998-08-31 | $24.27B | $0.77B | 3.16% |
| 1998-05-31 | $23.48B | $0.71B | 3.02% |
| 1998-02-28 | $22.98B | $0.68B | 2.95% |
| 1997-11-30 | $22.42B | $0.63B | 2.81% |
| 1997-08-31 | $21.87B | $0.52B | 2.38% |
| 1997-05-31 | $21.14B | $0.47B | 2.24% |
| 1997-02-28 | $20.62B | $0.43B | 2.11% |
| 1996-11-30 | $20.07B | $0.39B | 1.95% |
| 1996-08-31 | $19.57B | $0.42B | 2.16% |
| 1996-05-31 | $19.40B | $0.40B | 2.04% |
| 1996-02-29 | $18.98B | $0.38B | 2.01% |
| 1995-11-30 | $18.60B | $0.37B | 1.99% |
| 1995-08-31 | $18.25B | $0.37B | 2.02% |
| 1995-05-31 | $17.32B | $0.33B | 1.92% |
| 1995-02-28 | $17.04B | $0.33B | 1.94% |
| 1994-11-30 | $16.84B | $0.33B | 1.94% |
| 1994-08-31 | $16.49B | $0.20B | 1.24% |
| 1994-05-31 | $13.15B | $0.21B | 1.60% |
| 1994-02-28 | $12.95B | $0.21B | 1.65% |
| 1993-11-30 | $12.67B | $0.22B | 1.76% |
| 1993-08-31 | $12.49B | $0.34B | 2.70% |
| 1993-05-31 | $12.43B | $1.94B | 15.56% |
| 1993-02-28 | $10.72B | $3.58B | 33.43% |
| 1992-11-30 | $8.46B | $5.03B | 59.44% |
| Sector | Industry | Market Cap | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail/Wholesale | Retail - Discount & Variety | $409.311B | $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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