Operating margin · 2011–2025

Costco Wholesale operating margin

3.8%+3.4% · FY2025

Costco Wholesale (COST) reported 3.8% in operating margin for fiscal 2025, +3.4% year on year.

2.7%20112.8%20122.9%20132.9%20143.1%20153.1%20163.2%20173.2%20183.1%20193.3%20203.4%20213.4%20223.3%20233.6%20243.8%2025
Costco Wholesale — Operating margin, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearOperating marginChangeFiling
FY20253.8%+3.4%Derived
FY20243.6%+9.0%Derived
FY20233.3%−2.5%Derived
FY20223.4%+0.3%Derived
FY20213.4%+5.0%Derived
FY20203.3%+5.1%Derived
FY20193.1%−2.0%Derived
FY20183.2%−0.7%Derived
FY20173.2%+3.0%Derived
FY20163.1%−0.8%Derived
FY20153.1%+9.1%Derived
FY20142.9%−1.5%Derived
FY20132.9%+4.3%Derived
FY20122.8%+1.5%Derived
FY20112.7%—Derived

Operating margin — Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue. Only companies with at least $1 billion in revenue are ranked here.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +2.3%

Calculated from two reported figures, so it has no single filing of its own.

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