In fiscal year 2025 Walmart reported $713B in revenue against Costco Wholesale's $275B, 2.59× as much.
| Measure | COST | WMT | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $275B | $713B | ×2.59 |
| Cost of revenue | $240B | $535B | ×2.23 |
| Operating income | $10.4B | $29.8B | ×2.87 |
| Net income | $8.1B | $21.9B | ×2.70 |
| EPS (diluted) | 18.21 | 2.73 | ×6.67 |
| Total assets | $82.8B | $285B | ×3.44 |
| Total liabilities | $52.5B | $179B | ×3.41 |
| Shareholders' equity | $30.3B | $99.6B | ×3.29 |
| Cash | $16.2B | $10.7B | ×1.51 |
| Long-term debt | $5.7B | $34.6B | ×6.11 |
| Shares outstanding | 444M | 8.0B | ×17.96 |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 3.1% | ×1.04 |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 4.2% | ×1.11 |
| Operating cash flow | $13.3B | $41.6B | ×3.12 |
| Capital expenditure | $5.5B | $26.6B | ×4.85 |
| Free cash flow | $7.8B | $14.9B | ×1.90 |
| Dividends paid | $2.2B | $7.5B | ×3.44 |
| Income tax expense | $2.7B | $7.2B | ×2.65 |
| Share buybacks | $903M | $8.1B | ×8.96 |
The larger of the two figures is in bold. Larger is not automatically better: on debt, cost and tax a bigger number is simply a bigger number. This site reports the figures and leaves the judgement to you.
Revenue, year by year
Costco Wholesale · 2011–2025
Walmart · 2011–2025
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026
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