TTM
3.0%
YoY change
+0.05pp
Trough year (1994)
-0.7%
Peak year (2025)
2.9%
Latest annual
2.9%
Net Profit Margin history chart for Costco (COST) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 2.9%
Net Profit Margin change chart for Costco (COST) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: +0.05pp
Net Profit Margin history table for Costco (COST) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 2.9% | +0.05pp | ||
| 2024 | 2.9% | +0.30pp | ||
| 2023 | 2.6% | +0.02pp | ||
| 2022 | 2.6% | +0.02pp | ||
| 2021 | 2.6% | +0.16pp | ||
| 2020 | 2.4% | +0.00pp | ||
| 2019 | 2.4% | +0.18pp | ||
| 2018 | 2.2% | +0.14pp | ||
| 2017 | 2.1% | +0.10pp | ||
| 2016 | 2.0% | -0.07pp | ||
| 2015 | 2.0% | +0.22pp | ||
| 2014 | 1.8% | -0.11pp | ||
| 2013 | 1.9% | +0.22pp | ||
| 2012 | 1.7% | +0.08pp | ||
| 2011 | 1.6% | -0.03pp | ||
| 2010 | 1.7% | +0.15pp | ||
| 2009 | 1.5% | -0.25pp | ||
| 2008 | 1.8% | +0.09pp | ||
| 2007 | 1.7% | -0.15pp | ||
| 2006 | 1.8% | -0.17pp | ||
| 2005 | 2.0% | +0.17pp | ||
| 2004 | 1.8% | +0.14pp | ||
| 2003 | 1.7% | -0.11pp | ||
| 2002 | 1.8% | +0.08pp | ||
| 2001 | 1.7% | -0.23pp | ||
| 2000 | 2.0% | +0.52pp | ||
| 1999 | 1.4% | -0.45pp | ||
| 1998 | 1.9% | +0.47pp | ||
| 1997 | 1.4% | +0.16pp | ||
| 1996 | 1.3% | +0.52pp | ||
| 1995 | 0.7% | +1.43pp | ||
| 1994 | -0.7% | -2.15pp | ||
| 1993 | 1.5% | -0.29pp | ||
| 1992 | 1.8% | -0.27pp | ||
| 1991 | 2.0% | -0.34pp | ||
| 1990 | 2.4% | -0.02pp | ||
| 1989 | 2.4% | +0.05pp | ||
| 1988 | 2.3% | +0.12pp | ||
| 1987 | 2.2% | -0.01pp | ||
| 1986 | 2.2% | -0.28pp | ||
| 1985 | 2.5% | — |
- 20252.9%+0.05pp
- 20242.9%+0.30pp
- 20232.6%+0.02pp
- 20222.6%+0.02pp
- 20212.6%+0.16pp
- 20202.4%+0.00pp
- 20192.4%+0.18pp
- 20182.2%+0.14pp
- 20172.1%+0.10pp
- 20162.0%-0.07pp
- 20152.0%+0.22pp
- 20141.8%-0.11pp
- 20131.9%+0.22pp
- 20121.7%+0.08pp
- 20111.6%-0.03pp
- 20101.7%+0.15pp
- 20091.5%-0.25pp
- 20081.8%+0.09pp
- 20071.7%-0.15pp
- 20061.8%-0.17pp
- 20052.0%+0.17pp
- 20041.8%+0.14pp
- 20031.7%-0.11pp
- 20021.8%+0.08pp
- 20011.7%-0.23pp
- 20002.0%+0.52pp
- 19991.4%-0.45pp
- 19981.9%+0.47pp
- 19971.4%+0.16pp
- 19961.3%+0.52pp
- 19950.7%+1.43pp
- 1994-0.7%-2.15pp
- 19931.5%-0.29pp
- 19921.8%-0.27pp
- 19912.0%-0.34pp
- 19902.4%-0.02pp
- 19892.4%+0.05pp
- 19882.3%+0.12pp
- 19872.2%-0.01pp
- 19862.2%-0.28pp
- 19852.5%—
Net Profit Margin values are taken from Costco's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Net Profit Margin at Costco (COST)
According to Costco's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 3.0%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
Costco (COST) most recent annual net margin stands at 2.94% (2025) – expanded 0.0 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, net margin reached its high of 2.94% in 2025 and its low of -0.68% in 1994.
Costco Net Profit Margin by Year
Costco Net Profit Margin 2025: 2.9%
Costco net margin in 2025 was 2.94%, expanded 0.0 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Costco Net Profit Margin 2024: 2.9%
2024's net margin for Costco came in at 2.90%, expanded 0.3 percentage points from 2023.
Costco Net Profit Margin 2023: 2.6%
Costco posted net margin of 2.60% in 2023, expanded 0.0 percentage points from 2022.
Costco Net Profit Margin 2022: 2.6%
In 2022, Costco reported net margin of 2.57%, expanded 0.0 percentage points from 2021.
Costco Net Profit Margin 2021: 2.6%
Costco net margin in 2021 was 2.56%.
See more financial history for Costco (COST).
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