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Costco Wholesale
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What Costco Wholesale is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to August 30, 2026: $0.85 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to August 30, 2026: $0.50 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (September 24, 2026): sentiment 0.70 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Latest annual report (filed October 7, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $2.8 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 4,267 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−9 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 18 (40 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 22 — latest OSHA inspection, Sep 9, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Costco Wholesale is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Withheld: 50% of the evidence is readable at this date (needs 60%).
- Capital spending—
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings70th pct
- Deals and private raises49th pct
- Patent publications48th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment85th pct
- Call confidence74th pct
- Guidance changes—
- Risk factors added72nd pct
- Insider open-market trades40th pct
- + Call sentiment
- + Call confidence
- + Risk factors added
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver85th pct
- Stress filings48th pct
Credit
How these are built →Costco Wholesale's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$7.6B
- Due within a year $2.3B
- Longer term $5.2B
- Default point $5.0B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Aug 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Costco Wholesale, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralInsider trades: PepsiCo (PEP), Costco (COST), BlackBerry (BB) among notable names (BB:NYSE)
seekingalpha.com · via Marketaux · Oct 17, 2026
- NeutralCostco closes nearly flat despite September sales growth (COST:NASDAQ)
seekingalpha.com · via Marketaux · Oct 9, 2026
- NeutralCostco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Pre Recorded Sales/ Trading Statement Call Prepared Remarks Transcript
seekingalpha.com · via Marketaux · Oct 8, 2026
- NeutralCostco posts double-digit sales growth in September amid high gas prices (COST:NASDAQ)
seekingalpha.com · via Marketaux · Oct 7, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 16, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Oct 7, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Sep 9, 2026Risk event
- Sep 2, 2026Risk event
- Sep 1, 2026Risk event
- Aug 27, 2026Risk event
- Jul 30, 2026Risk event
- Jun 29, 2026Risk event
- Jun 11, 2026Risk event
- May 29, 2026Risk event
- May 20, 2026Trademark
- May 14, 2026Risk event
- Apr 30, 2026Risk event
- Jan 21, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Oct 20, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Oct 8, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Aug 7, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jun 11, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 3, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jan 27, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Nov 7, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Oct 9, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 1 removed
Peers
Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
| Company | Revenue | Free cash flow | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dollar General DG | $43.6B | $2.0B | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Dollar Tree DLTR | $20.1B | $2.0B | Aug 1, 2026 |
| Target Corp. TGT | $108B | $4.5B | Aug 1, 2026 |
| Walmart Inc. WMT | $728B | $13.5B | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Albertsons ACI | — | — | — |
| Archer Daniels Midland ADM | $25.0B | $1.7B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Brown–Forman BF.B | $3.9B | $0.9B | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Bunge Global BG | $17.9B | −$1.2B | Mar 31, 2026 |