---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000909832-24-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COST"
cik: "0000909832"
company_name: "COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW"
filed_at: "2024-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T02:15:41.317773+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Costco Q2 FY2024 EPS $3.92 (vs $3.30), revenue $57.33B (+5.7% YoY)

## Summary
- Net income $1,743M ($3.92 diluted EPS) vs $1,466M ($3.30) last year; includes $0.21 tax benefit from special dividend deductibility.
- Q2 net sales $57.33B (+5.7% YoY); total company comp sales +5.6% (+5.8% ex-gas/FX).
- E-commerce comp sales +18.4% (+18.2% adjusted), showing strong online growth.
- First 24 weeks net income $3.33B ($7.49 diluted EPS) vs $2.83B ($6.37) last year.
- February net sales $18.21B (+6.9%); 875 warehouses globally.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000909832-24-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COST
- cik: 0000909832
- company_name: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
- filed_at: 2024-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983224000012/0000909832-24-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983224000012/cost-20240307.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-24-000012
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-24-000012.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-24-000012.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW reported the second quarter (twelve weeks) and the first 24 weeks of fiscal 2024, ended February 18, 2024 results: revenue $57.33 billion, net income $1,743 million, EPS $3.92 per diluted share.
  - Period: the second quarter (twelve weeks) and the first 24 weeks of fiscal 2024, ended February 18, 2024
  - Revenue: $57.33 billion
  - Net income: $1,743 million
  - EPS: $3.92 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: its operating results for the second quarter (twelve weeks) and the first 24 weeks of fiscal 2024, ended February 18, 2024. Net sales for the quarter increased 5.7 percent, to $57.33 billion, from $54.24 billion last year. Net sales for the first 24 weeks increased 5.9 percent, to $114.05 billion, from $107.68 billion last year. Net sales for the Company were
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983224000012/0000909832-24-000012-index.htm

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