---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000909832-24-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COST"
cik: "0000909832"
company_name: "COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW"
filed_at: "2024-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T01:43:47.155155+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Costco Q4 EPS $5.29, revenue $78.2B; adj. comp sales +6.9%; membership +7.3%

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $78.2B (+1.0% reported, +7.3% normalized for 16 vs 17 weeks); diluted EPS $5.29 vs $4.86.
- Adjusted comparable sales +6.9% total; US +6.3%, Canada +7.9%, other intl +9.3%; e-comm +19.5%.
- Net income $2.354B (+9.0% reported, +12.7% normalized after extra-week and $63M tax benefit).
- Membership: 76.2M paid households (+7.3%), 136.8M total cardholders; renewal rate 90.5% worldwide.
- Warehouse count 891; net +15 in FY24; FY'25 guidance of 916 total.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000909832-24-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COST
- cik: 0000909832
- company_name: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
- filed_at: 2024-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983224000043/0000909832-24-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983224000043/cost-20240926.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-24-000043.txt

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