---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-249988"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COST"
cik: "0000909832"
company_name: "COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW"
filed_at: "2022-09-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T07:53:15.197074+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Costco Q4 FY2022 net sales up 15.2% to $70.76B; EPS $4.20 vs $3.76 YoY

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $70.76B (+15.2% YoY); FY net sales $222.73B (+16.0% YoY).
- Q4 diluted EPS $4.20 vs $3.76 last year; FY EPS $13.14 vs $11.27.
- Total comparable sales +13.7% (+10.4% adjusted ex-gas/FX).
- Net income Q4 $1.868B vs $1.670B; FY $5.84B vs $5.01B.
- Operates 838 warehouses globally; e-commerce across 8 countries.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-249988
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COST
- cik: 0000909832
- company_name: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
- filed_at: 2022-09-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000119312522249988/0001193125-22-249988-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000119312522249988/d327884d8k.htm

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