Costco (cost) Q4 2025 income
A Costco business in Richmond, California, USA, on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
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Costco On Thursday, Wall Street expectations exceeded quarterly profits and sales when the camp club achieved two-digit profits both the membership income and its e-commerce business.
In contrast to many other retailers, the company has no annual outlook.
At the company’s earnings authorization, CFO Gary Millerschip said that the retailer worked hard to compensate for higher tariff costs. In some cases, new articles from the Kirkland Signature brand were introduced as alternatives to goods that were hit by tariffs, he said. About a third of Costco’s US sales come from imported goods.
In some cases, Costco also changes its range of goods, e.g.
He said the overall inflation had remained in the area with low to medium section, with the food price increasing in the last quarter. For the second time in a row, however, he said that inflation had returned to non-food goods, which are mainly driven by imported objects.
The retailer’s shares were slightly in prolonged trading.
In the fourth quarter of the financial year, Costco did compared to what Wall Street expected, based on a survey of LSEG analysts:
- Win each share: $ 5.87 compared to USD 5.80
- Revenue: 86.16 billion US dollars expected compared to $ 86.06 billion
The net income of Costco for the three-month period, which rose to $ 2.61 billion or $ 5.87 per share compared to $ 2.35 billion or in the previous year of $ 5.29 per share. Sales rose of $ 79.7 billion in the same period last year.
Turnover with the same business, an industry metric, which takes out unique factors such as the openings and closures in store, rose by 6.4%without excluding the effects of gas prices and foreign exchange. This result, which was reported together with Costco’s sales figures in August, marks two quarters in a number of the same sales.
Sales with e-commerce increased by 13.5%compared to the same period in the previous year, except for the effects of changes in gas prices and foreign exchange.
Since the US consumers are looking for value, Costco and his Warehouse Club competitor have opened new locations and attracted more members. Younger buyers have registered for the shops because the retailers offer more comfortable options for buying online, a larger selection of goods and cheaper meals.
In an interview this summer, Millerschip informed CNBC that the average age of the members of the company had dropped and almost half of his new registrations of people under the age of 40 every year.
Costco’s sales, which includes net sales and member fees, also increased as members in age groups. The turnover of the year as a whole amounted to $ 275.24 billion, which rose by about 8.1% in the previous year compared to the previous year.
The member fee rose by 14%in the quarter, which reflects the increase in paying buyers and the higher fee. Last autumn it increased its member fee for the first time since 2017. Costco buyers now pay 5 USD more per year or $ 10 for their higher membership if their annual fee extends.
In the company’s profit and performance, CEO Ron Vachris said that Costco opened 27 new warehouses, including three moving. It is planned to open another 35 warehouses in the coming financial year, including five moving.
Traffic to the shops and the Costco website increased by 3.7%worldwide, said Millerschip on the call. In the meantime, the average transaction size worldwide increased by 2.6%, except for the change of gas and foreign exchange, he added.
The Costco shares have increased by around 180% in the past five years. However, the retailer has recently done the market below average, since this year the shares have increased to more than 12% compared to the S&P 500s compared to more than 12%.
