For the quarter ended May 2025, Costco (COST) reported revenue of $63.21 billion, up 8% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $4.28, compared to $3.78 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $63.14 billion, representing a surprise of +0.10%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +0.71%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $4.25.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Costco performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Comparable sales - Total Company: 5.7% versus 5.4% estimated by seven analysts on average.
- Changes in comparable sales excluding the impact of changes in foreign-currency and gasoline prices - Total Company: 8% compared to the 6.8% average estimate based on seven analysts.
- Number of warehouses - Total worldwide: 905 compared to the 906 average estimate based on six analysts.
- Number of warehouses - United States and Puerto Rico: 624 versus 622 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Comparable sales - U.S. 6.6% compared to the 5.5% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Changes in comparable sales excluding the impact of changes in foreign-currency and gasoline prices - Other International: 8.5% versus 6.6% estimated by four analysts on average.
- Changes in comparable sales excluding the impact of changes in foreign-currency and gasoline prices - Canada: 7.8% compared to the 6.7% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Changes in comparable sales excluding the impact of changes in foreign-currency and gasoline prices - U.S. 7.9% versus 6% estimated by four analysts on average.
- Comparable sales - Other International: 3.2% compared to the 5.6% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Comparable sales - Canada: 2.9% versus the three-analyst average estimate of 6%.
- Revenue- Membership fees: $1.24 billion compared to the $1.24 billion average estimate based on nine analysts. The reported number represents a change of +10.4% year over year.
- Revenue- Net Sales: $61.97 billion versus $62.05 billion estimated by nine analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8% change.
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Shares of Costco have returned +1.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +6.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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