Costco Held Its IPO 40 Years Ago. Here's How Much $100 Invested Then Would Be Worth Today. [Yahoo! Finance]
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)
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Its ethos of religiously passing savings costs to consumers has won it a loyal fan base that totaled 81.4 million paying members last quarter. Last year, its new warehouses generated an average of $192 million in sales each, and the company plans to open 28 new stores in the 2026 fiscal year. 10 stocks we like better than Costco Wholesale › On Dec. 5, 1985, two-year-old retail company Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) went public at $10 a share. In its first earnings report filed the following January, it announced sales of $134.5 million. The report was staggering for two reasons: first, because the fledgling retailer had almost tripled sales while turning profitable over the last year, and second, because the report only included the quarter up to Nov. 24. Forty years later, Costco's latest earnings report for Q1 2026 revealed net sales of $65.98 billion, up 8.2% year over year. The company now boasts 921 warehouses worldwide, including recently opened ones in Spain and Fra
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- 12/11/25 - Beat
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Sec Filings
- 12/22/25 - Form 4
- 12/17/25 - Form 10-Q
- 12/17/25 - Form 4
- COST's page on the SEC website