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Forensic Analysis · Retail / Consumer Discretionary · as of Nov 9, 2026

Costco Wholesale Corp /New (COST)

A forensic read on Costco Wholesale Corp /New built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

A · High-quality compounder
Forensic grade
Safe
Financial health
2.8
Distress distance
Clean
Earnings quality
28.4%
ROE
10.1%
Revenue growth

This free snapshot doesn't read filing or proxy text, so the auditor-quality and governance checks that can lower a grade were not evaluated (auditor quality, say on pay, board independence, going concern). Those checks only ever lower a grade, so the full analysis can land below the grade above but never above it — treat it as the most favourable reading, not the settled one.

Costco Wholesale Corp /New earns an A (High-quality compounder) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 2.8, placing it in the Safe zone. 0 forensic signals listed from the 10 signals read.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$303.15B
Revenue Growth YoY+10.1%
Revenue CAGR (2yr)+9.2%
Net Margin3.0%
Free Cash Flow$9.38B
Return on Equity28.4%
Debt / Equity0.17x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Nov 9, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.

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