ISSAQUAH, WA - Costco Wholesale Corporation announced its operating results for the first quarter of fiscal 2026 (twelve weeks), ended November 23, 2025.
Net sales for the first quarter increased 8.2 percent, to $65.98 billion from $60.99 billion last year, according to the recent release.
Net income for the quarter was $2,001 million, $4.50 per diluted share, compared to $1,798 million, $4.04 per diluted share, last year. This year’s results included a tax benefit of $72 million, $0.16 per diluted share, related to stock-based compensation, which last year was $100 million, $0.22 per diluted share.
Costco currently operates 923 warehouses, including 633 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 114 in Canada, 42 in Mexico, 37 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom, 20 in Korea, 15 in Australia, 14 in Taiwan, seven in China, five in Spain, three in France, two in Sweden, and one each in Iceland, and New Zealand. Costco also operates e-commerce sites in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia.
A conference call to discuss these results is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. (PT) today, December 11, 2025, and is available via a webcast on investor.costco.com (click “Events & Presentations”).
See the full release here.
