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Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ:COST)

Income Statement
Quarterly Data

The income statement presents information on the financial results of a company business activities over a period of time. The income statement communicates how much revenue the company generated during a period and what cost it incurred in connection with generating that revenue.

Costco Wholesale Corp., consolidated income statement (quarterly data)

US$ in millions

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3 months ended: Feb 18, 2024 Nov 26, 2023 Sep 3, 2023 May 7, 2023 Feb 12, 2023 Nov 20, 2022 Aug 28, 2022 May 8, 2022 Feb 13, 2022 Nov 21, 2021 Aug 29, 2021 May 9, 2021 Feb 14, 2021 Nov 22, 2020 Aug 30, 2020 May 10, 2020 Feb 16, 2020 Nov 24, 2019 Sep 1, 2019 May 12, 2019 Feb 17, 2019 Nov 25, 2018 Sep 2, 2018 May 13, 2018 Feb 18, 2018 Nov 26, 2017
Net sales 57,331 56,717 77,430 52,604 54,239 53,437 70,764 51,612 50,937 49,417 61,441 44,376 43,888 42,347 52,277 36,451 38,256 36,236 46,448 33,964 34,628 34,311 43,414 31,624 32,279 31,117
Merchandise costs (51,140) (50,457) (69,219) (47,175) (48,423) (47,769) (63,558) (46,355) (45,517) (43,952) (54,733) (39,415) (39,078) (37,458) (46,401) (32,249) (34,056) (32,233) (41,310) (30,233) (30,720) (30,623) (38,671) (28,131) (28,733) (27,617)
Gross margin 6,191 6,260 8,211 5,429 5,816 5,668 7,206 5,257 5,420 5,465 6,708 4,961 4,810 4,889 5,876 4,202 4,200 4,003 5,138 3,731 3,908 3,688 4,743 3,493 3,546 3,500
Membership fees 1,111 1,082 1,509 1,044 1,027 1,000 1,327 984 967 946 1,234 901 881 861 1,106 815 816 804 1,050 776 768 758 997 737 716 692
Selling, general and administrative (5,240) (5,358) (6,939) (4,794) (4,940) (4,917) (6,036) (4,450) (4,575) (4,718) (5,667) (4,199) (4,351) (4,320) (5,053) (3,838) (3,750) (3,746) (4,725) (3,385) (3,473) (3,497) (4,294) (3,163) (3,246) (3,241)
Operating income 2,062 1,984 2,781 1,679 1,903 1,751 2,497 1,791 1,812 1,693 2,275 1,663 1,340 1,430 1,929 1,179 1,266 1,061 1,463 1,122 1,203 949 1,446 1,067 1,016 951
Interest expense (41) (38) (56) (36) (34) (34) (48) (35) (36) (39) (52) (40) (40) (39) (51) (37) (34) (38) (45) (35) (34) (36) (48) (37) (37) (37)
Interest income and other, net 216 160 238 128 114 53 67 71 25 42 68 27 19 29 (9) 21 45 35 74 36 46 22 51 41 7 22
Other income (expense) 175 122 182 92 80 19 19 36 (11) 3 16 (13) (21) (10) (60) (16) 11 (3) 29 1 12 (14) 3 4 (30) (15)
Income before income taxes 2,237 2,106 2,963 1,771 1,983 1,770 2,516 1,827 1,801 1,696 2,291 1,650 1,319 1,420 1,869 1,163 1,277 1,058 1,492 1,123 1,215 935 1,449 1,071 986 936
Provision for income taxes (494) (517) (803) (469) (517) (406) (638) (455) (481) (351) (597) (417) (348) (239) (465) (311) (330) (202) (382) (207) (314) (158) (396) (309) (273) (285)
Net income including noncontrolling interests 1,743 1,589 2,160 1,302 1,466 1,364 1,878 1,372 1,320 1,345 1,694 1,233 971 1,181 1,404 852 947 856 1,110 916 901 777 1,053 762 713 651
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests (10) (19) (21) (21) (24) (13) (20) (15) (15) (14) (16) (12) (13) (10) (12) (10) (10) (12) (12) (11)
Net income attributable to Costco 1,743 1,589 2,160 1,302 1,466 1,364 1,868 1,353 1,299 1,324 1,670 1,220 951 1,166 1,389 838 931 844 1,097 906 889 767 1,043 750 701 640

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-02-18), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-09-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-05-07), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-02-12), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-11-20), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-08-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-05-08), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-02-13), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-11-21), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-08-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-05-09), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-02-14), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-11-22), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-08-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-10), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-02-16), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-24), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-09-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-05-12), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-02-17), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-25), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-09-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-05-13), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-02-18), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-11-26).

Income statement item Description The company
Net sales Amount, including tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value-added and excise. Costco Wholesale Corp. net sales decreased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then slightly increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.
Operating income The net result for the period of deducting operating expenses from operating revenues. Costco Wholesale Corp. operating income decreased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then slightly increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.
Income before income taxes Amount of income (loss) from continuing operations, including income (loss) from equity method investments, before deduction of income tax expense (benefit), and income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest. Costco Wholesale Corp. income before income taxes decreased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then slightly increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.
Net income attributable to Costco The portion of profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, which is attributable to the parent. Costco Wholesale Corp. net income attributable to Costco decreased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then slightly increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.