Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports June Sales Results
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Costco (NASDAQ: COST) reported strong sales performance for June 2025, with net sales reaching $26.44 billion, marking an 8.0% increase from the previous year's $24.48 billion. For the first 44 weeks, net sales grew 8.0% to $227.46 billion.
The company demonstrated robust growth across all regions, with total comparable sales up 5.8%. Notably, e-commerce sales surged 11.5% for the five-week period and 15.3% for the 44-week period. Excluding impacts from gasoline prices and foreign exchange, total company comparable sales were even stronger at 6.2% for the month.
Costco continues its global expansion with 907 warehouses worldwide, including 624 in the United States and Puerto Rico, maintaining a strong presence across 14 countries with e-commerce operations in 8 markets.
Positive
- Net sales increased 8.0% year-over-year to $26.44 billion
- E-commerce sales grew 11.5% in the five-week period
- Strong international performance with Other International comparable sales up 10.9%
- Robust comparable sales growth across all regions when excluding gas and forex impacts
- Continued global expansion with 907 warehouses across 14 countries
Negative
- U.S. comparable sales growth of 4.7% was lower than other regions
- Facing various risk factors including inflation, exchange rates, and economic uncertainties
News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, COST declined 1.21%, reflecting a mild negative market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
ISSAQUAH, Wash., July 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: COST) today reported net sales of
Net sales for the first 44 weeks were
Comparable sales were as follows:
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| Canada | ||||
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E-commerce | ||||
Comparable sales excluding the impacts from changes in gasoline prices and foreign exchange were as follows:
| 5 Weeks | 44 Weeks | |||
| U.S. | ||||
| Canada | ||||
| Other International | ||||
| Total Company | ||||
E-commerce | ||||
Additional discussion of these results is available in a pre-recorded message. It can be accessed by visiting investor.costco.com (click on “Events & Presentations”). This message will be available through 4:00 p.m. (PT) on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
Costco currently operates 907 warehouses, including 624 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 109 in Canada, 41 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, two 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.
Certain statements contained in this document and the pre-recorded message constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For these purposes, forward-looking statements are statements that address activities, events, conditions or developments that the Company expects or anticipates may occur in the future. In some cases forward-looking statements can be identified because they contain words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “likely,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results or performance to differ materially from those indicated by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, domestic and international economic conditions, including exchange rates, inflation or deflation, the effects of competition and regulation, uncertainties in the financial markets, consumer and small business spending patterns and debt levels, breaches of security or privacy of member or business information, conditions affecting the acquisition, development, ownership or use of real estate, capital spending, actions of vendors, rising costs associated with employees (generally including health-care costs and wages), workforce interruptions, energy and certain commodities, geopolitical conditions (including tariffs), the ability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, regulatory and other impacts related to environmental and social matters, public-health related factors, and other risks identified from time to time in the Company’s public statements and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company does not undertake to update these statements, except as required by law. Comparable sales and comparable sales excluding impacts from changes in gasoline prices and foreign exchange are intended as supplemental information and are not a substitute for net sales presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
| CONTACTS: | Costco Wholesale Corporation |
| Josh Dahmen, 425/313-8254 | |
| Andrew Yoon, 425/313-6305 | |
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