Costco — Earning Quality
EARNING QUALITY TICKER: [US.COST - Costco] PERIOD: [2010-ANNUAL ~ 2025-ANNUAL] [+] Accruals Ratio: -6.1% (OCF > NI, good cash generation) [+] Cash Conversion: 183% (> 80% = strong, < 50% = weak) [+] FCF Conversion: 99% (> 80% = excellent quality) Metric Value -------------------------- Avg Accruals Ratio -6.1% Avg Cash Conversion 183% Avg FCF Conversion 99% Cash Conv Stability 17.3% Period Net Income OCF FCF Accruals Cash Conv FCF Conv ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 ANNUAL 1.30B 2.78B 1.73B -6.2% 213.4% 132.4% 2011 ANNUAL 1.46B 3.20B 1.91B -6.5% 218.7% 130.5% 2012 ANNUAL 1.71B 3.06B 1.58B -5.0% 178.9% 92.3% 2013 ANNUAL 2.04B 3.44B 1.35B -4.6% 168.6% 66.4% 2014 ANNUAL 2.06B 3.98B 1.99B -5.8% 193.6% 96.7% 2015 ANNUAL 2.38B 4.29B 1.89B -5.8% 180.3% 79.6% 2016 ANNUAL 2.35B 3.29B 643.00M -2.8% 140.1% 27.4% 2017 ANNUAL 2.68B 6.73B 4.22B -11.1% 251.1% 157.7% 2018 ANNUAL 3.13B 5.77B 2.81B -6.5% 184.2% 89.5% 2019 ANNUAL 3.66B 6.36B 3.36B -5.9% 173.7% 91.8% 2020 ANNUAL 4.00B 8.86B 6.05B -8.7% 221.4% 151.2% 2021 ANNUAL 5.01B 8.96B 5.37B -6.7% 178.9% 107.2% 2022 ANNUAL 5.84B 7.39B 3.50B -2.4% 126.5% 59.9% 2023 ANNUAL 6.29B 11.07B 6.75B -6.9% 175.9% 107.2% 2024 ANNUAL 7.37B 11.34B 6.63B -5.7% 153.9% 90.0% 2025 ANNUAL 8.10B 13.34B 7.84B -6.8% 164.6% 96.8%
audit earning-quality
EARNING QUALITY
TICKER: [US.COST - Costco]
PERIOD: [2010-ANNUAL ~ 2025-ANNUAL]
[+] Accruals Ratio: -6.1% (OCF > NI, good cash generation)[+] Cash Conversion: 183% (> 80% = strong, < 50% = weak)[+] FCF Conversion: 99% (> 80% = excellent quality)
Metric Value--------------------------Avg Accruals Ratio -6.1%Avg Cash Conversion 183%Avg FCF Conversion 99%Cash Conv Stability 17.3%
Period Net Income OCF FCF Accruals Cash Conv FCF Conv-----------------------------------------------------------------------2010 ANNUAL 1.30B 2.78B 1.73B -6.2% 213.4% 132.4%2011 ANNUAL 1.46B 3.20B 1.91B -6.5% 218.7% 130.5%2012 ANNUAL 1.71B 3.06B 1.58B -5.0% 178.9% 92.3%2013 ANNUAL 2.04B 3.44B 1.35B -4.6% 168.6% 66.4%2014 ANNUAL 2.06B 3.98B 1.99B -5.8% 193.6% 96.7%2015 ANNUAL 2.38B 4.29B 1.89B -5.8% 180.3% 79.6%2016 ANNUAL 2.35B 3.29B 643.00M -2.8% 140.1% 27.4%2017 ANNUAL 2.68B 6.73B 4.22B -11.1% 251.1% 157.7%2018 ANNUAL 3.13B 5.77B 2.81B -6.5% 184.2% 89.5%2019 ANNUAL 3.66B 6.36B 3.36B -5.9% 173.7% 91.8%2020 ANNUAL 4.00B 8.86B 6.05B -8.7% 221.4% 151.2%2021 ANNUAL 5.01B 8.96B 5.37B -6.7% 178.9% 107.2%2022 ANNUAL 5.84B 7.39B 3.50B -2.4% 126.5% 59.9%2023 ANNUAL 6.29B 11.07B 6.75B -6.9% 175.9% 107.2%2024 ANNUAL 7.37B 11.34B 6.63B -5.7% 153.9% 90.0%2025 ANNUAL 8.10B 13.34B 7.84B -6.8% 164.6% 96.8%