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Amazon Com vs Costco Wholesale: revenue, profit, margins and growth compared

Amazon Com brought in $716.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025, Costco Wholesale $275.2B in fiscal 2025. Revenue changed by +12.4% at Amazon Com and +8.2% at Costco Wholesale on the year before, so Amazon Com grew faster. Amazon Com kept 10.8% of its revenue as net profit, Costco Wholesale 2.9%. Free cash flow was $7.7B at Amazon Com and $7.8B at Costco Wholesale.

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Side by side, latest fiscal year

AMZNCOST
Fiscal year endedFY2025 (December 31, 2025)FY2025 (August 31, 2025)
Revenue$716.9B$275.2B
Revenue growth+12.4%+8.2%
Net income$77.7B$8.1B
Net margin10.8%2.9%
Free cash flow$7.7B$7.8B
Free cash flow margin1.1%2.8%
Earnings per share (diluted)$7.17$18.21
Cash$86.8B$14.2B
Debt$68.8B$5.8B
Price to earnings34.850.7
Market value$2.69T$409.2B
Dividend yieldn/a0.53%
Rank by revenue in sector#1 of 778 · Consumer discretionary#3 of 778 · Consumer discretionary

Over the years

Revenue
AMZN FY2018: $232.9BAMZN FY2019: $280.5BAMZN FY2020: $386.1BAMZN FY2021: $469.8BAMZN FY2022: $514BAMZN FY2023: $574.8BAMZN FY2024: $638BAMZN FY2025: $716.9BCOST FY2018: $141.6BCOST FY2019: $152.7BCOST FY2020: $166.8BCOST FY2021: $195.9BCOST FY2022: $227BCOST FY2023: $242.3BCOST FY2024: $254.5BCOST FY2025: $275.2BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
AMZN $716.9BCOST $275.2B
Net income
AMZN FY2018: $10.1BAMZN FY2019: $11.6BAMZN FY2020: $21.3BAMZN FY2021: $33.4BAMZN FY2022: -$2.7BAMZN FY2023: $30.4BAMZN FY2024: $59.2BAMZN FY2025: $77.7BCOST FY2018: $3.1BCOST FY2019: $3.7BCOST FY2020: $4BCOST FY2021: $5BCOST FY2022: $5.8BCOST FY2023: $6.3BCOST FY2024: $7.4BCOST FY2025: $8.1BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
AMZN $77.7BCOST $8.1B
Net margin
AMZN FY2018: 4.3%AMZN FY2019: 4.1%AMZN FY2020: 5.5%AMZN FY2021: 7.1%AMZN FY2022: -0.5%AMZN FY2023: 5.3%AMZN FY2024: 9.3%AMZN FY2025: 10.8%COST FY2018: 2.2%COST FY2019: 2.4%COST FY2020: 2.4%COST FY2021: 2.6%COST FY2022: 2.6%COST FY2023: 2.6%COST FY2024: 2.9%COST FY2025: 2.9%FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
AMZN 10.8%COST 2.9%
Revenue growth
AMZN FY2019: +20.5%AMZN FY2020: +37.6%AMZN FY2021: +21.7%AMZN FY2022: +9.4%AMZN FY2023: +11.8%AMZN FY2024: +11.0%AMZN FY2025: +12.4%COST FY2019: +7.9%COST FY2020: +9.2%COST FY2021: +17.5%COST FY2022: +15.8%COST FY2023: +6.8%COST FY2024: +5.0%COST FY2025: +8.2%FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
AMZN +12.4%COST +8.2%
Free cash flow
AMZN FY2018: $17.3BAMZN FY2019: $21.7BAMZN FY2020: $25.9BAMZN FY2021: -$14.7BAMZN FY2022: -$16.9BAMZN FY2023: $32.2BAMZN FY2024: $32.9BAMZN FY2025: $7.7BCOST FY2018: $2.8BCOST FY2019: $3.4BCOST FY2020: $6.1BCOST FY2021: $5.4BCOST FY2022: $3.5BCOST FY2023: $6.7BCOST FY2024: $6.6BCOST FY2025: $7.8BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
AMZN $7.7BCOST $7.8B

Fiscal years as each company reports them; the two may end in different months.

Questions about Amazon Com and Costco Wholesale

Which is bigger by revenue, Amazon Com or Costco Wholesale?

Amazon Com is bigger by revenue: $716.9B in fiscal 2025, against $275.2B for Costco Wholesale in fiscal 2025.

Which keeps more of its revenue as profit, Amazon Com or Costco Wholesale?

Amazon Com had a net margin of 10.8% in fiscal 2025; Costco Wholesale had 2.9% in fiscal 2025.

Which grew revenue faster, Amazon Com or Costco Wholesale?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by +12.4% at Amazon Com and +8.2% at Costco Wholesale.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the annual reports each company files with the SEC (10-K, or 20-F and 40-F for foreign companies), read from their XBRL data. Margins and growth are simple arithmetic on those figures. Nothing here is a recommendation.

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