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Costco Wholesale vs Dollar Tree: revenue, profit, margins and growth compared

Costco Wholesale brought in $303.2B of revenue in fiscal 2026, Dollar Tree $19.4B in fiscal 2025. Revenue changed by +10.1% at Costco Wholesale and +10.4% at Dollar Tree on the year before, so Dollar Tree grew faster. Costco Wholesale kept 3.0% of its revenue as net profit, Dollar Tree 6.6%. Free cash flow was $9.4B at Costco Wholesale and $1.1B at Dollar Tree.

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Side by side, latest fiscal year

COSTDLTR
Fiscal year endedFY2026 (August 30, 2026)FY2025 (January 31, 2026)
Revenue$303.2B$19.4B
Revenue growth+10.1%+10.4%
Net income$9.2B$1.3B
Net margin3.0%6.6%
Free cash flow$9.4B$1.1B
Free cash flow margin3.1%5.4%
Earnings per share (diluted)$20.76$6.22
Cash$20.2B$717.8M
Debt$6.2B$2.4B
Price to earnings51.422.6
Market value$472.8B$27.1B
Dividend yield0.52%n/a
Rank by revenue in sector#3 of 1077 · Consumer discretionary#65 of 1077 · Consumer discretionary

Over the years

Revenue
COST FY2019: $152.7BCOST FY2020: $166.8BCOST FY2021: $195.9BCOST FY2022: $227BCOST FY2023: $242.3BCOST FY2024: $254.5BCOST FY2025: $275.2BCOST FY2026: $303.2BDLTR FY2018: $22.8BDLTR FY2019: $23.6BDLTR FY2020: $25.5BDLTR FY2021: $26.3BDLTR FY2022: $15.4BDLTR FY2023: $16.8BDLTR FY2024: $17.6BDLTR FY2025: $19.4BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
COST $303.2BDLTR $19.4B
Net income
COST FY2019: $3.7BCOST FY2020: $4BCOST FY2021: $5BCOST FY2022: $5.8BCOST FY2023: $6.3BCOST FY2024: $7.4BCOST FY2025: $8.1BCOST FY2026: $9.2BDLTR FY2018: -$1.6BDLTR FY2019: $827MDLTR FY2020: $1.3BDLTR FY2021: $1.3BDLTR FY2022: $1.6BDLTR FY2023: -$998.4MDLTR FY2024: -$3BDLTR FY2025: $1.3BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
COST $9.2BDLTR $1.3B
Net margin
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%COST FY2026: 3.0%DLTR FY2018: -7.0%DLTR FY2019: 3.5%DLTR FY2020: 5.3%DLTR FY2021: 5.0%DLTR FY2022: 10.5%DLTR FY2023: -5.9%DLTR FY2024: -17.2%DLTR FY2025: 6.6%FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
COST 3.0%DLTR 6.6%
Revenue growth
COST FY2020: +9.2%COST FY2021: +17.5%COST FY2022: +15.8%COST FY2023: +6.8%COST FY2024: +5.0%COST FY2025: +8.2%COST FY2026: +10.1%DLTR FY2019: +3.5%DLTR FY2020: +8.0%DLTR FY2021: +3.2%DLTR FY2022: -41.4%DLTR FY2023: +8.9%DLTR FY2024: +4.8%DLTR FY2025: +10.4%FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
COST +10.1%DLTR +10.4%
Free cash flow
COST FY2019: $3.4BCOST FY2020: $6.1BCOST FY2021: $5.4BCOST FY2022: $3.5BCOST FY2023: $6.7BCOST FY2024: $6.6BCOST FY2025: $7.8BCOST FY2026: $9.4BDLTR FY2018: $948.9MDLTR FY2019: $835MDLTR FY2020: $1.8BDLTR FY2021: $410.3MDLTR FY2022: $975.8MDLTR FY2023: $1.5BDLTR FY2024: $892.8MDLTR FY2025: $1.1BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
COST $9.4BDLTR $1.1B

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

Questions about Costco Wholesale and Dollar Tree

Which is bigger by revenue, Costco Wholesale or Dollar Tree?

Costco Wholesale is bigger by revenue: $303.2B in fiscal 2026, against $19.4B for Dollar Tree in fiscal 2025.

Which keeps more of its revenue as profit, Costco Wholesale or Dollar Tree?

Costco Wholesale had a net margin of 3.0% in fiscal 2026; Dollar Tree had 6.6% in fiscal 2025.

Which grew revenue faster, Costco Wholesale or Dollar Tree?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by +10.1% at Costco Wholesale and +10.4% at Dollar Tree.

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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