Consumer Staples • Membership Warehouse Clubs & Kirkland Private Label • SIC 5331
$1,012.28 ▲ +16.20
(+1.63%)
MKT CAP: $440.74B • VOL: 3.38M
52W L $844 52W H $1,097
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ACCESSION DIFF: 0000909832-25-000101 (2025-10-08)
──► 0000909832-26-000093 (2026-10-07)
Costco Wholesale Corp's FY2026 Form 10-K (accession 0000909832-26-000093) reflects minor operational drift and geographic footprint expansion rather than severe structural balance-sheet distress. Key updates include incremental dilution in Canadian operating profit concentration from 84% to 83%, the addition of 'culture' preservation to membership loyalty risk factors, and expansion of mainland China digital storefront operations. Net business model risk and cash-conversion-cycle durability remain exceptionally sound.
HUNK 01 // ITEM 1A // RISK FACTORS — NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHIC OPERATING INCOME CONCENTRATION
SEVERITY: LOW [-] PRIOR FILING: FY2025 10-K (Filed 2025-10-08) REMOVED / SUPERSEDED
Our financial and operational performance is highly dependent on our U.S. and Canadian operations, which comprised 86% and 84% of net sales and operating income in 2025.
[+] CURRENT FILING: FY2026 10-K (Filed 2026-10-07) INSERTED DISCLOSURE
Our financial and operational performance is highly dependent on our U.S. and Canadian operations, which comprised 86% and 83% of net sales and operating income in 2026.
FORENSIC TRANSLATION // Operating income concentration in Canada and the U.S. contracted by 100 bps to 83%, demonstrating subtle profit diversification into international regions (such as Mexico, Japan, and Europe) while maintaining extreme exposure to California (26% of domestic sales).
HUNK 02 // ITEM 1A // RISK FACTORS — WORKFORCE CULTURE PRESERVATION & BRAND EQUITY RISK
SEVERITY: MEDIUM [-] PRIOR FILING: FY2025 10-K (Filed 2025-10-08) REMOVED / SUPERSEDED
Our failure to maintain membership growth, loyalty and brand recognition could adversely affect our results of operations.
[+] CURRENT FILING: FY2026 10-K (Filed 2026-10-07) INSERTED DISCLOSURE
Our failure to maintain membership growth, loyalty, brand recognition, and our culture could adversely affect our results of operations.
FORENSIC TRANSLATION // Legal counsel inserted 'and our culture' into core membership risk disclosures, reflecting internal anxieties over workforce friction, unionization pressures, or employee-turnover inflation following executive transitions that could jeopardize store-level operating efficiency.
HUNK 03 // ITEM 7 // MD&A — CROSS-BORDER E-COMMERCE FOOTPRINT EXPANSION & CHINA EXPOSURE
SEVERITY: LOW [-] PRIOR FILING: FY2025 10-K (Filed 2025-10-08) REMOVED / SUPERSEDED
The Company operates e-commerce sites in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the U.K., Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia.
[+] CURRENT FILING: FY2026 10-K (Filed 2026-10-07) INSERTED DISCLOSURE
The Company operates e-commerce sites in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the U.K., Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, and China.
FORENSIC TRANSLATION // Management expanded digital direct-to-consumer infrastructure directly into mainland China, increasing cross-border data compliance, local IT platform overhead, and sovereign regulatory scrutiny under CAC rules.