Costco operates 924 stores, for paying members, averaging 147,000 square feet each. Fees from the company's cardholders provided about 2% of its $275 billion in total FY25 revenue. Based in Issaquah, Washington, the company ended 2025 with approximately 634 stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, 114 stores in Canada, 42 in Mexico, 29 in the United Kingdom, 37 in Japan, 14 in Taiwan, 20 in South Korea, 15 in Australia, seven in China, five in Spain, three in France, two in Sweden, one in Iceland, and one in New Zealand. About 41% of sales are sundries (including candy, alcohol, and tobacco); 14% fresh food; 26% nonfood, including hard lines (such as electronics and appliances) and soft lines (including apparel and jewelry); and 19% other ancillary businesses, including gas stations, pharmacy, optical, hearing aids, and printing. International stores represent about 27% of total sales and 34% of operating income. At the end of FY25, Costco had approximately 135 million square feet of floor space. The company has 341,000 employees. Digitally enabled sales represent more than 10% ($27 billion) of company sales, and gas stations represent about 10% of company sales. The company's fiscal year ends on the Sunday closest to August 31. FY23 was a 53-week year. The company's fiscal calendar has 12 weeks in each of the first three quarters and 16 weeks in 4Q. FY26 will end on August 30.

Stocks are broadly lower at midday on Friday, hit by the double-whammy of ongoing military action in the Middle East and a surprisingly weak non-farm payrolls report this morning. Safe-haven gold is up almost 1.5%, WTI crude oil is up over 7%, and the VIX volatility index is up 12%

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