Company: Costco Wholesale Corporation
Ticker: COST
Form: 10-K
Filed: 2025-10-08
Fiscal Period: {"fp": "FY", "fy_curr": 2025, "fy_prev": 2024}

Question: By what percentage did Costco Wholesale Corporation's operating income change from fiscal year 2024 to fiscal year 2025?
Question Type: temporal_comparison

Concept: OperatingIncomeLoss
Answer (Numeric): 11.83
Answer (Display): 11.83%
Unit: percent_change

Evidence:
[{"chunk_id": "89", "equivalent_chunk_ids": ["89"], "section": "CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME", "supports": ["current", "previous"], "text": "(amounts in millions, except per share data)\n52 Weeks Ended\n53 Weeks Ended\nAugust 31,\nSeptember 1,\nSeptember 3,\nREVENUE\nNet sales\n269,912\n249,625\n237,710\nMembership fees\n5,323\n4,828\n4,580\nTotal revenue\n275,235\n254,453\n242,290\nOPERATING EXPENSES\nMerchandise costs\n239,886\n222,358\n212,586\nSelling, general and administrative\n24,966\n22,810\n21,590\nOperating income\n10,383\n9,285\n8,114\nOTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)\nInterest expense\nInterest income and other, net\nINCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES\n10,818\n9,740\n8,487\nProvision for income taxes\n2,719\n2,373\n2,195\nNET INCOME\n8,099\n7,367\n6,292\nNET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE:\nBasic\n18.24\n16.59\n14.18\nDiluted\n18.21\n16.56\n14.16\nShares used in calculation (000’s)\nBasic\n443,985\n443,914\n443,854\nDiluted\n444,803\n444,759\n444,452\nThe accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.\nCOSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION"}]

Derivation: {"current_value": 10383.0, "op": "pct_change", "previous_value": 9285.0}