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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) Q2 2026 earnings conference call, held 2026-03-05. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.

Thu, March 5, 2026 at 5:00 PMendedReplay
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Gary Millerchip

Chief Financial Officer

Ron Baccaras

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Chris Horvers

Analyst, J.P. Morgan

Michael Lasser

Analyst, UBS

Chuck Grom

Analyst, Gordon Haskett

Simeon Gutman

Analyst, Morgan Stanley

John Heinbockel

Analyst, Guggenheim

Kate McShane

Analyst, Goldman Sachs

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.858 -- 00:00:02.720 Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. 00:00:02.720 -- 00:00:05.584 My name is Abby and I will be your conference operator today. 00:00:05.584 -- 00:00:10.871 At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Costco Wholesale Corporation fiscal 00:00:10.871 -- 00:00:15.998 second quarter 2026 conference call. All lines have been placed on mute 00:00:15.998 -- 00:00:18.621 to prevent any background noise. 00:00:18.621 -- 00:00:21.345 After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. 00:00:21.345 -- 00:00:25.711 If you would like to ask a question during that time, simply press star followed by the 00:00:25.711 -- 00:00:30.177 number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, press 00:00:30.177 -- 00:00:32.800 star one a second time. 00:00:32.800 -- 00:00:36.886 Thank you, and I would now like to turn the conference over to Gary Millerchip, Chief 00:00:36.886 -- 00:00:38.648 Financial Officer. You may begin. 00:00:38.648 -- 00:00:40.070 Good 00:00:40.070 -- 00:00:44.897 afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us for Costco's second quarter 2026 earnings 00:00:44.897 -- 00:00:49.684 call. In addition to covering our second quarter financial results today, we will also 00:00:49.684 -- 00:00:52.462 review our February sales results. 00:00:52.462 -- 00:00:56.226 I'd like to start by reminding you that these discussions will include forward-looking 00:00:56.226 -- 00:01:01.331 statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 00:01:01.331 -- 00:01:05.876 These statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results, 00:01:05.876 -- 00:01:10.822 and or performance to differ materially from those indicat...