1st Quarter FY 2026 Supplemental Information
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Q1 Highlights - Sales
Net Sales
+8.2% Growth
+6.4%Comparable Sales
+6.4%Adjusted Comparable Sales1
+3.1%Comparable Traffic
+3.2%Comparable Ticket
+3.2%Adjusted Comparable Ticket1
+20.5%Digitally-Enabled Comparable Sales
+20.5%Adjusted Digitally-Enabled Comparable Sales2
1 - Excluding impacts from changes in gasoline prices and foreign exchange
2 - Digitally-Enabled Comparable Sales excluding impacts from FX
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Q1 Highlights - Sales - Segment Reporting
Comp Sales | US | Canada | Other International | Total Company |
Sales | +5.9% | +6.5% | +8.8% | +6.4% |
Ticket | +3.2% | +1.4% | +5.5% | +3.2% |
Traffic | +2.6% | +5.0% | +3.1% | +3.1% |
Adjusted Comp Sales1 | US | Canada | Other International | Total Company |
Sales | +5.9% | +9.0% | +6.8% | +6.4% |
Ticket | +3.2% | +3.8% | +3.6% | +3.2% |
Traffic | +2.6% | +5.0% | +3.1% | +3.1% |
1 - Excluding impacts from changes in gasoline prices and foreign exchange
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Q1 Highlights - Financial Performance
Net Income $2.00B +11.3% Growth* | Diluted EPS $4.50 +11.4% Growth* |
*- "Other" Items for the Quarter:
diluted EPS growth were both +13.6%. | |
+4 bps vs. Q1 FY'25
+4 bps ex. gas impact
SG&A 9.60%-1 bp vs. Q1 FY'25
-1 bp ex. gas impact
Reported | Ex Gas1 | Reported | Ex Gas1 | ||
Core | 0bps | 0bps | Ops | -1bp | -1bp |
Other Bus | +7bps | +7bps | Central | +3bps | +3bps |
LIFO | -3bps | -3bps | Equity Comp | +2bps | +2bps |
Total | +4bps | +4bps | Preopening | -1bp | -1bp |
Core on Core Sales: +30bps | Other2 | -4bps | -4bps | ||
Total | -1bp | -1bp | |||
1 - Excluding the impacts from changes in gasoline prices
2 - Related to a tax assessment for prior years
+ = Favorable/lower, - = Unfavorable/higher
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Q1 Highlights - Membership
+14.0%Membership Income Growth
+14.0%Membership Income Growth ex-FX
89.7%Worldwide Membership Renewal Rate
92.2%US/CN Renewal Rate
81.4MMPaid Memberships
+5.2% Growth
145.9MMTotal Cardholders
+5.1% Growth
39.7MMExecutive Memberships
74.3%Penetration of Sales to
Executive Members
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Q1 Highlights - Digital
+20.5%Adjusted Digitally-Enabled Comparable Sales1
+20.5%Digitally-Enabled Comparable Sales
Top Sales Categories:
Pharmacy
Gold/Jewelry
Tires
Small Electrics
Apparel
Majors
Digital Metrics:
Ecommerce Site Traffic: +24%
Ecommerce Average Order Value: +13%
Digital Enhancements:
Personalized product recommendations on website
Improved product display pages leading to increased conversion
Continued improvement to search capability
1 - Digitally-Enabled Comparable Sales excluding impacts from FX
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Q1 Highlights - Warehouse Expansion
Q4 FY'25 End | FY'26 Q1 | Rest of FY (Estimated) | FY'26 End (Estimated) | |
US | 629 | 4 | 16 | 649 |
Canada | 110 | 2 | 3 | 115 |
Other International | 175 | 1 | 2 | 178 |
Total | 914 | 7 | 21 | 942 |
Mulhouse, France: 11/20/25
Vancouver, BC (Business Center): 11/14/25
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Q1 Highlights - New Member Values
Lowering Everyday Low Prices New Items
KS Chicken Pot Pie From $4.29 to $3.99/lb
KS Whip Cream From $10.49 to $8.99
KS Bacon From $18.99 to $16.99
KS Walnuts 3 lbs From $14.49 to $12.99
KS Dry Facial Daily Clean Towels
KS Caramelized Blueberry Croissant
KS Crème Brulee Bar
Cake
KS Tomato Basil Soup
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Safe Harbor
Certain statements contained in this document constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For these purposes, forward-looking statements are statements that address activities, events, conditions or developments that the Company expects or anticipates may occur in the future. In some cases forward-looking statements can be identified because they contain words such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "likely," "may," "might," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "seek," "should," "target," "will," "would," or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results or performance to differ materially from those indicated by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, domestic and international economic conditions, including exchange rates, inflation or deflation, the effects of competition and regulation, uncertainties in the financial markets, consumer and small business spending patterns and debt levels, breaches of security or privacy of member or business information, conditions affecting the acquisition, development, ownership or use of real estate, capital spending, actions of vendors, rising costs associated with employees (generally including health-care costs and wages), workforce interruptions, energy and certain commodities, geopolitical conditions (including tariffs), the ability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, regulatory and other impacts related to environmental and social matters, public-health related factors, and other risks identified from time to time in the Company's public statements and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company does not undertake to update these statements, except as required by law. Comparable sales and comparable sales excluding impacts from changes in gasoline prices and foreign exchange are intended as supplemental information and are not a substitute for net sales presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
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