Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)
Last Price$909.31.5%
Market Cap$403.7B
COST Rating
COST Quality rating performance
COST Intrinsic Value
Key Highlights:
As of Mar 21, 2025 COST Relative Value is $370.0, which is overvalued by 59.3%, compared to current share price of $909.3.
As of Mar 21, 2025 COST DCF Value is $245.7, which is overvalued by 73.0%, compared to current share price of $909.3.
COST Share Price History
1W 0.6%
1M (12.2%)
6M (0.6%)
YTD 40.7%
1Y 23.1%
3Y 70.7%
5Y 246.2%
10Y 609.4%
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COST Stock Metrics
Key stats
Income statement
Balance sheet
Cash Flow Statement
Valuation
Ratios
Per share
Per employee
Dividends & Yields
Base
$403.7B
$392.8B
$264.1B
$6,925.0M
Shares Outstanding
444M
Employees
N/A
Growth (CAGR)
10.8%
14.7%
14.94%
10.6%
9.05%
Profitability
13.3%
3.7%
4.5%
2.6%
90.9%
Intrinsic Value
$307.6 (66.2% overvalued)
$245.2
$370.0
$171.9
$236.4
19.3%
Return on Capital
Financial Health
($10.9B)
(1.6x)
573.6x
Dividends
8.5%
0.4%
22.3%
Feb 07, 2025
Earnings
Sep 24, 2025
BEAT by 1.0%
MISS by (1.7%)
(5.0%)
7 Beat & 3 Miss
COST Stock Financials
COST Income Statement Metrics
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Quarterly
LTM
COST Cash Flow Statement Metrics
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Quarterly
LTM
Operating Cash Flow (OCF)
$11.3B +2.4% YoY
Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)
($4,710.0M) +9.0% YoY
Free Cash Flow (FCF)
$6,629.0M -1.7% YoY
COST Income Statement Overview
Annual
Quarterly
LTM
Aug'15
Aug'16
Sep'17
Sep'18
Sep'19
Aug'20
Aug'21
Aug'22
Sep'23
Sep'24
$254.5B 5.0% YoY
Cost of revenue
$222.4B 4.6% YoY
Pre-tax income
$9,740.0M 14.8% YoY
3.8% margin
COST Balance Sheet Overview
Annual
Quarterly
LTM
Aug'15
Aug'16
Sep'17
Sep'18
Sep'19
Aug'20
Aug'21
Aug'22
Sep'23
Sep'24
Assets
Liabilities
Total assets
$69.8B
Current assets ($34.2B, 49.0% of total)
$11.1B (16.0%)
$2,721.0M (3.9%)
Other current assets
$20.4B (29.2%)
Non-current assets ($35.6B, 51.0% of total)
$0.0 (0.0%)
$31.6B (45.3%)
$0.0 (0.0%)
Other non-current assets
$3,936.0M (5.6%)
Financial position
($2,872.0M)
Cash & Short-term
Investments
Total Debt
COST Stock Ratios
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Quarterly
LTM
Industry Median
5Y Historical Average
Benchmark
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COST Dividend Per Share
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Company name | Market Cap | Quality rating | Intrinsic value | 1Y Return | Revenue | Free Cash Flow | Revenue growth | FCF margin | Gross margin | ROIC | Total Debt to Equity |
$403.7B | 7.0 | $307.6 66.2% overvalued | 23.1% | $264.1B | $6,925.0M | 6.1% | 2.6% | 13.3% | 20.8% | 8.9% | |
$690.3B | 6.1 | $48.9 43.1% overvalued | 41.1% | $681.0B | $12.7B | 5.1% | 1.9% | 24.9% | 13.2% | 66.0% | |
$47.5B | 5.2 | $234.2 125.1% undervalued | (37.0%) | $75.7B | $4,476.0M | (29.6%) | 5.9% | 29.1% | 11.9% | 35.6% | |
$37.3B | 6.9 | $2.6 8.8% undervalued | (0.4%) | R$89.5B | R$21.3B | 11.8% | 23.9% | 51.2% | 21.7% | 3.5% | |
$18.4B | 5.0 | $101.2 21.0% undervalued | (44.5%) | $40.6B | $1,686.2M | 5.0% | 4.2% | 29.0% | 5.4% | 235.6% | |
$14.6B | 6.3 | $75.4 31.6% overvalued | 40.8% | $20.5B | $312.9M | 2.7% | 1.5% | 18.4% | 10.4% | 153.9% | |
$14.4B | 4.5 | $120.6 80.6% undervalued | (47.5%) | $31.2B | $855.6M | 5.2% | 2.7% | 31.1% | 0.7% | 106.3% | |
$6,555.5M | 6.9 | $44.8 58.0% overvalued | 34.2% | $2,271.7M | $162.3M | 8.0% | 7.1% | 39.9% | 10.5% | 33.3% | |
$2,512.9M | 5.7 | $88.1 5.3% undervalued | 3.9% | $5,005.4M | $41.6M | 10.7% | 0.8% | 38.0% | 14.4% | 12.5% | |
$15.4M | 4.7 | $4.7 380.6% undervalued | (15.5%) | CN¥250.8M | CN¥0.0 | 15.8% | 0.0% | 51.8% | (12.8%) | 59.9% | |
$3,153.9K | 4.4 | $82.6 77,485.6% undervalued | (97.7%) | $4,514.8M | ($323.7M) | (9.9%) | (7.2%) | 35.2% | (12.9%) | (1,516.3%) |
FAQ
What is Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) stock rating?
As of today, Costco Wholesale Corporation has a stock rating of 7 (out of 10), which is considered Good.
is Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) a good stock to buy?
As of today, Costco Wholesale Corporation has a Good stock rating, which is 66.2% overvalued. According to Value Sense backtesting, stocks with similar profile tend to underperform the market by 4.6%.