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COST - Costco Wholesale Corp Stock Price, Fair Value and News

$960.84-9.44 (-0.97%)
Market Closed

39/100

COST

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COST

STOCK SCORE

High Scoring Large Cap stocks have outperformed low scoring stocks by 90% over last 10 years

Price Targets

Target 1Y

$786.6

Target 3M

$925.24

Target 6M

$870.18

COST Stock Valuation Analysis

Valuation

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COST Price Action

Last 7 days

-2.2%

Last 30 days

10.7%

Last 90 days

4.4%

Trailing 12 Months

0.2%

COST RSI Chart

COST Stock Valuation Analysis

Valuation

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COST Valuation

Market Cap

426.5B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

51.38

Price/Sales (Trailing)

1.52

EV/EBITDA

30.11

Price/Free Cashflow

47.38

COST Price/Sales (Trailing)

The Good, Bad and Ugly

Growth

Profitability

Size

Dilution Risk

Balance Sheet

Momentum

Funds Popularity

Insider Trading

Price Targets

Target 1Y

$786.6

Target 3M

$925.24

Target 6M

$870.18

COST Fundamentals

COST Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

280.4B

Rev. Growth (Yr)

8.3%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

-21.88%

COST Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

8.3B

Earnings Growth (Yr)

11.29%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

-23.33%

COST Profitability

EBT Margin

3.47%

Return on Equity

27.4%

Return on Assets

10.03%

Free Cashflow Yield

2.11%

COST Investor Care

Dividend Yield

0.32%

Buy Backs (1Y)

0.02%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

18.67

COST Alerts

  • 5 major insider sales recently.

Historical Charts for Stock Metrics

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Net sales
YearQ1Q2Q3Q4
2025264.1B268.8B275.2B280.4B
2024248.8B253.7B254.5B258.8B
2023234.4B235.4B242.3B245.7B
2022210.2B217.5B227.0B231.0B
2021178.6B186.6B195.9B203.1B
2020158.3B160.9B166.8B172.9B
2019147.2B149.6B152.7B154.7B
2018136.0B139.5B141.6B144.8B
2017121.2B123.3B129.0B132.7B
2016117.3B117.9B118.7B119.6B
2015115.6B115.9B116.2B116.6B
2014107.9B109.6B112.6B114.5B
2013103.1B104.9B105.2B106.5B
201293.4B95.1B99.1B101.2B
201182.0B84.9B88.9B91.3B
COST
Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Australia, Spain, France, Iceland, China, and Taiwan. It offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. The company offers sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, liquor, and tobacco and deli products; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, garden and patio products, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal products, office supplies, automotive care products, postages, tickets, apparel, small appliances, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. It also operates pharmacies, opticals, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers, gas stations; and offers business delivery, travel, same-day grocery, and various other services online in various countries. The company has warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Spain, Iceland, France, and China. It also operates e-commerce websites in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.
 CEO
 WEBSITEcostco.com
 SECTORConsumer Defensive
 INDUSTRYDiscount Stores
 EMPLOYEES65535

Costco Wholesale Corp Frequently Asked Questions


COST is the stock ticker symbol of Costco Wholesale Corp. Every public company that trades on a stock exchange gets a ticker symbol.

As of Wed Jan 28 2026, market cap of Costco Wholesale Corp is 426.54 Billion. The market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the stock price with the number of shares outstanding.

You can check COST's fair value in chart for subscribers.

The fair value guage provides a quick view whether COST is over valued or under valued. Whether Costco Wholesale Corp is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact Costco Wholesale Corp's fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for COST.

As of Wed Jan 28 2026, COST's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is 51.38 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 1.52. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. COST PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

In the past 10 years, Costco Wholesale Corp has provided 0.203 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.