Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)
Costco Wholesale Corporation, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Sweden, Iceland, and New Zealand.
Scored against other Consumer Defensive stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
Costco Wholesale reads as neutral right now, with no clear lean either way.
- What's working
- Its finances look solid, with manageable debt and a healthy cash cushion.
- Worth watching
- You're paying more for it than for most other everyday-goods companies, relative to what it earns.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 36 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Sweden, Iceland, and New Zealand…
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Discount Stores
- Employees
- 355,000
- Headquarters
- Issaquah, WA
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 47.6 — lower than 6% of Consumer Defensive peers
P/B 12.2 — lower than 13% of Consumer Defensive peers
P/S 1.4 — lower than 61% of Consumer Defensive peers
EV/EBITDA 30.1 — lower than 0% of Consumer Defensive peers
EV/Revenue 1.4 — lower than 78% of Consumer Defensive peers
PEG 5.0 — lower than 0% of Consumer Defensive peers
FCF yield 1.5% — higher than 17% of Consumer Defensive peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 12.8% — higher than 6% of Consumer Defensive peers
Operating margin 3.8% — higher than 11% of Consumer Defensive peers
Net margin 3.0% — higher than 28% of Consumer Defensive peers
ROE 28.4% — higher than 56% of Consumer Defensive peers
ROA 8.7% — higher than 50% of Consumer Defensive peers
Free cash flow is 73% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 0.3 — lower than 94% of Consumer Defensive peers
Current ratio 1.06 — higher than 67% of Consumer Defensive peers
Quick ratio 0.57 — higher than 83% of Consumer Defensive peers
Cash/debt 2.09 — higher than 100% of Consumer Defensive peers
Debt/EBITDA 0.72 — lower than 94% of Consumer Defensive peers
Growth
Revenue growth 11.1% YoY — higher than 100% of Consumer Defensive peers
Earnings growth 15.0% YoY — higher than 50% of Consumer Defensive peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 26.7% — atypical vs Consumer Defensive peers
Net insider buying, +8.9% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -12.6% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.1% of shares outstanding
1.7% of float sold short
Momentum
Above its 50- & 200-day averages
57% of the way from its 52-week low to high