Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST): Price and Financial Metrics

COST POWR Grades

• Stability is the dimension where COST ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 73.24% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for COST is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 177 days.
• COST's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 43.86% of US stocks).

COST Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $212,755,104,405, COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP has a greater market value than 99.4% of US stocks.
• COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 97.06% of US listed stocks.
• COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP's stock had its IPO on July 9, 1986, making it an older stock than 92.78% of US equities in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP, a group of peers worth examining would be PEP, TM, KO, TMO, and BAC.
• COST's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP's official web site, go to www.costco.com.

COST Valuation Summary

• COST's price/sales ratio is 0.9; this is 52.63% lower than that of the median Consumer Defensive stock.
• Over the past 243 months, COST's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 12.9.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for COST.

COST Growth Metrics

The 5 year price growth rate now stands at 86%.
• Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 130.42%.
• Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 26.91%.

Over the past 52 months, COST's revenue has gone up $81,574,000,000.

The table below shows COST's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-06-30	217,538	7,826	5,646
2022-03-31	210,219	9,932	5,513
2021-12-31	203,084	9,569	5,165
2021-09-30	195,929	8,958	5,007
2021-06-30	186,637	10,260	4,726
2021-03-31	178,626	8,825	4,344

COST's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• COST has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 75.14% of graded US stocks.
• COST's asset turnover comes in at 3.383 -- ranking 7th of 165 Retail stocks.
• ULTA, CATO, and HVT are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with COST.

The table below shows COST's key quality metrics over time.