Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST): Price and Financial Metrics
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)
Today's Latest Price: $373.06 USD
Updated Dec 4 1:02pm
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Industry Rank:
Ranked of 18 in Grocery/Big Box Retailers
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COST Stock Summary
- Costco Wholesale Corp's market capitalization of $169,210,948,354 is ahead of 99.04% of US-listed equities.
- The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for COST is 9.12 -- better than 96.62% of US stocks.
- Costco Wholesale Corp's stock had its IPO on July 9, 1986, making it an older stock than 92.5% of US equities in our set.
- Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Costco Wholesale Corp are TMUS, DHR, PDD, MDT, and HON.
- COST's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Costco Wholesale Corp's official web site, go to www.costco.com.
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COST Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $373.06 | 52-week high | $393.15 |
| Prev. close | $374.05 | 52-week low | $271.28 |
| Day low | $371.89 | Volume | 1,285,369 |
| Day high | $375.31 | Avg. volume | 2,774,526 |
| 50-day MA | $372.74 | Dividend yield | 0.75% |
| 200-day MA | $329.80 | Market Cap | 164.60B |
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Company Bio
Costco Wholesale operates membership warehouses, offering branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. The company also operates gas stations, pharmacies, food courts, optical dispensing centers, photo processing centers, and hearing-aid centers,; and engages in the travel business. The company was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.
COST Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $373.06 | $249.14 | -35% |
Below please find a table outlining a discounted cash flow forecast for COST, in which we model out valuation assuming a variety of terminal growth rates. To summarize, we found that Costco Wholesale Corp ranked in the 39th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. Our DCF analysis suggests the stock is overvalued by about 34.67%. The most interesting components of our discounted cash flow analysis for Costco Wholesale Corp ended up being:
- Interest coverage, a measure of earnings relative to interest payments, is 34.19; that's higher than 89.74% of US stocks in the Consumer Defensive sector that have positive free cash flow.
- The business' balance sheet suggests that 6% of the company's capital is sourced from debt; this is greater than just 16.9% of the free cash flow producing stocks we're observing.
- COST's estimated cost of debt, based largely on its market capitalization and its interest coverage ratio, is 2%; for context, that number is higher than 42.39% of tickers in our DCF set.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | -36% |
| 1% | -36% |
| 2% | -35% |
| 3% | -34% |
| 4% | -34% |
| 5% | -33% |
Want more companies with a valuation profile/forecast similar to that of Costco Wholesale Corp? See BUD, INGR, K, CHD, and CWGL.
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