Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST): Price and Financial Metrics
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)
Today's Latest Price: $357.62 USD
Updated Oct 30 4:00pm
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Industry Rank:
Ranked of 18 in Grocery/Big Box Retailers
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COST Stock Summary
- COST has a higher market value than 99.1% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $160,986,457,931.
- Costco Wholesale Corp's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 96.4% of US listed stocks.
- The volatility of Costco Wholesale Corp's share price is greater than that of merely 3.46% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
- Stocks that are quantitatively similar to COST, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are PEP, NKE, DHR, TMO, and UPS.
- Visit COST's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.costco.com.
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COST Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $357.62 | 52-week high | $384.87 |
| Prev. close | $364.86 | 52-week low | $271.28 |
| Day low | $355.79 | Volume | 2,724,900 |
| Day high | $363.85 | Avg. volume | 2,835,161 |
| 50-day MA | $356.08 | Dividend yield | 0.77% |
| 200-day MA | $321.81 | Market Cap | 157.79B |
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: |
| $357.62 | $259.81 | -29% |
We started the process of determining a valid price forecast for Costco Wholesale Corp with a discounted cash flow analysis -- the results of which can be found in the table below. To summarize, we found that Costco Wholesale Corp ranked in the 37th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. We should note, though, that the most conservative analysis suggests this stock will yield negative results -- and thus may be a potential short opportunity. 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 -- which is good for besting 89.59% of its peer stocks (US stocks in the Consumer Defensive sector with positive cash flow).
- The business' balance sheet suggests that 6% of the company's capital is sourced from debt; this is greater than just 16.16% 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 42.64% of tickers in our DCF set.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | -30% |
| 1% | -30% |
| 2% | -29% |
| 3% | -28% |
| 4% | -27% |
| 5% | -27% |
For other companies in the Consumer Defensive that have a similar discounted cashflow valuation profile (and ensuing price forecasts) as COST, try SPB, WMT, CLX, FLO, and MDLZ.
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