Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST): Price and Financial Metrics
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)
Today's Latest Price: $340.91 USD
Updated Aug 7 4:00pm
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Ranked of 18 in Grocery/Big Box Retailers
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COST Stock Summary
- COST has a higher market value than 98.92% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $150,025,341,761.
- Costco Wholesale Corp's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 96.54% of US listed stocks.
- The volatility of Costco Wholesale Corp's share price is greater than that of only 0.23% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
- If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Costco Wholesale Corp, a group of peers worth examining would be KFRC, ROK, HBB, CROX, and MOH.
- COST's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Costco Wholesale Corp's official web site, go to www.costco.com.
COST Stock Price Chart Technical Analysis Charts
COST Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $340.91 | 52-week high | $345.12 |
| Prev. close | $343.31 | 52-week low | $268.00 |
| Day low | $339.63 | Volume | 1,759,041 |
| Day high | $344.73 | Avg. volume | 3,089,966 |
| 50-day MA | $315.33 | Dividend yield | 0.82% |
| 200-day MA | $305.34 | Market Cap | 150.52B |
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: |
| $340.91 | $142.92 | -58% |
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 28th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. We should note, though, that all scenearios modelled for this stock suggest it is overvalued. As for the metrics that stood out in our discounted cash flow analysis of Costco Wholesale Corp, consider:
- The company's debt burden, as measured by earnings divided by interest payments, is 33.05; that's higher than 91.39% of US stocks in the Consumer Defensive sector that have positive free cash flow.
- The business' balance sheet suggests that 7% of the company's capital is sourced from debt; this is greater than merely 18.38% 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 41.7% of tickers in our DCF set.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | -59% |
| 1% | -58% |
| 2% | -58% |
| 3% | -58% |
| 4% | -57% |
| 5% | -57% |
TPB, EL, OLLI, PG, and CLX can be thought of as valuation peers to COST, in the sense that they are in the Consumer Defensive sector and have a similar price forecast based on DCF valuation.
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