Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST): Price and Financial Metrics

COST POWR Grades

• Stability is the dimension where COST ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 81.86% of US stocks.
• COST's strongest trending metric is Value; it's been moving down over the last 177 days.
• COST ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 33rd percentile.

COST Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $263,984,066,055, COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP has a greater market value than 99.39% of US stocks.
• COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 96.14% of US listed stocks.
• COST's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 461.92 -- higher than 93% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP, a group of peers worth examining would be KO, PEP, BAC, SHEL, and NKE.
• 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/earnings ratio is 41.7; this is 110.08% higher than that of the median Consumer Defensive stock.
• COST's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 16.1 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for COST.

COST Growth Metrics

Its 4 year price growth rate is now at 68.82%.
• Its 3 year revenue growth rate is now at 42.78%.
• Its 5 year price growth rate is now at 68.82%.

Over the past 34 months, COST's revenue has gone up $72,678,000,000.

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
2022-12-31	231,028	6,744	5,884
2022-09-30	226,954	7,392	5,844
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

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.