Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST): Price and Financial Metrics

COST POWR Grades

• COST scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 85.07% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for COST is in Stability, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
• COST's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 28.91% of US stocks).

COST Stock Summary

• COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP's market capitalization of $247,538,310,002 is ahead of 99.38% of US-listed equities.
• COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 96.2% of US listed stocks.
• With a one year PEG ratio of 647.64, COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP is expected to have a higher PEG ratio (a measure of how expensive a stock is relative to its expected earnings growth) than 95.19% of US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP are KO, PEP, BAC, CMCSA, and ACN.
• 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 1.1; this is 22.22% higher than that of the median Consumer Defensive stock.
• COST's price/sales ratio has moved up 0.8 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.