Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST): Price and Financial Metrics

COST POWR Grades

• COST scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 70.87% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for COST is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 177 days.
• COST's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 48.53% of US stocks).

COST Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $232,261,089,313, COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP has a greater market value than 99.34% of US stocks.
• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for COST is 10.76 -- better than 96.94% of US stocks.
• COST's went public 36.6 years ago, making it older than 93.05% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to COST, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are PEP, NKE, KO, DIS, and TMO.
• 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

• In comparison to the median Consumer Defensive stock, COST's price/sales ratio is 4.76% lower, now standing at 1.
• Over the past 243 months, COST's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.7.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for COST.

COST Growth Metrics

Its 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 59.84%.
• The 3 year revenue growth rate now stands at 42.78%.
• The year over year revenue growth rate now stands at 17.69%.

Over the past 15 months, COST's revenue has gone up $3.5099e+10.

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.