Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST): Price and Financial Metrics
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)
Today's Latest Price: $302.43 USD
Updated May 22 4:00pm
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Trade Grade Buy & Hold Grade Peer Grade Industry Rank
Industry Rank:
Ranked of 17 in Grocery/Big Box Retailers
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COST Stock Summary
- COST has a higher market value than 98.85% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $133,547,024,883.
- The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for COST is 9.53 -- better than 96.56% of US stocks.
- The volatility of Costco Wholesale Corp's share price is greater than that of only 0.2% 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 NKE, TMO, TMUS, MDT, and ACN.
- 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 | $302.43 | 52-week high | $325.26 |
| Prev. close | $301.97 | 52-week low | $233.05 |
| Day low | $300.83 | Volume | 2,366,382 |
| Day high | $303.94 | Avg. volume | 3,355,502 |
| 50-day MA | $301.49 | Dividend yield | 0.93% |
| 200-day MA | $298.42 | Market Cap | 133.55B |
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: |
| $302.43 | $191.83 | -37% |
The table below illustrates the output of a discounted cash flow forecast using a variety of scenarios for Costco Wholesale Corp. To summarize, we found that Costco Wholesale Corp ranked in the 33th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. We should note, though, that all scenearios modelled for this stock suggest it is overvalued. In terms of the factors that were most noteworthy in this DCF analysis for COST, they are:
- The company's debt burden, as measured by earnings divided by interest payments, is 33.23 -- which is good for besting 90.96% 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 merely 14.38% 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 49.32% of tickers in our DCF set.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | -38% |
| 1% | -37% |
| 2% | -37% |
| 3% | -36% |
| 4% | -35% |
| 5% | -35% |
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