Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) · Peers
Costco Wholesale against the 8 other companies here in its SEC industry, Retail-Variety Stores. Each figure is the one on the company's own page; the median is the peers', and the rank is among all 9, highest first.
Measure by measure
| Measure | COST | Peer median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market value | $438.65B | median $18.51B | 2 of 9 |
| P/E | 54.2× | median 22.8× | 1 of 9 |
| Forward P/E | 43.4× | median 21.0× | 1 of 9 |
| EV/EBITDA | 33.1× | median 13.6× | 1 of 9 |
| P/S | 1.6× | median 1.1× | 3 of 9 |
| FCF yield | 1.8% | median 3.9% | 6 of 9 |
| Dividend yield | 0.5% | median 1.3% | 5 of 5 |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | median 29.5% | 9 of 9 |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | median 4.9% | 8 of 9 |
| Net margin | 2.9% | median 3.4% | 7 of 9 |
| ROIC | 42.8% | median 16.8% | 1 of 9 |
| ROE | 24.2% | median 20.1% | 3 of 9 |
| Revenue growth (4y, yearly) | 8.9% | median 6.1% | 4 of 9 |
| EPS growth (yearly) | 12.7% | median 8.0% | 2 of 9 |
| Current ratio | 1.2× | median 1.2× | 6 of 9 |
| Stock pay / revenue | 0.3% | median 0.3% | 6 of 9 |
| Share count change | 0.0% | median -0.4% | 4 of 9 |
Green where Costco Wholesale is on the better side of the median, red where on the worse; no colour where higher is neither, like size or dividend yield.
The peers, largest first
| Company | Market value | P/E | ROIC | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COSTCostco Wholesale Corp | $438.65B | P/E 54.2× | 42.8% | 4.8 |
| WMTWalmart Inc. | $945.50B | P/E 41.6× | 18.2% | 4.5 |
| TGTTarget Corporation | $70.06B | P/E 20.3× | 15.3% | 4.9 |
| DGDollar General Corporation | $29.64B | P/E 18.9× | 14.8% | 5.4 |
| DLTRDollar Tree Inc | $23.86B | P/E 18.6× | 27.9% | 5.4 |
| BJBJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. | $13.15B | P/E 23.0× | 22.2% | 4.7 |
| FIVEFive Below Inc | $12.32B | P/E 28.0× | 36.9% | 6.2 |
| OLLIOllie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. | $5.63B | P/E 22.6× | 14.5% | 5.8 |
| PSMTPricesmart Inc | $5.24B | P/E 32.7× | 15.4% | 4.9 |
The industry is the Standard Industrial Classification code the company registered with the SEC. It is a broad label: a peer group is a starting point for comparing, not proof that two businesses are alike. None of this is advice.