Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Stock Analysis
$COST · Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores · NASDAQ
Costco Wholesale (COST), a Discount Stores company, is listed on NASDAQ, has a market capitalization of about $438.30B and trades at 47.6x trailing earnings.
Price
$989.11
Market cap
$438.30B
P/E ratio
47.6x
Dividend yield
0.56%
About Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation, alongside its group entities, operates membership-based retail warehouses across a broad international scope, spanning the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Spain, France, Iceland, China, and Taiwan. These outlets provide customers with an extensive array of both well-known branded and proprietary private-label products. Their vast inventory includes household staples, shelf-stable groceries, confectionery, chilled and frozen items, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and deli selections. Furthermore, the stores stock major appliances, consumer electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, garden and patio furniture, sporting goods, vehicle tires, toys, seasonal merchandise, office supplies, automotive maintenance products, postage services, event tickets, apparel, small kitchen appliances, home furnish
How StockWorthy values COST
StockWorthy forecasts Costco Wholesale Corporation's revenue, operating profitability, reinvestment (capital expenditure, depreciation and working capital) and unlevered free cash flow, then discounts those cash flows using a normalized cost of capital built from COST's size, profitability and balance-sheet risk. Terminal growth is adjusted to reflect the company's mature growth profile rather than a fixed number. The model presents bear, base and bull scenarios, and every key assumption stays transparent and adjustable in the full StockWorthy analysis. Results are educational and not investment advice.
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