Costco Wholesale Corporation(COST) Stock Research - Grey Stern Research
Loading...

Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Stock Analysis

$982.15 (0.73%)

COST Financial Performance


Use the table below to view Costco Wholesale Corporation's financial profile. This data is gathers from the latest available financial statements. Annual data is taken from the trailing 12 months of statements. All numbers are reported in US Dollars and so any foreign currencies are converted to USD so comparison's can be done.

Based on Financial Statements from Q4 - 2024

Metric Value Ranking among Peers
Price $982.15 -
52 Week Low $597.03 -
52 Week High $983.00 -
Market Cap $435.2 Billion 2/7
Gross Margin 13% 7/7
Profit Margin 3% 2/7
EBITDA margin 4% 4/7
Q4 - 2024 Revenue $79.7 Billion 2/7
Q4 - 2024 Earnings $2.4 Billion 2/7
Q4 - 2024 Free Cash Flow $1.4 Billion 3/7
Trailing 4 Quarters Revenue $254.5 Billion 2/7
Trailing 4 Quarters Earnings $7.4 Billion 2/7
Quarterly Earnings Growth 9% 3/7
Annual Earnings Growth 21% 2/7
Quarterly Revenue Growth 1% 3/7
Annual Revenue Growth 6% 2/7
Cash On Hand $9.9 Billion 2/7
Short Term Debt $103.0 Million 7/7
Long Term Debt $8.2 Billion 4/7

Costco Wholesale Corporation Financial Metrics


Financial metrics are a set of useful numbers that can give key performance indicators of a company. The various metrics can include information about profitability, growth, and debt load. When combined and use properly they can tell an analyst a compelling fact-based story of how the company is currently performing. To compare Costco Wholesale Corporation's metrics versus it's peers make sure to run our peer analysis tool.

Valuation Metrics

Metric Value Ranking among Peers
PE 59.07 1/7
PS 1.71 1/7
PB 18.42 1/7
PC 43.93 4/7
Liabilities to Equity 1.96 6/7
ROA 0.11 1/7
ROE 0.31 2/7
Current Ratio 1.51 2/7
Quick Ratio 0.24 1/7
Long Term Debt to Equity 0.35 6/7
Debt to Equity 0.35 6/7
Burn Rate -4.95 5/7
Cash to Cap 0.02 4/7
CCR 0.59 4/7
EV to EBITDA 137.11 1/7
EV to Revenue 1.70 1/7

Company Details

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Australia, Spain, France, Iceland, China, and Taiwan. It offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. The company offers sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, liquor, and tobacco and deli products; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, garden and patio products, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal products, office supplies, automotive care products, postages, tickets, apparel, small appliances, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. It also operates pharmacies, opticals, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers, as well as 636 gas stations; and offers business delivery, travel, same-day grocery, and various other services online in various countries. As of August 29, 2021, the company operated 815 membership warehouses, including 564 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 105 in Canada, 39 in Mexico, 30 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom, 16 in South Korea, 14 in Taiwan, 12 in Australia, 3 in Spain, 1 in Iceland, 1 in France, and 1 in China. It also operates e-commerce websites in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.

CEO: Mr. W. Craig Jelinek

Website: https://www.costco.com

Address: 999 Lake Dr Issaquah, WASHINGTON

Exchange: NASDAQ Global Select

Industry: Discount Stores

Costco Wholesale Corporation Peer Analysis


A useful and more reliable way of seeing the health of a company is to compare it to other companies operating in the same sector. Below is our list of companies which we rank are the closest peers to Costco Wholesale Corporation. If you feel that peers should be added or removed from this list please contact us. To run an in-depth peer analysis which compares many financial metrics click on the link below.

Stock Ticker Market Cap
Walmart Inc. WMT $751.7 Billion
Target Corporation TGT $60.2 Billion
Dollar General Corporation DG $17.4 Billion
Big Lots, Inc. BIG $14.7 Million
Dollar Tree, Inc. DLTR $15.6 Billion
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. BJ $12.7 Billion
Run Peer Analysis
Income Statement
Balance Sheet
Cash Flow Statement
COST Income Statements
Quarter Year Revenue Earnings
Q4 2024 $ 79.7 Billion $2.4 Billion
Q3 2024 $ 58.5 Billion $1.7 Billion
Q2 2024 $ 58.4 Billion $1.7 Billion
Q1 2024 $ 57.8 Billion $1.6 Billion
Q4 2023 $ 78.9 Billion $2.2 Billion
Q3 2023 $ 53.6 Billion $1.3 Billion
Q2 2023 $ 55.3 Billion $1.5 Billion
Q1 2023 $ 54.4 Billion $1.4 Billion

View All

COST Balance Sheets
Quarter Year Cash & Equivalents Total Assets Total Debt Total Equity
Q4 2024 $9.9 Billion $69.8 Billion $8.3 Billion $23.6 Billion
Q3 2024 $10.4 Billion $67.9 Billion $9.3 Billion $21.8 Billion
Q2 2024 $9.1 Billion $66.3 Billion $9.4 Billion $20.8 Billion
Q1 2024 $17.0 Billion $73.7 Billion $9.3 Billion $26.1 Billion
Q4 2023 $13.7 Billion $69.0 Billion $8.9 Billion $25.1 Billion
Q3 2023 $12.5 Billion $66.8 Billion $9.0 Billion $23.6 Billion
Q2 2023 $13.0 Billion $66.8 Billion $9.1 Billion $22.8 Billion
Q1 2023 $10.9 Billion $66.0 Billion $9.0 Billion $21.5 Billion

View All

COST Cash Flow Statements
Quarter Year freeCashFlow capitalExpenditure netChangeInCash
Q4 2024 $1.4 Billion -$1.6 Billion -$498.0 Million
Q3 2024 $1.9 Billion -$1.1 Billion $1.3 Billion
Q2 2024 -$300.0 Million -$1.0 Billion -$7.9 Billion
Q1 2024 $3.6 Billion -$1.0 Billion $3.3 Billion
Q4 2023 $2.2 Billion -$1.6 Billion $1.2 Billion
Q3 2023 $721.0 Million -$820.0 Million -$477.0 Million
Q2 2023 $2.3 Billion -$890.0 Million $2.1 Billion
Q1 2023 $1.6 Billion -$1.1 Billion $653.0 Million

View All