COST
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Discount Stores · Consumer Defensive · United States
996.08
close · 2026-10-29
value
4
cheaper than peers4
quality
89
stronger fundamentals89
ranked against
Consumer Defensive
value
quality
140 peerssector comparisonwide variation
Value inputs
| measure | company | vs peers |
| price to sales | 1.35× | 36 |
| EV to EBITDA | 28.24× | 6 |
| price to book | 12.33× | 4 |
| forward P/E | 39.80× | 4 |
4 of 12 measures available
Quality inputs
| measure | company | vs peers |
| return on equity | 29.2% | 88 |
| debt to equity | 24.6% | 81 |
| revenue growth | 11.6% | 79 |
| operating margin | 4.0% | 38 |
4 of 4 measures available
Facts
| market cap | $441B |
| free cash flow | $6.95B |
| employees | 341,000 |
| first trade | 1986-07-09 |
| next earnings | 2026-12-10 |
| fundamentals updated | 2026-09-24 |
Annual history
| measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| diluted eps | 18.21 | 16.56 | 14.16 | 13.14 |
| free cash flow | $7.84B | $6.63B | $6.75B | $3.50B |
| net income | $8.10B | $7.37B | $6.29B | $5.84B |
| revenue | $275.24B | $254.45B | $242.29B | $226.95B |
| unusual items | $84.0M | $26.0M | $29.0M | $106.0M |