COST
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Discount Stores · Consumer Defensive · United States
961.85
close · 2026-08-13
value
6
cheaper than peers6
quality
79
stronger fundamentals79
ranked against
Consumer Defensive
value
quality
103 peerssector comparison
Value inputs
| measure | company | vs peers |
| price to sales | 1.44× | 44 |
| EV to EBITDA | 29.95× | 7 |
| forward P/E | 42.45× | 5 |
| price to book | 25.80× | 3 |
4 of 12 measures available
Quality inputs
| measure | company | vs peers |
| revenue growth | 21.5% | 89 |
| return on equity | 29.2% | 84 |
| debt to equity | 60.3% | 61 |
| operating margin | 3.7% | 25 |
4 of 4 measures available
Facts
| market cap | $427B |
| free cash flow | $6.95B |
| employees | 341,000 |
| first trade | 1986-07-09 |
| next earnings | 2026-09-24 |
| fundamentals updated | 2026-07-27 |