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Costco

NasdaqGS:COST US22160K1051
84
  • Value
    87
  • Growth
    73
  • Safety
    Safety
    36
  • Combined
    89
  • Sentiment
    54
  • 360° View
    360° View
    84
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Company Description

Costco Wholesale Corporation operates membership warehouses and e-commerce sites, offering various branded and private-label products. The company is in the retail industry. It operates in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $429,281 million, profits of $32,095 million, revenue of $254,453 million, and 333,000 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 84 (better than 84% compared with alternatives) for 2025, overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Costco are very positive. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with all but one indicator above average for Costco. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 73, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth, as well as stock returns. This means that growth is higher than for 73% of competitors in the same industry. The consolidated Safety Rank at 87 means that the company has a financing structure that is safer than 87% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. Finally, the consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 54, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 54% of alternative investment opportunities. But the consolidated Value Rank is less desirable at 36, meaning that the share price of Costco is on the higher side compared with indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is higher than for 64% of alternative stocks in the same industry. ...read more

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Country USA
Industry Hypermarkets, Super Centers
Size XX-Large
Website costco.com
Index
NASDAQ 100
NASDAQ
S&P US Consumer
S&P US Food & Beverage
S&P 500
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 21-Aug-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
36 9 14 19
Growth
73 95 95 89
Safety
Safety
87 76 82 77
Sentiment
54 88 84 86
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84 91 86 93
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
69 66 75 59
Opinions Change
49 76 72 46
Pro Holdings
n/a 56 61 80
Market Pulse
77 89 83 82
Sentiment
54 88 84 86
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
36 9 14 19
Growth
73 95 95 89
Safety Safety
87 76 82 77
Combined
89 81 79 64
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
8 5 13 5
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
34 19 27 37
Price vs. Book (P/B)
17 3 6 16
Dividend Yield
55 52 54 55
Value
36 9 14 19
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
77 83 77 70
Profit Growth
70 65 75 43
Capital Growth
53 43 56 75
Stock Returns
53 87 87 69
Growth
73 95 95 89
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
74 66 73 66
Refinancing
27 19 26 19
Liquidity
94 98 93 98
Safety Safety
87 76 82 77

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