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Costco

NSQ:COST US22160K1051
40
  • Value
    23
  • Growth
    79
  • Safety
    Safety
    76
  • Combined
    71
  • Sentiment
    33
  • 360° View
    360° View
    40
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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: With an Obermatt 360° View of 40 (better than 40% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Costco are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the metrics below and half above average for Costco. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 79, 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 79% of competitors in the same industry. In addition, the consolidated Safety Rank has a safer rank of 76 which means that the company has a financing structure that is safer than 76% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the consolidated Value Rank has a less desirable rank of 23 which means that the share price of Costco is on the higher side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is higher than for 77% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank also has a low rank of 33, which means that professional investors are more pessimistic about the stock than for 67% of alternative investment opportunities. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Price vs. Book (P/B)
Weakest Rank Profit Growth
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
Costco stock price by TradingView. Not sourced by Obermatt.
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Last update: 17-Sep-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
23 9 14 19
Growth
79 95 95 89
Safety
Safety
76 76 82 77
Sentiment
33 88 84 86
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40 91 86 93
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
66 66 75 59
Opinions Change
54 76 72 46
Pro Holdings
n/a 56 61 80
Market Pulse
18 89 83 82
Sentiment
33 88 84 86
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
23 9 14 19
Growth
79 95 95 89
Safety Safety
76 76 82 77
Combined
71 81 79 64
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
32 19 27 37
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
5 5 13 5
Price vs. Book (P/B)
1 3 6 16
Dividend Yield
61 52 54 55
Value
23 9 14 19
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
73 83 77 70
Profit Growth
96 65 75 43
Capital Growth
54 43 56 75
Stock Returns
42 87 87 69
Growth
79 95 95 89
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
78 66 73 66
Refinancing
10 19 26 19
Liquidity
94 98 93 98
Safety Safety
76 76 82 77

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The company has high growth and safe financing but is expensive (low Value Rank) and has low market sentiment. This is a warning that the stock may be too expensive. This is for an experienced growth investor willing to risk overpaying, but only after conducting thorough research on future growth potential.

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