Costco

COST Mega Cap

Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores

Updated: Apr 5, 2026, 00:03 UTC

$1,014.96

+1.85% today

52W: $844.06 – $1,067.08

52W Low: $844.06 Position: 76.6% 52W High: $1,067.08

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Key Metrics

P/E Ratio

52.92x

Price-to-Earnings

Forward P/E

45.2x

Forward Price/Earnings

P/S Ratio

1.57x

Price-to-Sales

EV/EBITDA

33.31x

Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Div. Yield

51%

Annual dividend yield

Market Cap

$450.5B

Market Capitalization

Revenue Growth

21.5%

YoY Revenue Growth

Profit Margin

2.99%

Net profit margin

ROE

29.65%

Return on Equity

Beta

0.98

Market sensitivity

Short Interest

1.42%

% of float sold short

Avg. Volume

2,221,319

Average daily volume

Valuation Analysis

Signal

Overvalued

vs. S&P 500 avg P/E (24.7x)

Analyst Consensus

Buy

32 analysts

Avg. Price Target

$1,067.59

+5.19% upside

Target Range

$650.00 – $1,315.00

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About the Company

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. It offers merchandise, including sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; non-food merchandise comprising appliances, small electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, lawn and garden, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal, automotive, stamps, tickets, apparel, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and fresh food, such as meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. The company is also involved in warehouse ancillary operations, which include

Sector: Consumer Defensive Industry: Discount Stores Country: United States Employees: 341,000 Exchange: NMS