COST - Costco Wholesale Corp

Costco Wholesale Corporation (doing business as Costco Wholesale and also known simply as Costco) is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only (needing a membership to shop there) big-box retail stores. As of 2020, Costco was the fifth largest retailer in the world, and the world's largest retailer of choice and prime beef, organic foods, rotisserie chicken, and wine as of 2016.

52W High

$1075.34

52W Low

$862.73

MA Status:

50D: Above 200D: Above

Beta (~1 neutral, <0.9 lower risk)

0.95

Valuation

Rich

As of 2025-05-31 (Overview)

Trailing P/E (<15 better)

54.65

Forward P/E (<15 better)

47.62

EV/EBITDA (<8 favorable)

32.51

EV/Revenue (<3 favorable)

1.57

P/S (TTM) (<3 favorable)

1.59

P/B (<3 favorable)

15.75

Ownership

Balanced

Source: Overview

Insiders (1–5% typical)

0.20%

Institutions (25–75% balanced)

72.49%

Shares Outstanding

443,477,000

Float

442,266,000

Dividend Yield (2–6% sweet spot)

0.01%

Ex‑Dividend Date

2025-08-01

Income & Growth

Profitability: Weak

As of 2025-05-31 (Overview)

Revenue (TTM)

268,775,997,000

Gross Profit (TTM)

34,339,000,000

EPS (TTM)

17.63

Profit Margin (>10% good)

0.03%

Operating Margin (TTM) (higher better)

0.04%

ROE (TTM) (>15% strong)

0.32%

EPS YoY (Quarterly) (>10% good)

0.13

Revenue YoY (Quarterly) (>8% good)

0.08

Momentum

Bearish momentum

Value

0.6358

-0.0861

Trend

Rising

Signal Cross

Crossed Up Today

As of

Sep. 12, 2025