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Costco Wholesale Corp.

$970.19 +$35.16 (+3.76%) 1D Market open
Session Pulse Regular session chatter is louder than usual 1 mentions today · 1 bullish / 0 bearish tags No new SEC filings since Mon close its sector ranked 2/11 this week Full pulse →

Key Metrics

$414.67B
Market cap
46.92×
P/E · TTM
$293.59B
Revenue · TTM
$8.84B
Net income
EPS · TTM $19.89
Dividend yield 0.6%
Free cash flow $8.81B
Beta · 1Y -0.13
EBITDA · TTM $13.03B
Gross margin

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 28
    Money has been moving out of its sector (Consumer Discretionary).

    Consumer Discretionary has run -4.6 points vs SPY over four weeks, ranking 5→10→11→2 of 11 sectors — this stock trades inside that current.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION MAP, LIVE ↗
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 20.3 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$414.67B
Enterprise value$400.34B
Shares outstanding443.5M
52-wk range$844.06 – $1,096.50
Avg volume · 20D2.2M
Net cash $14.33B
Book value / share$75.39
IndustryRetail-Variety Stores
ExchangeNASDAQ
About Costco Wholesale Corp.
IPO dateMar 2, 1982
Employees341000

Founded in 1983, Costco Wholesale now operates a global chain of membership-based warehouse clubs, delivering high-quality goods and services at consistently low prices.

Wolf Grade COMING SOON

The wolf is in training. Composite grades vs sector — profitability, health, value, momentum — arrive with the percentile engine. Methodology will be public.

Valuation

P/E46.92
P/S1.41
P/FCF47.09
EV/EBITDA30.72
EV/Sales1.36
Graham №$183.66

Profitability

Gross
Operating 4.0%
Net 3.0%
FCF 3.0%
ROE / ROIC 30.9% · —

Financial Health

Current ratio1.07
Quick ratio0.61
Debt / equity0.17
Debt / EBITDA 0.44Low leverage
Net cash $14.33B
Working capital$3.05B

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $15.00B
Capex −$6.19B
Free cash flow $8.81B
Buybacks $883.00M
Dividends paid $2.31B
Shareholder yield 0.8%

Piotroski F-Score

5 / 9
Middling fundamentals · 5 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

9.0
Safe zone (> 2.99) · bankruptcy risk negligible

Graham Number vs Price

$183.66 vs $951.58
Trades 5.2× above classic defensive value — priced for growth
Fundamentals through 2026-05-10 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings