Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)
NASDAQ · Consumer Staples · market cap 424.27B
Share price
$1040.55
At the last nightly close
Intrinsic value
$324.12
Range $225.08 – $251.19 before any credit for growth. The figure above is $225.08 × 1.44, the credit the franchise record earns.
Margin of safety
-68.9%
($324.12 − $1040.55) ÷ $1040.55
EV / EBIT
87.1
On the median operating profit of 15 fiscal years through 2026.
How these numbers are computed
The valuations are calculated in Python from filed accounts, not written by a language model. Three methods run side by side: earnings power value, which capitalises a normalised operating profit; a free-cash-flow model; and the Graham Number as an asset-side cross-check. The conservative figure above starts from the lower of the first two; the Graham Number never enters it.
The frame gives no credit for growth unless the company has earned it: only a return on invested capital that has beaten the cost of capital year after year earns a growth credit, and that credit is capped. A company that compounds will therefore usually read as expensive against it — that is deliberate. It is a price-discipline floor, not a price target, and it is not a view on what the shares will do.
The EV/EBIT ranking uses the median operating profit of up to fifteen fiscal years — a full cycle — where the free screeners use the last twelve months. When the data cannot support a method, the figure reads n/a rather than a number: a free-cash-flow valuation on a bank, a PEG on erratic earnings, a multiple on a company with no operating profit to speak of.
Fundamentals from SEC EDGAR. Prices, market data and technicals from yfinance. Valuation computed 2026-10-11.
Key metrics
Market position
Annual financials
| Period | Revenue | Operating income | Net income | EPS | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-FY | 303.15B | 11.69B | 9.23B | n/a | 9.38B |
| 2025-FY | 275.24B | 10.38B | 8.10B | 18.24 | 7.84B |
| 2024-FY | 254.45B | 9.29B | 7.37B | 16.59 | 6.63B |
| 2023-FY | 242.29B | 8.11B | 6.29B | 14.18 | 6.75B |
| 2022-FY | 226.95B | 7.79B | 5.84B | 13.14 | 3.50B |
Filed figures from SEC EDGAR, in the reporting currency.
Next earnings
Recent news
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