COST
Costco
Consumer Staples · Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail · US
$971.87
Data: 2026-05-15
✓ ETHICAL PASS

WEAK MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$463.4B
Total market value of the company
Trailing P/E
54.24
Expensive — high growth expected
Forward P/E
46.39
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+21.5%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
3.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
ROE
29.7%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$1,072.91
+10% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 32 analysts covering this stock
About Costco

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 gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers. In addition, it engages in e-commerce, business centers, travel, and other businesses. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.

https://www.costco.com

Country: United States Employees: 341,000 Industry: Discount Stores
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
10.6% PASS
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
1.5% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
22.5% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.2% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
Fair Value Est.
$484.10
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
Margin of Safety
-100.8%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
OVERVALUED
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
Percentile
87.4th
Ranks in the top 13% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
89.3
Valuation Score
30.5
Quality Score
71.0
Combined
60.0

Trading at $1045, 116% above fair value of $484. Passes all ethical screens. Ranks better than 54% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime
MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
Sharpe Ratio
0.645
Good returns relative to risk taken
Kelly Fraction
0.0505
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
Calmar Ratio
0.567
Acceptable balance between returns and drawdown risk
Annual Return
11.8%
Historical annualised return based on price data
Max Drawdown
-20.7%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
HMM State
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
2
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta
0.91
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$1,067.08
9% below the year high
52W Low
$844.06
15% above the year low
Avg Volume
1,812,522
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
Short Ratio
3.7
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
1.5%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
Div Yield
0.6%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
EPS (TTM)
$19.27
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity
0.60
Moderate leverage — manageable
Current Ratio
1.06
Adequate but worth monitoring
Quick Ratio
0.54
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
12.9%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
3.7%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
Free Cash Flow
$6.7B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$286.3B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$8.5B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
32
Target High
$1,315.00
Target Median
$1,072.91
Target Low
$650.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

30
SELL LEANING
More selling than buying from insiders recently. 1 sales vs 0 purchases in 90 days.
Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-04-01 Frates Caton EVP Sale 700 $695,100
2026-01-21 Jones Teresa A. EVP Sale 850 $838,318
2026-01-16 Decker Susan L Dir Sale 458 $437,390
2026-01-14 Klauer James C EVP Sale 1,500 $1,408,500
2026-01-09 Miller Russell D Sr. EVP Sale 1,500 $1,374,480
2025-12-29 Polit Javier EVP Sale 2,607 $2,258,662
2025-11-07 Wilcox William Richard EVP Sale 2,400 $2,232,312
2025-10-24 Barbre Tiffany Marie Principal Accounting Officer Sale 1,239 $1,158,353
2025-10-24 Adamo Claudine EVP Sale 2,700 $2,526,336
2025-09-29 Miller Russell D Sr. EVP Sale 3,381 $3,093,615
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
Insider Intelligence
Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date Politician Party Type Amount
2026-04-13 Ro Khanna Democrat Sale 1K–15K
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
Insider Intelligence
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-15

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