Company Valuation: Costco Wholesale Corporation

Data adjusted to current consolidation scope
Fiscal Period: August 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Capitalization 1 201,358 231,271 243,413 395,623 418,341 465,369 - -
Change - 14.86% 5.25% 62.53% 5.74% 11.24% - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 197,591 227,625 236,171 391,614 409,893 453,613 450,452 447,817
Change - 15.2% 3.75% 65.82% 4.67% 10.67% -0.7% -0.58%
P/E ratio 40.4x 39.7x 38.8x 53.9x 51.8x 51.1x 46.5x 42.2x
PBR 11.5x 11.2x 9.7x 16.7x 14.3x 13.1x 11.1x 9.44x
PEG - 2.4x 5x 3.2x 5.2x 4x 4.7x 4.2x
Capitalization / Revenue 1.03x 1.02x 1x 1.55x 1.52x 1.55x 1.44x 1.34x
EV / Revenue 1.01x 1x 0.97x 1.54x 1.49x 1.51x 1.39x 1.29x
EV / EBITDA 23.3x 23.5x 23.2x 34x 32x 31.7x 28.3x 26.1x
EV / EBIT 29.5x 29.2x 29.1x 42.2x 39.5x 39x 34.8x 31.5x
EV / FCF 36.8x 65x 35x 59.1x 52.3x 55.4x 52x 45.1x
FCF Yield 2.72% 1.54% 2.86% 1.69% 1.91% 1.81% 1.92% 2.22%
Dividend per Share 2 2.98 3.38 3.84 19.36 4.92 5.39 5.955 6.318
Rate of return 0.65% 0.65% 0.7% 2.17% 0.52% 0.51% 0.57% 0.6%
EPS 2 11.27 13.14 14.16 16.56 18.21 20.54 22.57 24.86
Distribution rate 26.4% 25.7% 27.1% 117% 27% 26.2% 26.4% 25.4%
Net sales 1 195,929 226,954 242,290 254,453 275,235 299,616 323,026 348,421
EBITDA 1 8,489 9,693 10,191 11,522 12,809 14,303 15,913 17,177
EBIT 1 6,708 7,793 8,114 9,285 10,383 11,644 12,936 14,200
Net income 1 5,007 5,844 6,292 7,367 8,099 9,128 10,009 11,031
Net Debt 1 -3,767 -3,646 -7,242 -4,009 -8,448 -11,756 -14,917 -17,552
Reference price 2 455.49 522.10 549.28 892.38 943.32 1,048.95 1,048.95 1,048.95
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 442,069 442,963 443,148 443,335 443,477 443,653 - -
Announcement Date 9/23/21 9/22/22 9/26/23 9/26/24 9/25/25 - - -
1USD in Million2USD
Estimates

P/E ratio, Detailed evolution

P/E (Y) EV / Sales (Y) EV / EBITDA (Y) Dividend Yield (Y) Capi.($)
51.06x1.51x31.72x0.51% 465B
15.19x0.63x8.14x3.61% 55.2B
17.23x0.95x9.29x2.76% 54.46B
33.21x6.32x19.77x0.3% 33.46B
14.07x0.57x7.27x2.35% 22.55B
22.93x1.16x12.44x0.98% 16.42B
14.02x1.12x5.63x1.54% 4.79B
17.61x1.45x10.47x-.--% 4.76B
15.17x0.53x7.79x4.84% 4.72B
113.54x0.47x9.53x0.45% 2.76B
Average 31.40x 1.47x 12.20x 1.73% 66.45B
Weighted average by Cap. 41.96x 1.58x 25.41x 1.05%

Y-o-Y evolution of P/E

Historical PBR trend

Evolution Enterprise Value / Sales

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

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