Company Valuation: Costco Wholesale Corporation

Data adjusted to current consolidation scope
Fiscal Period: September 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Capitalization 1 155,143 201,813 234,403 241,184 395,623 442,049 - -
Change - 30.08% 16.15% 2.89% 64.03% 11.73% - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 150,475 198,046 230,757 233,942 391,614 433,774 430,060 425,056
Change - 31.61% 16.52% 1.38% 67.4% 10.77% -0.86% -1.16%
P/E ratio 39x 40.5x 40.3x 38.4x 53.9x 55x 49.7x 45x
PBR 8.5x 11.5x 11.3x 9.61x 16.7x 15.3x 12.6x 10.4x
PEG - 1.6x 2.4x 4.95x 3.2x 5.85x 4.7x 4.3x
Capitalization / Revenue 0.93x 1.03x 1.03x 1x 1.55x 1.61x 1.5x 1.4x
EV / Revenue 0.9x 1.01x 1.02x 0.97x 1.54x 1.58x 1.46x 1.35x
EV / EBITDA 21.3x 23.3x 23.8x 23x 34x 33.7x 30.4x 27x
EV / EBIT 27.7x 29.5x 29.6x 28.8x 42.2x 41.7x 37.4x 33.4x
EV / FCF 24.9x 36.9x 65.9x 34.7x 59.1x 58.5x 52.7x 45.2x
FCF Yield 4.02% 2.71% 1.52% 2.88% 1.69% 1.71% 1.9% 2.21%
Dividend per Share 2 2.7 2.98 3.38 3.84 19.36 4.631 5.26 5.408
Rate of return 0.77% 0.65% 0.64% 0.71% 2.17% 0.46% 0.53% 0.54%
EPS 2 9.02 11.27 13.14 14.16 16.56 18.12 20.05 22.15
Distribution rate 29.9% 26.4% 25.7% 27.1% 117% 25.6% 26.2% 24.4%
Net sales 1 166,761 195,929 226,954 242,290 254,453 274,750 295,155 315,739
EBITDA 1 7,080 8,489 9,693 10,191 11,522 12,858 14,164 15,733
EBIT 1 5,435 6,708 7,793 8,114 9,285 10,397 11,496 12,734
Net income 1 4,002 5,007 5,844 6,292 7,367 8,066 8,923 9,848
Net Debt 1 -4,668 -3,767 -3,646 -7,242 -4,009 -8,275 -11,989 -16,993
Reference price 2 351.38 456.52 529.17 544.25 892.38 996.78 996.78 996.78
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 441,524 442,069 442,963 443,148 443,335 443,477 - -
Announcement Date 9/24/20 9/23/21 9/22/22 9/26/23 9/26/24 - - -
1USD in Million2USD
Estimates

P/E ratio, Detailed evolution

P/E (N) EV / Sales (N) EV / EBITDA (N) Dividend Yield (N) Capi.($)
55.03x1.58x33.88x0.47% 442B
19.96x1.14x10.93x3.22% 58.68B
12.29x0.53x7.06x4.64% 44.58B
42.77x8.43x25.31x0.22% 39.12B
19.39x0.69x9.93x2.14% 24.53B
29.67x1.38x15.04x0.75% 19.57B
29.96x2.51x18.64x-.--% 6.88B
16.22x0.55x7.38x4.17% 6.14B
7.85x0.85x5.49x5.79% 3.57B
16.08x0.67x4.67x0.77% 2.91B
Average 24.92x 1.83x 13.83x 2.22% 64.8B
Weighted average by Cap. 44.99x 1.83x 27.26x 1.12%
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