NASDAQ: COST - Costco Wholesale

Yield per half year: +22.1%
Dividend yield: +0.52%
Sector: Consumer Staples

Company Analysis Costco Wholesale

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • The stock's return over the last year (47.01%) is higher than the sector average (-31.27%).
  • Current debt level 11.85% is below 100% and has decreased over 5 years from 15.02%.
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=30.27%) is higher than the sector average (ROE=12.14%)

Disadvantages

  • Price (1065.12 $) is higher than fair price (215.99 $)
  • Dividends (0.5167%) are below the sector average (2.36%).

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.2. News

2.3. Market efficiency

Costco Wholesale Consumer Staples Index
7 days 1.3% 1.5% -5%
90 days 15.3% -41.3% -0.1%
1 year 47% -31.3% 18.4%

COST vs Sector: Costco Wholesale has outperformed the "Consumer Staples" sector by 78.28% over the past year.

COST vs Market: Costco Wholesale has outperformed the market by 28.58% over the past year.

Stable price: COST is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "NASDAQ" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: COST with weekly volatility of 0.9041% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 53.88
P/S: 1.56

3.2. Revenue

EPS 16.56
ROE 30.27%
ROA 10.61%
ROIC 20.6%
Ebitda margin 4.77%

4. Fundamental Analysis

4.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Above fair price: The current price (1065.12 $) is higher than the fair price (215.99 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (1065.12 $) is 79.7% higher than the fair price.

4.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (53.88) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (25.31).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (53.88) is higher than that of the market as a whole (51.48).

4.2.1 P/E Similar companies

4.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (16.8) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (5.68).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (16.8) is higher than that of the market as a whole (3.44).

4.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

4.4. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (1.56) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (3).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (1.56) is lower than that of the market as a whole (10.3).

4.4.1 P/S Similar companies

4.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (32.55) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (-57.83).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (32.55) is higher than that of the market as a whole (29.6).

5. Profitability

5.1. Profitability and revenue

5.2. Earnings per share - EPS

5.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Rising and has grown by 16.84% over the last 5 years.

Earnings Slowdown: The last year's return (0%) is below the 5-year average return (16.84%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) is lower than the return for the sector (126.57%).

5.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (30.27%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (12.14%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (30.27%) is higher than that of the market as a whole (8.95%).

5.5. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (10.61%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (6.11%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (10.61%) is higher than that of the market as a whole (6.3%).

5.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (20.6%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (11.73%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (20.6%) is higher than that of the market as a whole (10.79%).

6. Finance

6.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (11.85%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Debt reduction: over 5 years, the debt has decreased from 15.02% to 11.85%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage 112.28%.

6.2. Profit growth and share price

7. Dividends

7.1. Dividend yield vs Market

Low yield: The dividend yield of the company 0.5167% is below the average for the sector '2.36%.

7.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 0.5167% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=0.86.

Weak dividend growth: The company's dividend yield 0.5167% has been growing weakly or stagnant over the past 5 years. Growth over only 2 years.

7.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (122.72%) are at an uncomfortable level.

8. Insider trades

8.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

8.2. Latest transactions

No insider transactions have been recorded yet

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9. Stocks forum Costco Wholesale

9.3. Comments