Company Valuation: Costco Wholesale Corporation

Data adjusted to current consolidation scope
Fiscal Period: August 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Capitalization 1 2,01,358 2,31,271 2,43,413 3,95,623 4,18,341 4,32,315 - -
Change - 14.86% 5.25% 62.53% 5.74% 3.34% - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 1,97,591 2,27,625 2,36,171 3,91,614 4,09,893 4,20,595 4,17,464 4,13,726
Change - 15.2% 3.75% 65.82% 4.67% 2.61% -0.74% -0.9%
P/E ratio 40.4x 39.7x 38.8x 53.9x 51.8x 47.4x 43x 39.1x
PBR 11.5x 11.2x 9.7x 16.7x 14.3x 12.3x 10.4x 8.81x
PEG - 2.4x 5x 3.2x 5.2x 3.7x 4.2x 3.9x
Capitalization / Revenue 1.03x 1.02x 1x 1.55x 1.52x 1.44x 1.33x 1.24x
EV / Revenue 1.01x 1x 0.97x 1.54x 1.49x 1.4x 1.28x 1.18x
EV / EBITDA 23.3x 23.5x 23.2x 34x 32x 29.3x 26.1x 23.5x
EV / EBIT 29.5x 29.2x 29.1x 42.2x 39.5x 36.1x 32.2x 28.9x
EV / FCF 36.8x 65x 35x 59.1x 52.3x 53.9x 51.5x 44.5x
FCF Yield 2.72% 1.54% 2.86% 1.69% 1.91% 1.86% 1.94% 2.25%
Dividend per Share 2 2.98 3.38 3.84 19.36 4.92 5.313 5.93 6.284
Rate of return 0.65% 0.65% 0.7% 2.17% 0.52% 0.55% 0.61% 0.64%
EPS 2 11.27 13.14 14.16 16.56 18.21 20.57 22.66 24.93
Distribution rate 26.4% 25.7% 27.1% 117% 27% 25.8% 26.2% 25.2%
Net sales 1 1,95,929 2,26,954 2,42,290 2,54,453 2,75,235 3,01,071 3,25,499 3,49,336
EBITDA 1 8,489 9,693 10,191 11,522 12,809 14,333 15,975 17,585
EBIT 1 6,708 7,793 8,114 9,285 10,383 11,645 12,962 14,298
Net income 1 5,007 5,844 6,292 7,367 8,099 9,138 10,073 11,071
Net Debt 1 -3,767 -3,646 -7,242 -4,009 -8,448 -11,721 -14,851 -18,590
Reference price 2 455.49 522.10 549.28 892.38 943.32 974.75 974.75 974.75
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 4,42,069 4,42,963 4,43,148 4,43,335 4,43,477 4,43,514 - -
Announcement Date 23/09/21 22/09/22 26/09/23 26/09/24 25/09/25 - - -
1USD in Million2USD
Estimates

P/E ratio, Detailed evolution

P/E (N) EV / Sales (N) EV / EBITDA (N) Dividend Yield (N) Capi.($)
47.38x1.4x29.34x0.54% 43TCr
15.03x0.63x8.14x3.67% 5.63TCr
16.38x0.88x8.63x2.97% 5.07TCr
34.81x6.46x20.31x0.28% 3.47TCr
14.49x0.59x7.54x2.23% 2.36TCr
22.02x1.11x11.98x1.02% 1.57TCr
13.57x1.2x6x1.79% 512.58Cr
15.27x0.53x7.82x4.81% 473.83Cr
17.47x1.45x10.36x-.--% 475.77Cr
10.64x0.74x5.99x4.6% 275.32Cr
Average 20.70x 1.50x 11.61x 2.19% 6.31TCr
Weighted average by Cap. 38.54x 1.52x 23.45x 1.14%

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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