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 4,33,292 - -
Change - 14.86% 5.25% 62.53% 5.74% 3.57% - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 1,97,591 2,27,625 2,36,171 3,91,614 4,09,893 4,22,642 4,19,411 4,15,141
Change - 15.2% 3.75% 65.82% 4.67% 3.11% -0.76% -1.02%
P/E ratio 40.4x 39.7x 38.8x 53.9x 51.8x 48x 43.8x 39.7x
PBR 11.5x 11.2x 9.7x 16.7x 14.3x 12.2x 10.2x 8.5x
PEG - 2.4x 5x 3.2x 5.2x 4.1x 4.57x 3.8x
Capitalization / Revenue 1.03x 1.02x 1x 1.55x 1.52x 1.46x 1.36x 1.26x
EV / Revenue 1.01x 1x 0.97x 1.54x 1.49x 1.42x 1.31x 1.21x
EV / EBITDA 23.3x 23.5x 23.2x 34x 32x 29.7x 26.6x 23.9x
EV / EBIT 29.5x 29.2x 29.1x 42.2x 39.5x 36.6x 32.8x 29.4x
EV / FCF 36.8x 65x 35x 59.1x 52.3x 57.4x 49.3x 41.7x
FCF Yield 2.72% 1.54% 2.86% 1.69% 1.91% 1.74% 2.03% 2.4%
Dividend per Share 2 2.98 3.38 3.84 19.36 4.92 5.334 5.823 5.877
Rate of return 0.65% 0.65% 0.7% 2.17% 0.52% 0.55% 0.6% 0.6%
EPS 2 11.27 13.14 14.16 16.56 18.21 20.32 22.27 24.62
Distribution rate 26.4% 25.7% 27.1% 117% 27% 26.2% 26.1% 23.9%
Net sales 1 1,95,929 2,26,954 2,42,290 2,54,453 2,75,235 2,97,206 3,19,361 3,43,201
EBITDA 1 8,489 9,693 10,191 11,522 12,809 14,244 15,787 17,387
EBIT 1 6,708 7,793 8,114 9,285 10,383 11,561 12,790 14,110
Net income 1 5,007 5,844 6,292 7,367 8,099 9,033 9,891 10,927
Net Debt 1 -3,767 -3,646 -7,242 -4,009 -8,448 -10,650 -13,881 -18,151
Reference price 2 455.49 522.10 549.28 892.38 943.32 976.17 976.17 976.17
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 4,42,069 4,42,963 4,43,148 4,43,335 4,43,477 4,43,869 - -
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 (Y) EV / Sales (Y) EV / EBITDA (Y) Dividend Yield (Y) Capi.($)
48.03x1.42x29.67x0.55% 43TCr
19.36x1.04x10.21x3.32% 5.77TCr
13.45x0.58x7.63x4.28% 4.82TCr
41.08x7.98x24.27x0.22% 3.82TCr
22.25x0.85x11.44x1.62% 3.18TCr
24.86x1.25x13.27x0.93% 1.74TCr
28.81x2.49x18.31x-.--% 686.43Cr
15.19x0.55x7.86x4.69% 491.62Cr
14.67x1.08x5.41x1.58% 476.08Cr
381.07x0.52x11.61x0.54% 232.91Cr
Average 60.87x 1.78x 13.97x 1.77% 6.46TCr
Weighted average by Cap. 41.08x 1.68x 24.09x 1.15%
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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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