StockDecksCostco Wholesale Corporation
Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores
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Debt levels, liquidity and how solid the balance sheet looks.
| Debt to equity | 0.28 × | -96 |
| Current ratio | 1.06 × | +5 |
| Quick ratio | 0.57 × | -41 |
| FCF / Total debt | 0.66 × | +93 |
| Buybacks vs new shares | Share count roughly flat over the last year | +11 |
Margins, and the returns being earned on the capital employed.
| Gross margin | 12.8 % | -91 |
| Operating margin | 3.8 % | -80 |
| Net margin | 3 % | -67 |
| Return on equity | 28.4 % | +94 |
| Gross profit / assets | 45.8 % | +51 |
| Asset turnover | 3.57 × | — |
| Profit vs cash flow | $8.1B profit, generated $13.3B cash — profits fully cash-backed | +46 |
The direction and pace of revenue and earnings.
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 11.1 % | +91 |
| Earnings growth (YoY) | 15 % | +36 |
| Earnings growth (Q) | 14.9 % | +36 |
What you pay relative to what the business actually delivers.
| P/E (trailing) | 47.88 × | -92 |
| Forward P/E | 39.73 × | -59 |
| PEG ratio | 4.96 × | -96 |
| Price/Book | 12.31 × | -94 |
| Price/Sales | 1.45 × | +91 |
| EV/EBITDA | 30.32 × | -69 |
| FCF yield | 1.5 % | -56 |
Key figures
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Industry | Discount Stores |
| Market cap | $440.5B |
| Dividend yield | 0.59% |
| Payout ratio | 26.69% |
| Beta | 0.87 |
About Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Sweden, Iceland, and New Zealand.
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