Valuation

COSTCostco Wholesale

StockNasdaq美國Consumer staplesEU retail: available

7/10

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Consumer staples companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.
Metric	COST	Sector median	vs median
P/E	47.2	22.0 · n=62	114% above
P/B	12.2	2.6 · n=72	367% above
P/S	1.4	0.9 · n=76	58% above
EV/EBIT	35.9	18.8 · n=56	91% above
Free-cash-flow yield	2.2%	6.0% · n=74	64% below
Dividend yield	0.56%	2.36% · n=80	76% below
Return on equity	28.4%	13.2% · n=73	115% above
Return on invested capital	41.3%	9.3% · n=72	343% above
Gross margin	12.8%	33.1% · n=78	61% below
Net debt / EBITDA	−1.05	1.97 · n=61	153% below

Value factor: 1 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

Instrument	P/E	P/B	EV/EBIT	Free-cash-flow yield	Dividend yield	Smart Score
WMTWal-Mart Stores	41.7	9.4	29.6	1.5%	0.8%	6/10
KOCOCA-COLA	28.8	11.7	29.7	3.2%	2.3%	8/10
PGProcter & Gamble	23.1	6.8	18.5	4.2%	3.4%	8/10
PMPhilip Morris	29.5	—	22.8	4.0%	2.9%	9/10
PEPPepsiCo	21.4	8.6	19.1	4.4%	4.5%	6/10
MOAltria Group	15.4	—	13.2	7.5%	5.9%	10/10
MDLZMondelez	30.8	3.1	27.1	3.2%	3.2%	4/10
CLColgate-Palmolive	36.3	313.4	25.8	5.2%	2.3%	9/10
TGTTarget	16.1	4.0	13.4	6.3%	3.7%	9/10
KDPKeurig Dr Pepper	31.6	1.8	22.3	4.4%	2.8%	2/10

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 30 8月 2026 · filed 07 10月 2026

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