Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) trades at $1,087.61 on $481.95B of equity value, with a trailing P/E of 51.21. Fair value on Stocklytics blends discounted cash flow and an earnings-based cross-check when the saved model is on file. The price and ratio here are from the live quote.
COST price $1,087.61 +21.47 +2.01%
Stocklytics score rationale: value 11, quality 50, growth 52.
AI Score 55. The score reflects a Consumer Defensive business and a 0.0056 dividend yield, offset by a modest 0.0304 net margin and elevated valuation at 48.7141 P/E and 12.5528 price-to-book. No growth, estimates, or price-trend data are available, limiting conviction
Costco Wholesale Corporation operates in the Consumer Defensive sector and Discount Stores industry. The company combines a 0.6% dividend yield with a 3.0% net margin.
The stock trades at a P/E of 48.7 and a price-to-book ratio of 12.6. These valuation multiples are elevated in absolute terms.
A net margin of 3.0% indicates the company retains a modest portion of sales as profit. Its Consumer Defensive classification may suggest relatively resilient end-market demand, though no balance-sheet or return metrics are provided.
No revenue, earnings-growth, estimate-revision, or operating-growth figures are provided. Growth cannot be assessed from the available facts.
The P/E of 48.7 and price-to-book ratio of 12.6 create valuation risk if future results fail to support those multiples. The 3.0% net margin also leaves limited room for operating pressure.
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