Costco Wholesale Corporation
General ticker "COST" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
- Capitalization: $434.1B
Costco Wholesale Corporation closely follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 75.6%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.2%: low 953.14$, high 976.24$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends: last record date 2024-11-01, amount 1.16$ (Y0.49%)
- US accounted for 72.9% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2023-09-03
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-09-01 to 2026-09-01
- 2024-09-01 to 2025-09-01 estimated range: [715.39$, 953.50$]
- 2025-09-01 to 2026-09-01 estimated range: [762.53$, 1016.27$]
Financial Metrics affecting the COST estimates:
- Positive: Non-GAAP EPS, $ of 16.57 > 2.29
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.28 <= 0.49
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share, $ of -9.93 <= -3.48
- Positive: 1.03 < Operating profit margin, % of 3.65
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 10.89 > 10.07
- Negative: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 3.00 <= 7.18
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Long-term COST plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2022-08-28 | 2023-09-03 | 2024-09-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $226,954.00MM | $242,290.00MM | $254,453.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $219,161.00MM | $234,176.00MM | $245,168.00MM |
| Operating Income | $7,793.00MM | $8,114.00MM | $9,285.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $47.00MM | $373.00MM | $455.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $158.00MM | $160.00MM | $169.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $7,840.00MM | $8,487.00MM | $9,740.00MM |
| Taxes | $1,925.00MM | $2,195.00MM | $2,373.00MM |
| Profit(Loss) | $5,915.00MM | $6,292.00MM | $7,367.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $20,642.00MM | $25,058.00MM | $23,622.00MM |
| Inventory | $17,907.00MM | $16,651.00MM | $18,647.00MM |
| Assets | $64,166.00MM | $68,994.00MM | $69,831.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $7,392.00MM | $11,068.00MM | $11,339.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $3,891.00MM | $4,323.00MM | $4,710.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-3,915.00MM | $-4,972.00MM | $-4,409.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-4,283.00MM | $-2,614.00MM | $-10,764.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share* | $13.17 | $14.18 | $16.60 |
* EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.