Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Price
- 935.03 USD
- Fair value
- 175.81 USD
- Discount to fair value
- −432%
- Mkt cap
- 414.67B
- P/E
- 51.2×
- P/B
- 14.22×
- EV
- 408.68B
- Div yield
- 0.53%
- ROE
- 27.8%
- Net margin
- 2.9%
Current price935.03USD
Fair value (est., median)175.81USD
UndervaluedFair valueOvervalued
+431.8% above fair valueWould need to fall ~81.2% to reach fair value.
Median ofDCF 322.76Graham 160.07Residual Income 191.56Earnings Power 157.28
Health Check
59.6
Overall / 100
Good (66+)Caution (40–65)Risk (<40)
Rewards
- Strong return on equity (27.8%).
- Healthy balance sheet.
- Attractive, covered dividend (0.53%).
Risks
- Trades 431.8% above estimated fair value.
- Low fair-value confidence — methods disagree or data is thin.
- Expensive on book (P/B 14.2×).
Scores are computed automatically from the real financial statements (Value from fair value; the rest from growth, profitability, balance sheet and dividends). A decision aid, not investment advice.
Price, corporate actions & news
Demo series
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Growth & profitability
Revenue, net income and margin.
RevenueNet incomeNet margin %tap a bar for figures
Key figures
Covers 18 years · FY2008–FY2025
| Metric | FY'21 | FY'22 | FY'23 | FY'24 | FY'25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 195.93B | 226.95B | 242.29B | 254.45B | 275.24B |
| Net Income | 5.01B | 5.84B | 6.29B | 7.37B | 8.10B |
| Net Margin | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 2.9% |
| Operating Cash Flow | 8.96B | 7.39B | 11.07B | 11.34B | 13.34B |
| OCF Margin | 4.6% | 3.3% | 4.6% | 4.5% | 4.8% |
| Capital Expenditure | 3.59B | 3.89B | 4.32B | 4.71B | 5.50B |
| Free Cash Flow | 5.37B | 3.50B | 6.75B | 6.63B | 7.84B |
| FCF Margin | 2.7% | 1.5% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.8% |
| FCF Conversion | 107.2% | 59.9% | 107.2% | 90.0% | 96.8% |
| EPS (Diluted) | 11.29/sh | 13.18/sh | 14.19/sh | 16.61/sh | 18.26/sh |
| Dividend / Share | 12.96/sh | 3.38/sh | 2.82/sh | 20.39/sh | 4.92/sh |
Dividend return (if you buy today)if you buy today
Dividend yield0.53%
Dividend / share4.92 USD
If you invest
USD
Shares (≈)10
Est. annual income49.22 USD
At this rate, dividends alone return your capital in ~190.0 years.
Dividend history
Dividend / share & historical yield (USD).
Dividend / share yield %tap a bar for figures
Quarterly dividends & yield
Per-share dividends by quarter, full-year total, and yield on the year's average price · USD
| Year | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Full year | Yield (avg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | — | 1.47 | 1.47 | — | 2.94 | 0.3% |
| 2025 | — | — | — | — | 4.92 | 0.5% |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | 20.39 | 2.4% |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — | 2.82 | 0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.79 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 3.38 | 0.7% |
Corporate actions
DCash Dividend
1.47 USD /sh2026-07-24
DCash Dividend
1.47 USD /sh2026-05-01
DCash Dividend
1.30 USD /sh2025-05-02
DCash Dividend
1.16 USD /sh2025-02-07
DCash Dividend
1.16 USD /sh2024-11-01
DCash Dividend
1.16 USD /sh2024-07-26
DCash Dividend
1.16 USD /sh2024-04-25
DCash Dividend
1.02 USD /sh2024-02-01
DCash Dividend
15.00 USD /sh2023-12-27
DCash Dividend
1.02 USD /sh2023-11-02
Valuation breakdown
Fair value = median of the applicable methods (DCF، Graham، Residual Income، Earnings Power).
Each method below is a different lens on the same company — no single method dominates the result.
Discounted Cash Flow
Values the company from the future cash it's expected to generate. · Tap to adjust assumptions
322.76 USD
Dividend Discount Model
Values the share from the dividends it's expected to keep paying. · Tap to adjust assumptions
64.21 USD
Graham Number
A conservative benchmark built from earnings and book value. · Tap to adjust assumptions
160.07 USD
Residual Income (justified P/B)
Values the profit the company earns above the cost of its equity. · Tap to adjust assumptions
191.56 USD
Earnings Power Value
Values today's earning power as-is, assuming no growth. · Tap to adjust assumptions
157.28 USD
DCF only is anchored on FY2025 — the latest year with positive cash flow that supports a value. The other methods (DDM, Graham, RIM, EPV) use current / normalized figures.
Fair Value (median)175.81 USD
▸ Show assumptions▾ Assumptions
- Effective discount rate
- 10.90%
- CAPM cost of equity
- 11.01%
- Risk-free rate
- 4.50%
- Equity risk premium
- 7.50%
- DCF growth (stage 1)
- 8.00%
- DCF terminal growth
- 3.00%
- DCF forecast years
- 10
- DDM dividend growth
- 3.00%
Tune these per company in the Hajras Odoo backend; values recompute automatically.
Wealth simulator
What if you'd invested in Costco Wholesale Corp. regularly?
Starting year
- Invested
- 1K/yr · 41K total(1986 → today · 41 yrs)
- your value today is
- 1.7M USD
- Total return
- +3936.8%(+334.7% Dividends · +3602.1% Capital gain)
- Annualised (IRR)
- +14.6%
Invested41KUSD
Dividends137.2KUSD
Capital gain1.5MUSD
InvestedCapital gainDividendstap a bar for figures
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