Costco Wholesale Corp.
Current price979.45USD
Fair value (est., median)241.3USD
UndervaluedFair valueOvervalued
+305.9% above fair valueWould need to fall ~75.4% to reach fair value.
Health Check
59.5
Overall / 100
Good (66+)Caution (40–65)Risk (<40)
Value0/100
Trades about 305.9% above its estimated fair value.
- Discount to fair value
- -305.9%
- Price to book
- 14.89×
- Fair-value confidence
- —
Future52.9/100
Modest growth of about 8% a year is expected.
- Forecast growth (rev.)
- 8%
- Revenue CAGR (17y)
- 8.2%
- Earnings CAGR (17y)
- 11.4%
Past84.9/100
High-quality returns — ROE around 27.8%.
- Return on equity
- 27.8%
- Net margin
- 2.9%
- Earnings CAGR (17y)
- 11.4%
- Profitable years
- 18/18
Health96.7/100
Strong balance sheet — cash covers total debt.
- Debt to equity
- 28%
- Net debt to equity
- -20.5%
- Cash covers total debt
- Yes
- Free cash flow
- Positive
Dividend63.1/100
Yields 0.5%, paying out 27% of earnings.
- Dividend yield
- 0.5%
- Payout ratio
- 27%
- Covered by free cash flow
- Yes
- Years paying
- 18
- Dividend growth
- —
Rewards
- Healthy balance sheet.
- Attractive, covered dividend (0.5%).
Risks
- Trades 305.9% above estimated fair value.
- Expensive on book (P/B 14.9×).
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.
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Growth & profitability
Revenue, net income and margin.
RevenueNet incomeNet margin %tap a bar for figures
Key figures
| 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 yield0.50%
Dividend / share4.92 USD
If you invest
USD
Shares (≈)10
Est. annual income49.22 USD
At this rate, dividends alone return your capital in ~199.0 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 | 0.1% |
| 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% |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | 12.96 | 2.9% |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | 3.34 | 1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.57 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 2.34 | 0.9% |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — | 1.55 | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.45 | 7.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 8.80 | 5.2% |
| 2016 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 1.68 | 1.1% |
| 2015 | 5.36 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 6.46 | 4.4% |
| 2014 | 0.31 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 1.32 | 1.1% |
| 2013 | — | — | — | — | 8.03 | 7.1% |
| 2012 | — | — | — | — | 1.01 | 1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.88 | 1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.76 | 1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.67 | 1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.60 | 0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.58 | 1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.51 | 1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.46 | 1.0% |
| 2004 | — | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.7% |
Corporate actions
DCash Dividend
1.47 USD /sh2026-05-01
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
DCash Dividend
1.02 USD /sh2023-08-24
DCash Dividend
1.02 USD /sh2023-05-04
Valuation breakdown
Fair value = median of the applicable methods (DCF، DDM، Graham).
Discounted Cash Flow
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322.54 USD
Dividend Discount Model
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64.17 USD
Graham Number
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160.07 USD
Residual Income (justified P/B)
Excluded — needs positive book value
N/A
Earnings Power Value
Excluded — non-positive normalized earnings
N/A
Fair Value (median)241.30 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%
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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
- +4101.7%(+323.7% Dividends · +3778.0% Capital gain)
- Annualised (IRR)
- +14.8%
Invested41KUSD
Dividends132.7KUSD
Capital gain1.5MUSD
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