COST PEER ANALYSIS

Costco Wholesale Corp — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

COSTCostco Wholesale Corp

🇺🇸 USA · US · Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Discount Stores

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

COSTIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	COST	OR	UNA	BN	L	HEIA	Ind. Median
P/E	47.54	33.96	19.83●	26.27	26.93	28.46	19.82
P/B	12.54	5.95	7.77	2.82	6.81	2.40●	5.33
EV/EBITDA	—	19.66	13.09	12.83	12.53●	12.99	12.73
P/S	1.43	4.72	2.39	1.75	1.16●	1.50	1.23

Financial Health
Metric	COST	OR	UNA	BN	L	HEIA	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.07	1.44●	0.79	0.90	1.09	0.93	1.16
Debt/Equity	—	34.1%●	190.6%	89.4%	153.4%	113.7%	124.7%
NetDebt/EBITDA	—	0.19●	2.21	1.95	2.19	3.47	2.09

Profitability
Metric	COST	OR	UNA	BN	L	HEIA	Ind. Median
Net Margin	3.0%	13.9%●	12.1%	6.7%	4.3%	5.3%	3.2%
ROE	29.2%	18.0%	34.3%●	10.5%	25.2%	8.1%	25.9%
ROA	10.9%●	10.4%	8.1%	4.0%	6.8%	2.8%	8.0%
EBITDA Margin	3.7%	24.3%●	22.0%	16.1%	11.2%	15.7%	7.5%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	COST	OR	UNA	BN	L	HEIA	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	9.2%●	1.3%	-16.9%	-0.3%	4.4%	-3.6%	5.9%
NI Growth	12.7%	-4.4%	6.1%	-9.7%	24.7%	54.7%●	10.9%
Div. Yield	0.6%	1.9%	3.6%●	3.0%	0.9%	2.5%	0.8%
Payout	13.0%	63.9%	74.2%	0.0%	23.7%	59.1%	23.5%

Valuation
Metric	COST	WMT	TGT	Ind. Median
P/E	47.54	38.70	16.85●	19.82
P/B	12.54	9.46	3.55●	5.33
EV/EBITDA	—	19.85	9.15●	12.73
P/S	1.43	1.23	0.55●	1.23

Financial Health
Metric	COST	WMT	TGT	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.07●	0.77	0.93	1.16
Debt/Equity	—	78.6%●	114.9%	124.7%
NetDebt/EBITDA	—	1.32●	1.91	2.09

Profitability
Metric	COST	WMT	TGT	Ind. Median
Net Margin	3.0%	3.2%	3.2%●	3.2%
ROE	29.2%●	25.9%	22.0%	25.9%
ROA	10.9%●	8.4%	6.0%	8.0%
EBITDA Margin	3.7%	6.6%	7.5%●	7.5%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	COST	WMT	TGT	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	9.2%●	5.9%	0.5%	5.9%
NI Growth	12.7%	22.5%●	-17.6%	10.9%
Div. Yield	0.6%	0.9%	3.5%●	0.8%
Payout	13.0%	33.0%	59.7%	23.5%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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