Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$951.45
-1.46% today
1Y Change
-5.28%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $450.94B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $951.45 and down 5.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +8.2%, EPS growth of +9.9%, a dividend yield of 0.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +8.2%, EPS +9.9%, free cash flow +18.2% with operating margin 3.8% and ROIC 19.1%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.5%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 52.8 and price/sales 1.6. Stock Foundry combines COST price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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COST
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
COST Max Drawdown
-15.38%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$195.9B
-13.7% YoY
FY Net Income
$5.0B
-14.3% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$5.4B
+53.4% YoY
Revenue Growth
+8.2%
EPS Growth
+9.9%
Gross Margin
12.9%
Net Margin
3.0%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 275.2B | 254.5B | 242.3B | 227.0B | 195.9B |
| Gross Profit | 35.3B | 32.1B | 29.7B | 27.6B | 25.2B |
| Operating Income | 10.4B | 9.3B | 8.1B | 7.8B | 6.7B |
| EBITDA | 13.4B | 12.1B | 10.7B | 9.9B | 8.6B |
| Net Income | 8.1B | 7.4B | 6.3B | 5.8B | 5.0B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 14.2B | 9.9B | 13.7B | 10.2B | 11.3B |
| Total Assets | 77.1B | 69.8B | 69.0B | 64.2B | 59.3B |
| Total Liabilities | 47.9B | 46.2B | 43.9B | 43.5B | 41.2B |
| Shareholder Equity | 29.2B | 23.6B | 25.1B | 20.6B | 17.6B |
| Total Debt | 8.2B | 8.3B | 8.9B | 9.0B | 10.1B |
| Net Debt | -6.0B | -1.6B | -4.8B | -1.2B | -1.1B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
9.0B
+21.2% YoY
Capital Expenditures
3.6B
+7.8% YoY
Free Cash Flow
5.4B
+53.4% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
12.9%
Operating Margin
3.8%
Net Margin
3.0%
ROE
28.8%
Debt / Equity
0.26x
Next Step
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