Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Market Cap & Valuation Ratios
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) has a market cap of $444.6B, a trailing P/E of 48.3 and a price-to-sales ratio of 1.5, with earnings according to EquiReason's reading of its SEC filings.
Source: SEC EDGAR filings · figures as of 2026-08-30 · read by EquiReason
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- Market cap
- 444.6B
- P/E TTM
- 48.3
- Dividend yield
- 0.6%
- 52-week
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- Next earnings
- 10 Dec, in 47 days
Peers
discount stores · nearest by market cap · trailing 12 months| Company | Mkt cap, $B | P/E | EV/Sales | EV/EBITDA | FCF yield | Rev. growth | Op. margin | ROIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COST | 445 | 48.3 | 1.4 | 29.9 | 2.1% | +10% | 4% | 41% |
| WMT | 951 | 43.3 | 1.3 | 20.9 | 1.4% | +6% | 4% | 19% |
| TGT | 69 | 15.9 | 0.7 | 8.6 | 6.4% | +2% | 6% | 17% |
| DG | 29 | 17.3 | 0.7 | 9.2 | 6.9% | +5% | 6% | 15% |
| DLTR | 24 | 15.4 | 1.3 | 8.8 | 4.5% | +8% | 11% | 30% |
| BJ | 13 | 23.2 | 0.6 | 12.1 | 2.7% | +9% | 4% | 23% |
| PSMT | 5.3 | 32.8 | 0.9 | 14.6 | 1.4% | +10% | 5% | 15% |
| OLLI | 5.2 | 19.6 | 1.8 | 12.7 | 4.3% | +14% | 12% | 15% |
| Median of these 7 | 19.6 | 0.9 | 12.1 | 4.3% | +8% | 6% | 17% |
P/E 48.3 vs. a peer median of 19.6; EV/Sales 1.4 vs. 0.9. COST's own P/E sits at the 55th percentile of its history.
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Costco Wholesale Corporation — questions
- What is Costco Wholesale Corporation's market cap?
- $444.6B.
- What is Costco Wholesale Corporation's P/E ratio?
- 48.3 on trailing twelve-month earnings to 2026-08-30.
- What is Costco Wholesale Corporation's price-to-sales ratio?
- 1.5.
Every figure on this page comes from Costco Wholesale Corporation's own SEC filings — see them on SEC EDGAR. Price data is licensed and shown only inside the product.
How these figures are read: methodology · EquiReason.