Summary: Costco Wholesale Corporation

  • The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
  • The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.
  • According to MSCI, the company's ESG score for its industry is good.

Highlights: Costco Wholesale Corporation

  • Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
  • There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.

Weaknesses: Costco Wholesale Corporation

  • The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
  • The company sustains low margins.
  • With an expected P/E ratio at 53.55 and 48.37 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
  • The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
  • The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.
  • The firm pays small or no dividend to shareholders. For that reason, it is not a yield company.

Ratings Chart: Costco Wholesale Corporation

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ESG chart: Costco Wholesale Corporation

Source: MSCI

Fundamentals (Composite) Global Valuation (Composite) Financial estimates revisions (Composite) Capi.($)
430B
54.44B
47.36B
38.48B
24.9B
20.27B
7.79B
6.18B
3.52B
3.33B
Average 63.66B
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