COST
Costco Wholesale Corporation

Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores · valued as of 2026-11-03 · statements 2026-08-31

Average Intrinsic Value

113.13B USD

Market Cap

445.05B USD

Margin of Safety

-293.4%

Intrinsic / Market Ratio

0.25×

Projections, not exact values. Intrinsic Values are projected from each company's past reports. They show which stocks look cheap compared with the others, not exactly what a stock is worth.

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

105.38B USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

123.93B USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

110.07B USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

113.13B USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

113.13B USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

445.05B USD

the price on the date above times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.25×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety -293.4% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 105.38B USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)86.07B USD
+②Net Cash Today12.74B USD
+③Growth Value6.57B USD
=Value105.38B USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

86.07B USD

Net cash today

+12.74B USD

Growth Value

+6.57B USD

Value

105.38B USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

86.07B USD

②Net Cash Today

12.74B USD

③Growth Value

6.57B USD

Market value

Market Cap445.05B USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-322.3%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): 123.93B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE94.46B USD
+②Equity at Year 15, Today29.46B USD
=Value123.93B USD
FCFE: the net income left for the shareholders once the business keeps what next year's growth needsEquity reinvestment: the part of the year's net income kept in the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releases to the shareholdersPresent value of the FCFEColoured bars show the FCFE, grey bars the equity reinvestment. With a positive equity reinvestment the two stacked are the year's normalized income; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the normalized income is the FCFE plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth falling to its long-run rate and the ROE on new investment falling to the cost of equity. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

94.46B USD

②Equity at Year 15, Today

29.46B USD

Market value

Market Cap445.05B USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-259.1%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 110.07B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF80.65B USD
+②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today16.69B USD
+③Net Cash Today12.74B USD
=Value110.07B USD
FCFF: the NOPAT left for the shareholders and the lenders once the business reinvests what next year's growth needsReinvestment: the part of the year's NOPAT put back into the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releasesPresent value of the FCFFColoured bars show the FCFF, grey bars the reinvestment. With a positive reinvestment the two stacked are the year's NOPAT; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the NOPAT is the FCFF plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth falling to its long-run rate and the ROIC on new investment falling to the WACC. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

80.65B USD

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

16.69B USD

③Net Cash Today

12.74B USD

Market value

Market Cap445.05B USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-304.3%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 9.56%
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 0.87×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 9.72%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 3.03B USDPretax Income 12.26B USD= 24.69%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 12,408.40M USD−Pretax Income 12,263.25M USD= 145.14M USD

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 145.14M USDTotal Debt 8.58B USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 24.69%)= 1.27%

What the lenders are paid a year after the tax the interest saves.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 8.58B USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 445.05B USD + 8.58B USD= 1.89%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 98.11%×Cost of Equity 9.72%+Debt Weight 1.89%×Cost of Debt 1.27%= 9.56%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-08-31.

Total Assets 89.13B USD − Total Liabilities 53.30B USD = Book Value Today 35.84B USD

Total Debt 8.58B USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 21.32B USD = Net Debt Today -12.74B USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 10.0%at most 5%passes443,266,000 / 443,126,000
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets7.4%at least -10.0%passes(15.83B USD − 9.24B USD) ÷ 89.13B USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today12.42×at most 3×does not pass445.05B USD ÷ 35.84B USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue3.9%above 10.0%does not pass11.70B USD ÷ 303.46B USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 110.1%above 10.0%passes303.46B USD / 275.51B USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap2.6%above -30%passes(20.23B USD − 8.58B USD) ÷ 445.05B USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit30.1%above 25.0%passes11.70B USD ÷ 38.91B USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Share price

1004.32 USD

Enterprise value

433.91B USD

the provider's own figure

EV / EBITDA

30.56×

Price / book

12.42×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

48.33×

Return on equity

28.4%

the provider's figure, not this page's

Profit margin

3.0%

Revenue growth

11.1%

Analyst target, mean

1068.66 USD

Analysts

37

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The annual lines the screener holds, year by year, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.

USD2023202420252026
Income statement

Revenue

242.53B254.71B275.51B303.46B

Gross profit

29.73B32.13B35.38B38.91B

Operating income

8.12B9.29B10.39B11.70B

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

10.73B12.16B13.41B15.09B

Pretax income

8.50B9.75B10.83B12.26B

Net income

6.30B7.37B8.11B9.24B

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

6.28B7.35B8.04B9.18B

R&D

————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

69.06B69.90B77.18B89.13B

Total liabilities

43.98B46.26B47.98B53.30B

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

25.08B23.65B29.19B35.84B

Total debt

8.89B8.18B8.26B8.58B

Cash and equivalents

13.71B9.92B14.18B20.23B

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

29.43B31.68B34.67B38.37B

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

2.30B-1.22B1.27B2.63B
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

11.08B11.35B13.35B15.83B

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-4.33B-4.71B-5.50B-6.44B

Depreciation and amortisation

2.08B2.24B2.43B2.68B

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

6.75B6.64B7.84B9.39B