Compare Stocks: COST, HD, and MCD

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
COST Costco Wholesale	$1,108.81 +1.5%	$963.50	$844.06 ▼ $1,106.23	$491.35B	0.85	2.20 million shs	340,063 shs
HD Home Depot	$347.42 -0.2%	$311.57	$277.15 ▼ $397.63	$344.27B	0.93	4.46 million shs	710,336 shs
MCD McDonald's	$275.47 +0.7%	$249.98	$229.20 ▼ $341.75	$193.52B	0.42	4.36 million shs	380,861 shs

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Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
COST Costco Wholesale	+0.42%	+2.50%	+14.41%	+13.65%	+19.50%
HD Home Depot	-0.94%	-0.54%	+18.35%	+2.92%	-6.15%
MCD McDonald's	-0.64%	-1.62%	+15.94%	+0.35%	-10.79%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
COST Costco Wholesale	$1,108.81 +1.5%	$963.50	$844.06 ▼ $1,106.23	$491.35B	0.85	2.20 million shs	340,063 shs
HD Home Depot	$347.42 -0.2%	$311.57	$277.15 ▼ $397.63	$344.27B	0.93	4.46 million shs	710,336 shs
MCD McDonald's	$275.47 +0.7%	$249.98	$229.20 ▼ $341.75	$193.52B	0.42	4.36 million shs	380,861 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
COST Costco Wholesale	+0.42%	+2.50%	+14.41%	+13.65%	+19.50%
HD Home Depot	-0.94%	-0.54%	+18.35%	+2.92%	-6.15%
MCD McDonald's	-0.64%	-1.62%	+15.94%	+0.35%	-10.79%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
COST Costco Wholesale	2.71	Moderate Buy	$1,092.23	-1.50% Downside
HD Home Depot	2.58	Moderate Buy	$375.90	8.20% Upside
MCD McDonald's	2.63	Moderate Buy	$297.82	8.11% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest COST, HD, and MCD Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
11/11/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$1,143.00 ➝ $1,155.00
11/10/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Freedom Broker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$1,010.00 ➝ $1,050.00
11/10/2026	HD Home Depot	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$344.00 ➝ $357.00
11/9/2026	HD Home Depot	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$396.00 ➝ $400.00
11/6/2026	MCD McDonald's	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$310.00 ➝ $320.00
11/5/2026	MCD McDonald's	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform	$285.00 ➝ $300.00
11/5/2026	MCD McDonald's	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$250.00 ➝ $280.00
11/5/2026	MCD McDonald's	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$295.00 ➝ $305.00
11/5/2026	MCD McDonald's	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
11/5/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$1,015.00 ➝ $1,150.00
11/5/2026	MCD McDonald's	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Strong-Buy

(Data available from 11/13/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
COST Costco Wholesale	$303.15B	1.62	$27.06 per share	40.98	$80.80 per share	13.72
HD Home Depot	$164.68B	2.10	$18.61 per share	18.67	$12.87 per share	26.99
MCD McDonald's	$26.89B	7.23	$15.40 per share	17.89	($0.49) per share	-562.19

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
COST Costco Wholesale	$9.23B	$20.76	53.41	44.46	4.81	3.04%	27.60%	10.63%	12/10/2026 (Estimated)
HD Home Depot	$14.16B	$14.29	24.15	21.78	2.60	8.41%	106.42%	13.76%	11/17/2026 (Estimated)
MCD McDonald's	$8.56B	$12.64	21.69	20.23	3.18	32.38%	-826.29%	15.29%	N/A

Latest COST, HD, and MCD Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
12/10/2026	Q1 2027	COST Costco Wholesale	$4.92	N/A	N/A	N/A	$74.35 billion	N/A
11/17/2026	Q3 2026	HD Home Depot	$3.84	N/A	N/A	N/A	$42.81 billion	N/A
11/4/2026	Q3 2026	MCD McDonald's	$3.38	$3.57	+$0.19	$3.51	$7.28 billion	$7.16 billion
9/24/2026	Q4 2026	COST Costco Wholesale	$6.54	$6.75	+$0.21	$6.75	$94.97 billion	$95.72 billion
8/18/2026	Q2 2026	HD Home Depot	$4.73	$4.92	+$0.19	$4.79	$47.24 billion	$47.86 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
COST Costco Wholesale	$5.88	0.54%	-15.66%	28.32%	22 Years
HD Home Depot	$9.32	2.68%	+8.92%	65.22%	16 Years
MCD McDonald's	$7.44	2.72%	+7.30%	58.86%	50 Years

Latest COST, HD, and MCD Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/17/2026	MCD McDonald's	quarterly	$1.93	3.11%	12/1/2026	12/1/2026	12/15/2026
11/10/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	special	$30.00		11/24/2026	11/24/2026	12/4/2026
10/14/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	quarterly	$1.47	0.58%	10/30/2026	10/30/2026	11/13/2026
8/20/2026	HD Home Depot	quarterly	$2.33	2.93%	9/3/2026	9/3/2026	9/17/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
COST Costco Wholesale	0.11	1.06	0.62
HD Home Depot	2.64	1.08	0.31
MCD McDonald's	N/A	1.23	1.07

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
COST Costco Wholesale	68.48%
HD Home Depot	70.86%
MCD McDonald's	70.29%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
COST Costco Wholesale	0.10%
HD Home Depot	0.08%
MCD McDonald's	0.26%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
COST Costco Wholesale	355,000	443.13 million	442.69 million	Optionable
HD Home Depot	472,400	997.69 million	996.89 million	Optionable
MCD McDonald's	150,000	705.78 million	703.95 million	Optionable

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Recent News About These Companies

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McDonald's Latin America Operator Says Its Stock Is Undervalued, Unveils $25 Million Buyback

November 12 at 12:31 PM | benzinga.com

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November 12 at 10:09 AM | msn.com

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November 12 at 10:09 AM | finance.yahoo.com

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McDonald's vs. Monster Beverage: One Is Growing Nearly 3 Times Faster.

November 12 at 5:45 AM | fool.com

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McRib fans are skipping McDonald’s for a $4 box of frozen rib patties

November 12 at 5:09 AM | msn.com

McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) Share Price Breaks Below 200-Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

November 12 at 4:19 AM | marketbeat.com

I Tried McDonald's New "Cookie Butter" Lattes, and They Taste Like the Iconic Pantry Staple

November 11 at 10:49 PM | msn.com

McDonald’s Japan pulls new chicken sandwiches after they sell too well

November 11 at 5:48 PM | msn.com

Is Uber's Expansion of Delivery Tie-Up With MCD a Growth Catalyst?

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COST, HD, and MCD Company Descriptions

Costco Wholesale NASDAQ:COST

$1,108.81 +16.60 (+1.52%)

As of 10:37 AM Eastern

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. It offers merchandise, such as sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, garden and patio products, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal products, office supplies, automotive care products, postages, tickets, apparel, small appliances, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. The company also operates gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers; and offers business delivery, travel, grocery, and various other services online. It also operates e-commerce websites. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.

Home Depot NYSE:HD

$347.42 -0.84 (-0.24%)

As of 10:37 AM Eastern

The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and internationally. It sells various building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and décor products, as well as facilities maintenance, repair, and operations products. The company also offers installation services for flooring, water heaters, bath, garage doors, cabinets, cabinet makeovers, countertops, sheds, furnaces and central air systems, and windows. In addition, it provides tool and equipment rental services. The company primarily serves homeowners; and professional renovators/remodelers, general contractors, maintenance professionals, handymen, property managers, and building service contractors, as well as specialty tradesmen, such as electricians, plumbers, and painters. It sells its products through websites, including homedepot.com; homedepot.ca and homedepot.com.mx; blinds.com, justblinds.com, and americanblinds.com for custom window coverings; thecompanystore.com, an online site for textiles and décor products; hdsupply.com for maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products and related services; and The Home Depot stores. The Home Depot, Inc. was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

McDonald's NYSE:MCD

$275.47 +1.84 (+0.67%)

As of 10:37 AM Eastern

McDonald's Corp. engages in the operation and franchising of restaurants. It operates through the following segments: U.S., International Operated Markets, and International Developmental Licensed Markets and Corporate. The U.S. segment focuses its operations on the United States. The International Operated Markets segment consists of operations and the franchising of restaurants in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the U.K. The International Developmental Licensed Markets and Corporate segment consists of developmental licensee and affiliate markets in the McDonald’s system. The firm's products include Big Mac, Quarter Pounder with Cheese, Filet-O-Fish, several chicken sandwiches, Chicken McNuggets, wraps, McDonald's Fries, salads, oatmeal, shakes, McFlurry desserts, sundaes, soft serve cones, pies, soft drinks, coffee, McCafe beverages, and other beverages. The company was founded by Raymond Albert Kroc on April 15, 1955, and is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

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