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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	$974.90 -0.3%	$1,002.60	$793.00 ▼ $1,078.24	$432.35B	1	2.07 million shs	1.51 million shs
HD Home Depot	$346.41 -0.7%	$362.72	$326.31 ▼ $439.37	$345.27B	1.02	3.42 million shs	4.42 million shs
LOW Lowe's Companies	$210.72 -0.6%	$223.18	$206.39 ▼ $287.01	$118.16B	0.92	2.53 million shs	2.52 million shs
MCD McDonald's	$289.24 -1.1%	$311.02	$243.53 ▼ $326.32	$207.09B	0.56	3.52 million shs	4.00 million 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	-0.29%	-2.20%	-5.75%	+8.88%	+11.96%
HD Home Depot	-0.67%	-3.87%	-8.61%	-2.50%	-2.13%
LOW Lowe's Companies	-0.56%	-4.75%	-10.12%	-6.83%	-7.45%
MCD McDonald's	-1.07%	-4.20%	-9.96%	-5.84%	+15.33%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
COST Costco Wholesale	4.4916 of 5 stars	2.3	5.0	3.3	1.5	3.5	2.5	1.3
HD Home Depot	4.8854 of 5 stars	3.4	5.0	4.2	2.1	3.6	2.5	1.3
LOW Lowe's Companies	4.9789 of 5 stars	4.3	5.0	4.2	1.6	3.5	2.5	1.9
MCD McDonald's	4.6812 of 5 stars	3.2	4.0	4.2	1.1	2.0	2.5	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
COST Costco Wholesale	2.69	Moderate Buy	$1,034.79	6.14% Upside
HD Home Depot	2.79	Moderate Buy	$426.77	23.20% Upside
LOW Lowe's Companies	2.58	Moderate Buy	$271.12	28.66% Upside
MCD McDonald's	2.41	Hold	$321.79	11.26% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest HD, LOW, COST, and MCD Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
6/17/2025	COST Costco Wholesale	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$1,075.00 ➝ $1,060.00
6/13/2025	LOW Lowe's Companies	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$280.00
6/13/2025	MCD McDonald's	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold
6/10/2025	MCD McDonald's	Redburn Atlantic Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Sell	$319.00 ➝ $260.00
6/9/2025	MCD McDonald's	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$329.00 ➝ $324.00
6/6/2025	MCD McDonald's	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$346.00 ➝ $315.00
6/5/2025	MCD McDonald's	TD Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold ➝ Hold	$305.00
6/3/2025	COST Costco Wholesale	Telsey Advisory Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$1,100.00
6/2/2025	HD Home Depot	TD Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy
6/2/2025	HD Home Depot	Telsey Advisory Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform
5/30/2025	COST Costco Wholesale	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$1,150.00 ➝ $1,225.00

(Data available from 6/19/2022 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	$254.45B	1.70	$21.21 per share	45.96	$61.16 per share	15.94
HD Home Depot	$159.51B	2.16	$18.98 per share	18.25	$8.00 per share	43.30
LOW Lowe's Companies	$83.67B	1.41	$15.57 per share	13.53	($23.65) per share	-8.91
MCD McDonald's	$25.92B	7.98	$14.71 per share	19.66	($5.30) per share	-54.57

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	$7.37B	$17.63	55.30	49.51	5.76	2.92%	30.48%	10.52%	N/A
HD Home Depot	$14.81B	$14.74	23.50	22.21	3.30	8.98%	242.51%	15.45%	8/19/2025 (Estimated)
LOW Lowe's Companies	$6.96B	$12.07	17.46	16.80	1.99	8.22%	-49.12%	15.07%	8/19/2025 (Estimated)
MCD McDonald's	$8.22B	$11.33	25.53	21.81	3.02	31.75%	-195.27%	15.21%	8/4/2025 (Estimated)

Latest HD, LOW, COST, and MCD Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/29/2025	Q3 2025	COST Costco Wholesale	$4.24	$4.28	+$0.04	$4.28	$62.93 billion	$63.21 billion
5/21/2025	Q1 2026	LOW Lowe's Companies	$2.88	$2.92	+$0.04	$2.92	$21.09 billion	$20.93 billion
5/20/2025	Q1 2026	HD Home Depot	$3.59	$3.56	-$0.03	$3.45	$39.24 billion	$39.86 billion
5/1/2025	Q1 2025	MCD McDonald's	$2.67	$2.67	N/A	$2.60	$6.17 billion	$5.96 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
COST Costco Wholesale	$5.20	0.53%	N/A	29.50%	22 Years
HD Home Depot	$9.20	2.66%	N/A	62.42%	16 Years
LOW Lowe's Companies	$4.60	2.18%	N/A	38.11%	53 Years
MCD McDonald's	$7.08	2.45%	N/A	62.49%	49 Years

Latest HD, LOW, COST, and MCD Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/30/2025	LOW Lowe's Companies	quarterly	$1.20	2.13%	7/23/2025	7/23/2025	8/6/2025
5/22/2025	HD Home Depot	quarterly	$2.30	2.51%	6/5/2025	6/5/2025	6/18/2025
5/20/2025	MCD McDonald's	quarterly	$1.77	2.22%	6/2/2025	6/2/2025	6/16/2025
4/16/2025	COST Costco Wholesale	quarterly	$1.30	0.54%	5/2/2025	5/2/2025	5/16/2025
3/21/2025	LOW Lowe's Companies	quarterly	$1.15	2.03%	4/23/2025	4/23/2025	5/7/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
COST Costco Wholesale	0.21	1.02	0.52
HD Home Depot	5.95	1.09	0.28
LOW Lowe's Companies	N/A	1.01	0.19
MCD McDonald's	N/A	1.18	1.17

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
COST Costco Wholesale	68.48%
HD Home Depot	70.86%
LOW Lowe's Companies	74.06%
MCD McDonald's	70.29%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
COST Costco Wholesale	0.18%
HD Home Depot	0.10%
LOW Lowe's Companies	0.27%
MCD McDonald's	0.25%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
COST Costco Wholesale	333,000	443.48 million	442.68 million	Optionable
HD Home Depot	520,700	994.93 million	993.93 million	Optionable
LOW Lowe's Companies	270,000	560.44 million	558.93 million	Optionable
MCD McDonald's	150,000	715.03 million	713.25 million	Optionable

HD, LOW, COST, and MCD Headlines

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McDonald's Launches 'Big Arch' Burger in Major Market. Is It the New Big Mac?

June 19 at 11:11 AM | msn.com

McDonald’s Just Launched 5 Wild New McFlurrys

June 19 at 11:11 AM | msn.com

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June 19 at 11:11 AM | msn.com

Blue Trust Inc. Grows Stock Holdings in McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD)

June 19 at 7:59 AM | marketbeat.com

ORG Wealth Partners LLC Grows Stake in McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD)

June 19 at 7:23 AM | marketbeat.com

Catalina Capital Group LLC Sells 1,425 Shares of McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD)

June 19 at 6:53 AM | marketbeat.com

Sterling Investment Counsel LLC Purchases 2,104 Shares of McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD)

June 19 at 6:44 AM | marketbeat.com

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) Shares Bought by Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC

June 19 at 6:14 AM | marketbeat.com

Janney Capital Management LLC Boosts Stock Position in McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD)

June 19 at 5:58 AM | marketbeat.com

Big Arch Burger Mcdonalds UK And US Price: Is It Worth Eating a 1,030 Calorie Sandwich?

June 19 at 5:48 AM | msn.com

I tried McDonald's new Big Arch burger and was taken aback by two things

June 19 at 5:48 AM | msn.com

Luke Littler launches new McDonald’s burger as darts sensation, 18, adds fast food giants to lucrative brand deals

June 19 at 5:48 AM | thesun.co.uk

Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. Raises Position in McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD)

June 19 at 5:33 AM | marketbeat.com

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) Shares Sold by Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC

June 19 at 3:45 AM | marketbeat.com

Rescued Dog Gets 'Cut Off' After Trying McDonald's Ice Cream for the First Time

June 18 at 7:46 PM | aol.com

McDonald’s Ranked Dead Last Among 47 Major Chains

June 18 at 7:46 PM | msn.com

McDonald's Franchisees Gave Employees The Flexibility To Learn And Work — And Got Loyalty In Return.

June 18 at 7:46 PM | forbes.com

McDonald's Stock Slips Below 200-Day Line — Can 'The Big Arch' Reverse The Slide?

June 18 at 12:51 PM | benzinga.com

McDonald's Stock Slips Below 200-Day Line — Can 'The Big Arch' Reverse The Slide?

June 18 at 11:45 AM | benzinga.com

State of Alaska Department of Revenue Purchases 2,245 Shares of McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD)

June 18 at 7:09 AM | marketbeat.com

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HD, LOW, COST, and MCD Company Descriptions

Costco Wholesale NASDAQ:COST

$974.90 -2.82 (-0.29%)

Closing price 06/18/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$975.88 +0.99 (+0.10%)

As of 06/18/2025 07:59 PM 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

$346.41 -2.37 (-0.68%)

Closing price 06/18/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$346.48 +0.07 (+0.02%)

As of 06/18/2025 07:59 PM 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.

Lowe's Companies NYSE:LOW

$210.72 -1.20 (-0.56%)

Closing price 06/18/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$210.94 +0.22 (+0.10%)

As of 06/18/2025 07:52 PM Eastern

Lowe's Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States. The company offers a line of products for construction, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and decorating. It also provides home improvement products, such as appliances, seasonal and outdoor living, lawn and garden, lumber, kitchens and bath, tools, paint, millwork, hardware, flooring, rough plumbing, building materials, décor, and electrical. In addition, the company offers installation services through independent contractors in various product categories; and extended protection plans and repair services. It sells its national brand-name merchandise and private brand products to professional customers, homeowners, renters, businesses, and government. The company also sells its products through Lowes.com website; and through mobile applications. Lowe's Companies, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is based in Mooresville, North Carolina.

McDonald's NYSE:MCD

$289.24 -3.07 (-1.05%)

Closing price 06/18/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$290.07 +0.83 (+0.29%)

As of 06/18/2025 07:59 PM 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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