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NASDAQ:COST

Costco Wholesale - COST Competitors

$489.29
+2.24 (+0.46%)
(As of 03/20/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$485.72
$490.79
50-Day Range
$469.49
$523.43
52-Week Range
$406.51
$612.27
Volume
1.62 million shs
Average Volume
2.02 million shs
Market Capitalization
$216.99 billion
P/E Ratio
35.95
Dividend Yield
0.74%
Price Target
$550.16

COST vs. WMT, TGT, BABA, MCD, HD, LOW, SBUX, CVS, BKNG, and TJX

Should you be buying Costco Wholesale stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Costco Wholesale include Walmart (WMT), Target (TGT), Alibaba Group (BABA), McDonald's (MCD), Home Depot (HD), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Starbucks (SBUX), CVS Health (CVS), Booking (BKNG), and TJX Companies (TJX). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Costco Wholesale vs.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) and Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Costco Wholesale received 333 more outperform votes than Walmart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.64% of users gave Costco Wholesale an outperform vote while only 60.23% of users gave Walmart an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WalmartOutperform Votes
1395
60.23%
Underperform Votes
921
39.77%
Costco WholesaleOutperform Votes
1728
72.64%
Underperform Votes
651
27.36%

Walmart pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Walmart pays out 53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Costco Wholesale pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Walmart has increased its dividend for 51 consecutive years and Costco Wholesale has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Walmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

31.3% of Walmart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.1% of Walmart shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Costco Wholesale has a net margin of 2.58% compared to Walmart's net margin of 1.91%. Costco Wholesale's return on equity of 28.66% beat Walmart's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Walmart 1.91% 20.45% 6.96%
Costco Wholesale 2.58% 28.66% 9.39%

Walmart currently has a consensus price target of $162.44, suggesting a potential upside of 15.29%. Costco Wholesale has a consensus price target of $550.16, suggesting a potential upside of 12.44%. Given Walmart's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Walmart is more favorable than Costco Wholesale.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Walmart
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
23 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Costco Wholesale
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76

In the previous week, Costco Wholesale had 27 more articles in the media than Walmart. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Costco Wholesale and 19 mentions for Walmart. Costco Wholesale's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Walmart's score of -0.16 indicating that Costco Wholesale is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Walmart
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Costco Wholesale
10 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Walmart has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Walmart has higher revenue and earnings than Costco Wholesale. Walmart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costco Wholesale, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Walmart$611.29 billion0.62$11.68 billion$4.2832.92
Costco Wholesale$226.95 billion0.96$5.84 billion$13.6135.95

Summary

Costco Wholesale beats Walmart on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding COST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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COST vs. The Competition

MetricCostco WholesaleVariety stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$216.99B$57.44B$15.67B$5.78B
Dividend Yield0.74%2.81%169.66%4.46%
P/E Ratio35.9522.4333.9312.73
Price / Sales0.961.0911.5360.22
Price / Cash27.6518.0335.3097.15
Price / Book9.525.514.824.92
Net Income$5.84B$1.97B$531.24M$191.77M
7 Day Performance3.66%-1.34%-1.56%-0.52%
1 Month Performance-3.58%-5.13%-9.25%-8.13%
1 Year Performance-12.84%-0.64%-15.46%-18.29%

Costco Wholesale Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WMT
Walmart
2.8936 of 5 stars
$139.64
+1.1%
$162.44
+16.3%
-4.2%$376.58B$611.29B32.632,300,000
TGT
Target
2.8668 of 5 stars
$159.13
+0.5%
$181.69
+14.2%
-29.5%$73.26B$109.12B26.61440,000
BABA
Alibaba Group
2.5582 of 5 stars
$81.51
-2.8%
$148.13
+81.7%
-24.6%$215.85B$134.57B44.79254,941
MCD
McDonald's
2.4108 of 5 stars
$266.34
+0.2%
$288.46
+8.3%
+11.8%$194.83B$23.18B31.90150,000
HD
Home Depot
2.7492 of 5 stars
$287.97
+0.8%
$331.45
+15.1%
-15.4%$294.80B$157.40B17.26490,600
LOW
Lowe's Companies
2.966 of 5 stars
$198.59
+0.9%
$224.81
+13.2%
-16.3%$123.26B$97.06B19.84340,000Analyst Revision
SBUX
Starbucks
2.6231 of 5 stars
$99.34
-0.1%
$108.46
+9.2%
+10.2%$114.17B$32.25B34.61402,000
CVS
CVS Health
2.9947 of 5 stars
$75.40
-0.2%
$119.65
+58.7%
-30.7%$96.82B$322.47B24.17300,000Dividend Announcement
BKNG
Booking
2.6304 of 5 stars
$2,415.73
-2.4%
$2,675.16
+10.7%
+11.6%$90.95B$17.09B31.0221,600Insider Selling
TJX
TJX Companies
2.7004 of 5 stars
$74.16
-0.8%
$84.94
+14.5%
+19.3%$85.69B$49.94B24.89340,000
This page (NASDAQ:COST) was last updated on 3/20/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff