Costco Wholesale COST EV / sales
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Costco Wholesale’s reported figures.
Based on the most recent quarter.
The official record: Costco Wholesale’s 10-Q, filed June 3, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Costco Wholesale's EV / sales?
- Costco Wholesale (COST) reported EV / sales of 1.4× in Q1 2026.
- How has Costco Wholesale's EV / sales changed year-over-year?
- Costco Wholesale's EV / sales decreased by 15.2% year-over-year, from 1.7× to 1.4×.
- What is the long-term trend for Costco Wholesale's EV / sales?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Costco Wholesale's EV / sales has grown at a 15.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 3.7× to 6.6×.
- What does EV / sales mean?
- What the whole business costs relative to its annual sales.
- How do you interpret EV / sales?
- A fallback valuation gauge for pre-profit or cyclical firms. Like P/S, only comparable across similar-margin businesses, but it accounts for debt and cash unlike P/S.
- How does EV / sales compare across companies?
- Compare within a margin cohort; the debt-and-cash adjustment makes it cleaner than P/S for leveraged firms.