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Costco Wholesale Corporation COST

Consumer Defensive  —  Discount Stores
915.68 5.34 0.59% as of 1 Oct
Market cap
$403.5B
P/E
44.1×
S&P 500 Member Nasdaq 100 Member Cash Flow Champion (3y) Revenue Champion (10y)
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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) EV/EBITDA

As of 1 October 2026, Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 28.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.4× (August 2015) to 40.1× (February 2025); the current reading is higher than 78% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 12.4× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 9.3×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2026 29.3× (7.90%)
FY2025 31.8× (4.77%)
FY2024 33.4× 45.33%
FY2023 23.0× 0.07%
FY2022 23.0× 3.10%
FY2021 22.3× 6.48%
FY2020 20.9× 3.55%
FY2019 20.2× 17.69%
FY2018 17.2× 33.10%
FY2017 12.9× (11.18%)

Quarterly

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Aug 2026 29.3× (0.46%)
May 2026 29.4× (8.47%)
Feb 2026 32.1× 7.24%
Nov 2025 30.0× (5.74%)
46 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 12.4× High 40.1×
Ten-year median 20.8×
Current reading's percentile 78

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 8.3×
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 8.4×
TGT Target Corporation compare 8.8×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 10.9×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 12.7×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 14.0×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 18.5×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 28.4×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 1,089×
Discount Stores industry median 12.4×
Consumer Defensive sector median 9.3×
Market median 10.8×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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