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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) P/B ratio

As of 1 October 2026, Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) trades at a P/B ratio of 11.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.9× (January 2015) to 19.6× (February 2025); the current reading is higher than 71% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 5.5× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.7×.

P/B ratio, daily

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Annual

Period P/B ratio Change
FY2026 11.7× (18.10%)
FY2025 14.3× (13.43%)
FY2024 16.5× 69.70%
FY2023 9.7× (13.27%)
FY2022 11.2× 0.49%
FY2021 11.2× 35.80%
FY2020 8.2× (0.25%)
FY2019 8.2× 5.63%
FY2018 7.8× 25.78%
FY2017 6.2× 7.60%

Quarterly

Period P/B ratio Change
Aug 2026 11.7× (6.62%)
May 2026 12.5× (9.66%)
Feb 2026 13.9× 3.84%
Nov 2025 13.4× (6.52%)
46 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.9× High 19.6×
Ten-year median 8.9×
Current reading's percentile 71

P/B ratio against peers

Company P/B ratio
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 2.8×
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 2.8×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 3.6×
TGT Target Corporation compare 4.0×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 5.5×
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 6.4×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 7.9×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation 11.4×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 18.0×
Discount Stores industry median 5.5×
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.7×
Market median 1.8×

What P/B ratio is

Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.

Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))

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