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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) vs Walmart Inc. (WMT)

Costco Wholesale Corporation and Walmart Inc. are both Discount Stores companies. Walmart Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $935.2B against $433.4B — 2.2× the size. Walmart Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 42.8× against 47.6×. Costco Wholesale Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.1% against 6.16%. Costco Wholesale Corporation has the higher net margin (3.04% vs 3.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (35.3% vs 13.5%). Both pay a dividend; Walmart Inc. yields more (1.03% vs 0.56%). Across the 23 metrics below, Costco Wholesale Corporation leads on 14 and Walmart Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric COST WMT Discount Stores median
P/E 47.60 42.79 21.47
P/S 1.45 1.28 1.18
P/B 12.27 9.02 5.93
Price to free cash flow 46.77 68.83 36.39
EV/EBITDA 29.53 20.85 13.49
EV/Sales 1.40 1.34 1.09
Earnings yield 2.10% 2.34% 3.79%
Free cash flow yield 2.14% 1.45% 2.71%

Profitability

Metric COST WMT Discount Stores median
Gross margin 12.82% 25.23% 27.27%
Operating margin 3.85% 4.39% 4.45%
Net margin 3.04% 3.00% 3.02%
Free cash flow margin 3.10% 1.86% 3.35%
Return on equity 28.40% 21.96% 20.83%
Return on assets 11.11% 7.82% 7.60%
Return on invested capital 35.34% 13.51% 13.21%

Growth

Metric COST WMT Discount Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.14% 6.16% 8.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 14.00% 13.28% 11.39%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.12% 4.99% 4.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.00% 10.14% 0.00%

Health

Metric COST WMT Discount Stores median
Debt to equity 0.17 0.54 0.39
Current ratio 1.06 0.77 1.02
Net debt to EBITDA (1.05) 0.91 0.59

Dividend

Metric COST WMT Discount Stores median
Dividend yield 0.56% 1.03% 1.03%
Payout ratio 0.27 0.44 0.31

Size

Metric COST WMT Discount Stores median
Market cap 433.38b 935.15b 18.19b

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