Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST): Valuation
TTM figures as of February 15, 2026
Costco Wholesale Corporation trades at 32.8 times trailing earnings and a 2.24% free-cash-flow yield. On P/E that is higher than 84% of its own month-end history back to 2009. The Consumer Defensive median P/E is 17.9.
Earnings yield 3.05%. Shareholder yield 0.79%. ROIC 63.6%. Piotroski F-score 7 of 9. Net cash $12.5B.
205 month-end valuation observations are on file, starting August 2009.
Sector comparison uses 1048 Consumer Defensive names.
Frequently asked questions
Is COST cheap versus its own history?
Costco Wholesale Corporation trades at 32.8 times trailing earnings and a 2.24% free-cash-flow yield. On P/E that is higher than 84% of its own month-end history back to 2009. The Consumer Defensive median P/E is 17.9.
What is COST's free-cash-flow yield?
Costco Wholesale Corporation currently yields 2.24% of market cap as trailing free cash flow.
Where do these valuation figures come from?
Yields and quality metrics are computed from the same SEC TTM figures as the financials page, against the live market cap. Historical bands reconstruct month-end market cap from split-adjusted closes and the share count in the units it was filed, then divide by those dollar totals. Nothing here is a third-party estimate.