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COST Intelligence
Overview, health ratings, scorecard, and competition exposure
COST
NASDAQSeed fundamentalsCostco Wholesale Corporation
Consumer Staples · Discount Stores · United States
$920.00
Mkt cap $410B
Overview
Market Cap
$410B
Price
$920.00
52W High
$995.00
52W Low
$700.00
Avg Volume
2.2M
Dividend Yield
0.5%
Beta
0.78
Analyst Target
$980.00
Business Summary
Membership warehouse retailer with a high-volume, low-margin operating model.
Financial Health
Normalized category ratings with evidence — Unknown when inputs are missing
Each category rates only the metrics present for the company. Thresholds are deterministic rules (liquidity ratios, margins, growth rates, leverage, returns, cash flow, beta/short interest). Missing inputs yield Unknown for that category — values are never invented.
Liquidity
Good- Current ratio 0.8–1.2$1
- Net cash positive$3B
Profitability
Fair- ROE ≥ 25%30.0%
- Operating margin < 5%3.8%
- Gross margin < 15%13.0%
Growth
Good- Revenue growth 3–12%8.0%
- EPS growth 10–25%10.0%
Balance Sheet
Excellent- Debt/Equity < 0.540.0%
- Cash covers debt$1.38
Capital Allocation
Excellent- ROIC ≥ 20%20.0%
- Positive free cash flow$7B
- Pays a dividend (allocation signal, not required)0.5%
Efficiency
Excellent- ROE ≥ 20%30.0%
- ROIC ≥ 15%20.0%
- Operating margin 3–10%3.8%
Cash Flow
Good- Positive free cash flow$7B
- Thin operating margin3.8%
Risk
Excellent- Beta < 0.9 (lower market sensitivity)$0.78
- Short interest < 2%1.0%
- Low leverage40.0%
Growth
Revenue Growth
8.0%
EPS Growth
10.0%
PEG
4.2x
Valuation
P/E
54.0x
Forward P/E
48.0x
PEG
4.2x
Price/Sales
1.5x
Price/Book
16.0x
Profitability
ROE
30.0%
ROIC
20.0%
Operating Margin
3.8%
Gross Margin
13.0%
Free Cash Flow
$7B
Ownership
Institutional
69.0%
Insider
0.2%
Short Interest
1.0%
Analyst Rating
Buy
Risk
Beta
0.78
Debt/Equity
0.4x
Current Ratio
1
Cash
$11B
Debt
$8B
Short Interest
1.0%
Technical Overview
Price
$920.00
52W High
$995.00
52W Low
$700.00
Avg Volume
2.2M
Chart indicators and pattern detection are reserved for a later sprint.
Investment Scorecard
Transparent category scores — no single magical AI composite
Category scores are transparent and independent. There is no single composite AI score. Missing fundamentals reduce coverage; they do not fabricate a middle score.
Financial Health
All financial health categories had enough evidence to rate.
Average of Liquidity, Profitability, Growth, Balance Sheet, Capital Allocation, Efficiency, Cash Flow, and Risk ratings. Unknown categories are excluded (not filled with a neutral score).
Growth
Scored from revenueGrowth and epsGrowth.
Uses revenue growth and EPS growth bands. Higher sustained growth scores higher; negative EPS growth scores Weak.
Valuation
All valuation inputs present.
Average of P/E, Forward P/E, PEG, and Price/Sales bands. Lower multiples score higher. This is a mechanical screen, not a fair-value model.
Quality
Based on roe, roic, grossMargin.
Combines ROE, ROIC, and gross margin quality bands.
Risk
Beta, short interest, and leverage all available.
Higher scores mean lower measured risk from beta, short interest, and leverage. Not a volatility forecast.
Technical
Mechanical range/liquidity score; not investment advice.
Foundation heuristic only: 52-week range position plus liquidity (average volume). Not a chart pattern or indicator suite — reserved for future Technical Overview expansion.
Momentum
Proxy momentum only; not a returns-based momentum factor.
Proximity to 52-week high plus EPS growth as a fundamentals momentum proxy. No price time-series yet — extension point for Sprint 19+.
Recent News
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Live news integration will plug into IntelligenceService in a future sprint.
AI Research
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Consensus and research briefs will reuse Market Terminal research providers without changing that module.
Competition Exposure
AI Investment Championship · Week 5
Owned by
0
Competitors
5
Largest owner
—
Average weight
—
Not currently owned
No competitor holds this ticker in the latest week.
Historical ownership
Most recent trade
ChatGPT sell 2 shares on 2026-07-30 (Week 1)