Summary: Costco Wholesale Corporation

  • The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
  • Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.
  • The company's MSCI ESG score, based on a ranking of the company relative to its industry, comes out particularly well.

Highlights: Costco Wholesale Corporation

  • The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
  • Considering the small differences between the analysts' various estimates, the group's business visibility is good.

Weaknesses: Costco Wholesale Corporation

  • As a percentage of sales and without taking into account depreciation and amortization, the company has relatively low margins.
  • The company does not generate enough profits, which is an alarming weak point.
  • The company's valuation in terms of earnings multiples is rather high. Indeed, the firm is getting paid 58.9 times its estimated earnings per share for the ongoing year.
  • The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
  • The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.
  • The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.

Ratings Chart: Costco Wholesale Corporation

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ESG chart: Costco Wholesale Corporation

Source: MSCI

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Fundamentals Valuation Revisions of Fundamental Estimates Capi.($)
476B
58.6B
46.89B
- 27.29B
16.34B
15.96B
14B
7.81B
6.64B
3.99B
Average 67.33B
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StockField.ESG : Environnement
StockField.ESG : Social
StockField.ESG : Gouvernance
StockField.ESG : Polémique
ESG: Ethical controversies
ESG: Human rights controversies
ESG: Tax subsidies controversies
StockField.ESG : Conforme à la finance Islamique

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