Costco Wholesale Corporation

BRSE:CTO Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 341.4b

Costco Wholesale Valuation

Is CTO undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CTO when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CTO (CHF772.51) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CHF855.47)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CTO is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CTO?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CTO key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.5x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA33.6x
PEG Ratio7.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CTO's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CTO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average21.1x
WMT Walmart
28.8x7.0%US$549.3b
WALMEX * Wal-Mart de México. de
20.3x8.9%Mex$1.1t
TGT Target
16.4x6.4%US$68.1b
DG Dollar General
19x9.9%US$28.4b
CTO Costco Wholesale
52.6x7.0%CHF 379.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CTO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (52.6x) compared to the peer average (21.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CTO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Consumer Retailing Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a9.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Industry Avg.n/a9.6%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CTO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (52.6x) compared to the European Consumer Retailing industry average (14.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CTO's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CTO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio52.6x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CTO's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CTO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 772.51
CHF 753.64
-2.4%
10.4%CHF 872.14CHF 456.20n/a30
Jun ’25CHF 738.77
CHF 743.31
+0.6%
9.9%CHF 848.10CHF 451.12n/a30
May ’25n/a
CHF 707.83
0%
9.4%CHF 793.15CHF 455.84n/a31
Apr ’25n/a
CHF 688.04
0%
12.4%CHF 818.25CHF 452.07n/a32
Mar ’25CHF 660.99
CHF 621.64
-6.0%
11.5%CHF 724.86CHF 421.74n/a33
Feb ’25CHF 593.43
CHF 577.49
-2.7%
10.3%CHF 673.83CHF 413.61n/a33
Jan ’25CHF 561.65
CHF 556.62
-0.9%
9.9%CHF 628.85CHF 405.17n/a34
Dec ’24n/a
CHF 527.70
0%
7.9%CHF 595.41CHF 402.78n/a33
Nov ’24n/a
CHF 528.48
0%
7.8%CHF 606.20CHF 410.08n/a33
Oct ’24n/a
CHF 536.89
0%
8.3%CHF 622.35CHF 411.85n/a33
Sep ’24n/a
CHF 502.68
0%
8.7%CHF 575.06CHF 422.24n/a32
Aug ’24n/a
CHF 482.66
0%
7.6%CHF 553.79CHF 414.25n/a32
Jul ’24CHF 475.60
CHF 492.18
+3.5%
7.0%CHF 569.54CHF 426.03n/a32
Jun ’24n/a
CHF 494.69
0%
6.9%CHF 575.16CHF 430.24CHF 738.7731
May ’24n/a
CHF 491.44
0%
7.2%CHF 569.09CHF 425.70n/a31
Apr ’24n/a
CHF 499.87
0%
7.3%CHF 580.42CHF 434.17n/a32
Mar ’24n/a
CHF 515.47
0%
8.0%CHF 594.33CHF 441.77CHF 660.9931
Feb ’24n/a
CHF 501.11
0%
8.3%CHF 577.05CHF 408.93CHF 593.4330
Jan ’24n/a
CHF 507.97
0%
8.9%CHF 602.37CHF 417.02CHF 561.6530
Dec ’23n/a
CHF 522.30
0%
8.4%CHF 609.06CHF 426.34n/a27
Nov ’23n/a
CHF 561.11
0%
8.1%CHF 650.77CHF 455.54n/a27
Oct ’23n/a
CHF 559.12
0%
9.1%CHF 673.32CHF 450.87n/a28
Sep ’23n/a
CHF 561.30
0%
9.2%CHF 665.65CHF 431.98n/a28
Aug ’23n/a
CHF 529.04
0%
9.7%CHF 644.22CHF 418.07n/a28
Jul ’23n/a
CHF 532.44
0%
10.1%CHF 648.39CHF 420.79CHF 475.6028
Jun ’23n/a
CHF 536.72
0%
9.9%CHF 653.19CHF 423.90n/a29

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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