Costco Wholesale Corporation

DB:CTO0 Stock Report

Market Cap: €410.2b

Costco Wholesale Valuation

Is CTO0 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 CTO0 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CTO0 (€29.8) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€32.75)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CTO0 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 CTO0?

Key metric: As CTO0 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CTO0. This is calculated by dividing CTO0's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CTO0's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio58x
EarningsUS$7.37b
Market CapUS$427.13b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CTO0's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CTO0 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average45.6x
WMT Walmart
36.9x8.9%US$727.0b
TGT Target
13.1x4.7%US$57.4b
WALMEX * Wal-Mart de México. de
17.4x9.6%Mex$933.2b
8267 Aeon
115x19.6%JP¥3.1t
CTO0 Costco Wholesale
58x8.2%€427.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CTO0 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (58x) compared to the peer average (45.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CTO0's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Consumer Retailing Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CTO0 58.0xIndustry Avg. 14.8xNo. of Companies9PE0816243240+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CTO0 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (58x) compared to the European Consumer Retailing industry average (14.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CTO0'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.

CTO0 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio58x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CTO0'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?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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