Costco Wholesale Corp
COST
Market Cap$417.12B
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Earnings Call Q1 2025
December 12, 2024 - AI Summary
Financial Performance: Costco reported net income of $1.798 billion ($4.04 per diluted share) for Q1 fiscal 2025, a 13.1% increase from $1.589 billion ($3.58 per diluted share) year-over-year. Excluding specific tax benefits, net income and earnings per diluted share grew by 9.9% and 9.8%, respectively.
Sales Growth: Net sales increased 7.5% year-over-year to $60.99 billion, with US comparable sales up 5.2% (7.2% excluding gas deflation). Notably, e-commerce comp sales were up 13%, signaling strong online performance.
Membership Metrics: As of Q1 end, Costco had 77.4 million paid household members (up 7.6% YOY) and a renewal rate of 92.8% in the US and Canada, slightly down from the previous quarter. The number of paid executive memberships grew 9.2%, now representing 46.8% of paid members.
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$446.42
52.5% downside
Current Fair Value
52.5% downsideOvervalued by 52.5% based on the discounted cash flow analysis.
Share Statistics
| Market cap | $417.12 Billion |
|---|---|
| Enterprise Value | $408.50 Billion |
| Dividend Yield | $4.5 (0.478886429422782%) |
| Earnings per Share | $16.6 |
| Beta | 0.79 |
| Outstanding Shares | 444,013,000 |
Return
| Return on Equity | - |
|---|---|
| Return on Assets | - |
| Return on Invested Capital | - |
Valuation & Multiples
| P/E Ratio | 55.07 |
|---|---|
| PEG | 418.71 |
| Price to Sales | 1.61 |
| Price to Book Ratio | 17.09 |
| Enterprise Value to Revenue | 1.58 |
| Enterprise Value to EBIT | 45.48 |
| Enterprise Value to Net Income | 53 |
| Total Debt to Enterprise | 0.01 |
| Debt to Equity | 0.09 |
Revenue Sources
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ESG Score
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About Costco Wholesale Corp
CEO: W. Craig Jelinek