Costco Wholesale Corp /New
—- Market cap
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- Debt
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- Cash
- −$20.21B
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Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: COST stock price vs AAPL: inconclusive — current versus $628.49 implied using P/E multiple.
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Implied fair value · at AAPL's multiple
Implied fair value · at COST's multiple
Needs COST P/E.
Close Dec 31, 2025
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Growth lag
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Lower leverage
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Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Capital structure 98% equity / 2% debt · EV / Revenue 8.34x · EV proxy / EBITDA proxy 23.29x
Price framework
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COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Apple Inc. · implied price per share
Bear
$130.85
Base
$159.76
Bull
$182.30
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If you believe COST can sustain above-AAPL valuation through continued revenue growth and margin stability, then hold or accumulate selectively; otherwise, the current price looks hard to justify versus the 52.3x earnings multiple and the -30.3% implied downside.
COST trades at $951.67 versus an implied P/E value of $663.62, implying 30.3% downside. While COST’s P/S is far lower than AAPL’s, the relative valuation still looks stretched because COST’s earnings multiple is higher and the stock is already above the top of its historical band.
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