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 HD: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at HD's multiple
Needs HD P/E.
Implied fair value · at COST's multiple
Needs COST P/E.
Price unavailable
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Annual statements in reported currencies, with calculations and source evidence.
Values retain reported currencies and share bases. Select a figure to inspect its period, calculation and filing inputs. Differences require compatible units and periods.
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Trendline
Nine period-end years of reported revenue, earnings, and margins. Periods and currencies are shown with the data.
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.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
The Home Depot, Inc. · implied price per share
Bear
$86.60
Base
$109.07
Bull
$140.31
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe COST can sustain faster revenue growth and preserve its high ROIC while avoiding meaningful margin compression, then holding or accumulating may make sense because its balance sheet is stronger than HD’s and it remains within its historical price band despite looking expensive on earnings multiples.
The valuation gap is striking on earnings-based and cash-flow proxy metrics: COST trades at 52.3x P/E and 37.2x EV/EBITDA versus HD at 23.3x and 16.2x. However, COST is cheaper on sales-based measures, with a 1.5x P/S and 1.5x EV/Revenue versus HD’s 2.0x and 2.3x, which suggests the market is paying for different margin and profitability profiles.
Supporting Metrics
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