Costco Wholesale Corp /New
—- Market cap
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- Debt
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- Cash
- −$20.21B
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FY 2025 · Mkt capMarket cap $279.95B · View financials
Decision snapshot: COST stock price vs IBM: inconclusive — current versus $550.52 implied using P/E multiple.
Quick read
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Implied fair value · at IBM's multiple
Implied fair value · at COST's multiple
Needs COST P/E.
Close Dec 31, 2025
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Operating income + D&A
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Lower leverage
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Price framework
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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
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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.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION · implied price per share
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Comparable set
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If you believe COST can sustain a premium multiple despite only modestly higher growth and much lower margins than IBM, then hold or avoid chasing new entries because the current price already embeds a large earnings-multiple premium and the P/E-based implied downside is 49.4%.
The comparison implies a large valuation disconnect: COST’s current price of $954.08 versus an implied price of $482.90 suggests 49.4% downside under the P/E framework. COST also trades at 52.4x P/E versus IBM’s 26.5x, while its P/S and EV/Revenue are lower than IBM’s, showing the premium is driven more by earnings multiple than top-line valuation.
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