Costco Wholesale Corp /New
—- Market cap
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- Debt
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- Cash
- −$20.21B
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Decision snapshot: COST stock price vs NVDA: inconclusive — current versus $790.15 implied using P/E multiple.
Quick read
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Implied fair value · at NVDA'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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Not comparable
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 100% equity / 0% debt · EV / Revenue 20.80x · EV proxy / EBITDA proxy 33.72x
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.
NVIDIA CORP · implied price per share
Bear
$43.09
Base
$52.57
Bull
$59.95
Balance sheet health
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LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe COST can sustain a premium multiple despite much lower margins and slower growth than NVDA, then hold or selectively accumulate only on pullbacks because the current price already sits above NVDA-based implied value and near the top of its historical range.
The valuation output implies a downside of 27.2% to $693.09 versus the current $951.89 price, suggesting COST is trading above NVDA-based P/E framework. However, COST also sits within its historical band of $856.70 to $1047.08, which tempers the signal and points to a premium that may partly reflect stability and quality.
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