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Costco Wholesale (BUE:COST) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 2.17 (As of Jun. 02, 2025)


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What is Costco Wholesale Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-02), Costco Wholesale's current share price is ARS26100.00. Costco Wholesale's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was ARS12,032.29. Costco Wholesale's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 2.17.

The historical rank and industry rank for Costco Wholesale's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

BUE:COST' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.64   Med: 1.09   Max: 2.3
Current: 2.18

During the past years, Costco Wholesale's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 2.30. The lowest was 0.64. And the median was 1.09.

BUE:COST's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
88.63% of 211 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.52 vs BUE:COST: 2.18

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Costco Wholesale's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was ARS608,442.129. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is ARS12,032.29 for the trailing ten years ended in Feb. 2025.

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Costco Wholesale Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Costco Wholesale's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Costco Wholesale Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Costco Wholesale Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.16 1.36 1.35 1.29 1.94

Costco Wholesale Quarterly Data
May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.69 1.80 1.94 2.09 2.20

Competitive Comparison of Costco Wholesale's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Costco Wholesale's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Costco Wholesale's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Costco Wholesale's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Costco Wholesale's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.


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Costco Wholesale Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Costco Wholesale's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=26100.00/12032.29
=2.17

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Costco Wholesale's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Costco Wholesale's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Feb. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Feb. 2025)
=608442.129/134.6241*134.6241
=608,442.129

Current CPI (Feb. 2025) = 134.6241.

Costco Wholesale Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201505 2,118.558 100.333 2,842.638
201508 3,004.964 100.548 4,023.354
201511 2,383.116 100.135 3,203.936
201602 3,956.406 100.040 5,324.162
201605 3,469.589 101.355 4,608.449
201608 4,944.950 101.617 6,551.175
201611 3,845.665 101.829 5,084.182
201702 4,179.950 102.779 5,475.084
201705 4,224.541 103.256 5,507.939
201708 6,664.460 103.587 8,661.281
201711 5,026.643 104.072 6,502.281
201802 6,027.404 105.052 7,724.116
201805 6,011.294 106.148 7,623.953
201808 10,977.991 106.383 13,892.264
201811 11,371.041 106.338 14,395.826
201902 11,928.834 106.649 15,057.901
201905 13,888.654 108.048 17,304.802
201908 18,749.041 108.245 23,318.233
201911 19,889.131 108.519 24,673.664
202002 21,224.522 109.139 26,180.670
202005 22,373.572 108.175 27,843.872
202008 34,748.975 109.662 42,658.724
202011 28,122.905 109.793 34,483.136
202102 35,283.729 110.968 42,805.342
202105 38,119.424 113.576 45,183.702
202108 52,737.627 115.421 61,511.925
202111 45,228.875 117.269 51,922.385
202202 49,053.292 119.703 55,167.927
202205 54,529.182 123.323 59,526.236
202208 85,538.180 124.958 92,155.189
202211 77,012.095 125.607 82,540.392
202302 93,145.334 126.928 98,793.381
202305 107,407.075 128.314 112,688.683
202308 196,084.672 129.538 203,784.406
202311 182,083.417 129.548 189,217.875
202402 183,963.339 130.930 189,153.883
202405 461,197.569 132.509 468,558.821
202408 667,585.830 132.816 676,675.076
202411 553,208.335 133.110 559,501.391
202502 608,442.129 134.624 608,442.129

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Costco Wholesale  (BUE:COST) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Costco Wholesale Business Description

Address
999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, WA, USA, 98027
Costco operates a membership-based, no-frills retail model predicated on offering a select product assortment in bulk quantities at bargain prices. The firm avoids maintaining costly product displays by keeping inventory on pallets and limits distribution expenses by storing its inventory at point of sale in the warehouse. Given its frugal cost structure, the firm is able to price its merchandise below that of competing retailers, driving high sales volume per warehouse and generating strong profits on thin margins. Costco operates over 600 warehouses in the United States and has over 60% share in the domestic warehouse club industry. Internationally, Costco operates another 280 warehouses, primarily in Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the UK.