As of today (2024-04-18), Costco Wholesale's share price is $714.96.
Costco Wholesale's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $13.95. Hence, Costco Wholesale's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 51.24.
The historical rank and industry rank for Costco Wholesale's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
COST'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 16.4 Med: 30.99 Max: 108.43
Current: 51.24
During the past 13 years, Costco Wholesale's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 108.43. The lowest was 16.40. And the median was 30.99.
COST's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 87.61% of 226
companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 13.4
vs COST: 51.24
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Costco Wholesale was 13.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 3.60% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 13.20% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 17.30% per year.
During the past 13 years, Costco Wholesale's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 73.30% per year. The lowest was -93.00% per year. And the median was 6.00% per year.
Costco Wholesale Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Costco Wholesale's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Annual Data
Trend
Aug14
Aug15
Aug16
Aug17
Aug18
Aug19
Aug20
Aug21
Aug22
Aug23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
38.88
25.51
37.69
66.32
36.19
Costco Wholesale Quarterly Data
May19
Aug19
Nov19
Feb20
May20
Aug20
Nov20
Feb21
May21
Aug21
Nov21
Feb22
May22
Aug22
Nov22
Feb23
May23
Aug23
Nov23
Feb24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
39.31
39.05
36.19
29.92
53.31
Competitive Comparison
For the Discount Stores subindustry, Costco Wholesale's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Costco Wholesale's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Costco Wholesale's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Costco Wholesale's Share Price of today is $714.96.
Costco Wholesale's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $13.95.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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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 Costco's frugal cost structure, the firm is able to price its merchandise below competing retailers, driving high sales volume per warehouse and allowing the retailer to generate strong profits on thin margins. Costco operates nearly 600 warehouses in the United States and boasts over 60% market share in the domestic warehouse club industry. Internationally, Costco operates another 270 warehouses, primarily in markets such as Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the U.K.
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