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Costco Wholesale (COST) Tariff Resilience Score : 7/10 (As of Jul. 12, 2025)


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What is Costco Wholesale Tariff Resilience Score?

Costco Wholesale has the Tariff Resilience Score of 7, which implies that the company might have Highly Resilient.

Costco Wholesale has Costco has a diverse global supply chain and strong pricing power, allowing it to mitigate tariff impacts. Its large scale and ability to source from multiple countries provide resilience, though it remains exposed to tariffs on imported goods.

Tariff Resilience Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to measure a company's exposure to international trade tariffs, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as global supply chain dependencies, manufacturing locations versus sales markets, import / export balance and percentage of revenue, and more.

The company's exposure to international trade tariffs based on these criteria:

1. Global supply chain dependencies
2. Manufacturing locations versus sales markets
3. Import/export balance and percentage of revenue
4. Historical impact from previous tariff changes
5. Available mitigation strategies (alternative suppliers, pricing power)
6. Industry-specific tariff exemptions or vulnerabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes Costco Wholesale might have Highly Resilient.

Competitive Comparison of Costco Wholesale's Tariff Resilience Score

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Costco Wholesale's Tariff Resilience Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Tariff Resilience Score 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 Tariff Resilience Score Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Costco Wholesale's Tariff Resilience Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Costco Wholesale's Tariff Resilience Score falls into.


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Costco Wholesale  (NAS:COST) Tariff Resilience Score Explanation

The Tariff Resilience Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the most resilient. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 3 categories:

Tariff Resilience Score Resilience Level
7 - 10Highly Resilient
4 - 6Average Resilient
0 - 3Highly Vulnerable

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Costco Wholesale Business Description

Industry
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Comparable Companies
WMT TGT DG DLTR BJ OLLI PSMT TBBB BIGGQ MEX:WALMEX TSX:DOL BOM:540376 TSE:7532 LSE:BME WAR:PCO TSE:141A XMAD:DIA XKRX:139480 OSL:EPR TSE:2782
Traded in Other Exchanges
COST:Peru COST:Mexico 1COST:Italy 0I47:UK CTO0:Germany CTO:Germany CTO:Germany CTO:Germany CTO:Germany COST:Canada COWC34:Brazil COST:Argentina
Address
999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, WA, USA, 98027
Website
https://www.costco.com
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.
Executives
James C Klauer officer: Executive Vice President 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Claudine Adamo officer: Executive Vice President 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Caton Frates officer: Executive Vice President 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Roland Michael Vachris officer: Executive VP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Richard A Galanti director, officer: Executive VP and CFO 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Pierre Riel officer: EVP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Russell D Miller officer: Executive Vice President 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Patrick J Callans officer: Executive VP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Susan L Decker director C/O YAHOO INC, 701 FIRST AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Kenneth D Denman director
Daniel M. Hines other: Principal Acctg Officer 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
W Craig Jelinek officer: Executive VP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Yoram Rubananko officer: Executive VP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Helena Foulkes director ONE CVS DRIVE, WOONSOCKET RI 02895
James P. Murphy officer: Executive VP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027