Costco Wholesale (COST) Competitors $944.42 -9.65 (-1.01%) (As of 09:46 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends COST vs. WMT, PSMT, TGT, DG, DLTR, BJ, MNSO, FIVE, OLLI, and EXTOShould you be buying Costco Wholesale stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Costco Wholesale include Walmart (WMT), PriceSmart (PSMT), Target (TGT), Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), MINISO Group (MNSO), Five Below (FIVE), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), and Almacenes Éxito (EXTO). These companies are all part of the "variety stores" industry. Costco Wholesale vs. Walmart PriceSmart Target Dollar General Dollar Tree BJ's Wholesale Club MINISO Group Five Below Ollie's Bargain Outlet Almacenes Éxito Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) and Walmart (NYSE:WMT) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability. Is COST or WMT more profitable? Costco Wholesale has a net margin of 2.93% compared to Walmart's net margin of 2.92%. Costco Wholesale's return on equity of 33.19% beat Walmart's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Costco Wholesale2.93% 33.19% 10.76% Walmart 2.92%21.78%7.73% Which has better earnings & valuation, COST or WMT? Walmart has higher revenue and earnings than Costco Wholesale. Walmart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costco Wholesale, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCostco Wholesale$258.81B1.64$7.37B$17.0356.02Walmart$673.82B1.10$15.51B$2.4437.80 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of COST or WMT? 68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Walmart shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Walmart shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has more volatility & risk, COST or WMT? Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walmart has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is COST or WMT a better dividend stock? Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $4.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Walmart pays an annual dividend of $0.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Costco Wholesale pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Walmart pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Costco Wholesale has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Walmart has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Walmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Do analysts recommend COST or WMT? Costco Wholesale currently has a consensus price target of $1,011.74, suggesting a potential upside of 6.04%. Walmart has a consensus price target of $93.69, suggesting a potential upside of 1.57%. Given Costco Wholesale's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Costco Wholesale is more favorable than Walmart.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Costco Wholesale 0 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 19 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.70Walmart 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 28 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.97 Does the media refer more to COST or WMT? In the previous week, Costco Wholesale had 18 more articles in the media than Walmart. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Costco Wholesale and 44 mentions for Walmart. Walmart's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Costco Wholesale's score of 0.26 indicating that Walmart is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Costco Wholesale 14 Very Positive mention(s) 9 Positive mention(s) 24 Neutral mention(s) 9 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Walmart 14 Very Positive mention(s) 7 Positive mention(s) 18 Neutral mention(s) 4 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community believe in COST or WMT? Costco Wholesale received 302 more outperform votes than Walmart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.00% of users gave Costco Wholesale an outperform vote while only 61.49% of users gave Walmart an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCostco WholesaleOutperform Votes185172.00% Underperform Votes72028.00% WalmartOutperform Votes154961.49% Underperform Votes97038.51% SummaryCostco Wholesale beats Walmart on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart COST vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCostco WholesaleVariety stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$423.51B$98.21B$24.60B$9.08BDividend Yield0.49%2.03%167.14%4.24%P/E Ratio56.0219.21109.0017.19Price / Sales1.640.873.13117.12Price / Cash46.6417.3021.7737.85Price / Book17.915.605.424.78Net Income$7.37B$2.37B$676.04M$225.60M7 Day Performance-3.91%-1.11%-2.81%-1.36%1 Month Performance-1.03%8.68%-0.61%0.20%1 Year Performance42.06%5.38%9.24%15.30% Costco Wholesale Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)COSTCostco Wholesale4.4415 of 5 stars$944.42-1.0%$1,011.74+7.1%+42.1%$419.23B$258.81B55.46333,000WMTWalmart4.5674 of 5 stars$93.83-2.0%$92.11-1.8%+76.6%$754.23B$648.13B38.722,100,000PSMTPriceSmart4.4473 of 5 stars$95.21+3.9%$90.00-5.5%+24.1%$2.92B$4.91B20.0412,000News CoveragePositive NewsTGTTarget4.8381 of 5 stars$135.29+2.2%$160.30+18.5%-6.2%$61.99B$107.41B14.04415,000High Trading VolumeDGDollar General4.8264 of 5 stars$80.80-1.0%$98.27+21.6%-42.2%$17.77B$40.17B13.31185,800DLTRDollar Tree4.3236 of 5 stars$71.60-0.4%$85.58+19.5%-46.6%$15.39B$30.60B0.00211,826Analyst ForecastBJBJ's Wholesale Club1.7587 of 5 stars$95.62+0.0%$93.25-2.5%+41.6%$12.63B$19.97B22.9834,000MNSOMINISO Group3.1271 of 5 stars$24.71+2.2%$20.90-15.4%+18.8%$7.77B$1.58B22.473,696Positive NewsFIVEFive Below3.3244 of 5 stars$111.93-0.7%$116.15+3.8%-47.7%$6.16B$3.56B23.2422,000Analyst RevisionOLLIOllie's Bargain Outlet3.3375 of 5 stars$98.05-3.4%$104.50+6.6%+64.4%$6.02B$2.10B30.9611,500EXTOAlmacenes ÉxitoN/A$3.93+4.0%N/A-46.2%$637.56M$4.90B0.0043,134Gap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies WMT Competitors PSMT Competitors TGT Competitors DG Competitors DLTR Competitors BJ Competitors MNSO Competitors FIVE Competitors OLLI Competitors EXTO Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:COST) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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