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title: "COST.TO stock: Costco Wholesale Corporation price, chart, valuation | ANALITICA}"
description: "Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST.TO): Up 17.1% over the past year; the S&P/TSX Composite rose 20.0%. Pays a 0.54% trailing dividend yield (as of 2026-11-12)."
canonical: https://analiti.ca/t/COST.TO/
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# Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST.TO)

TSX: COST · TSX · Consumer Defensive

Last close 48.43 (Nov 12, 2026), +0.260 (+0.5%). Market cap $633.07B.
52-week range 38.37 to 48.96.

## At a glance

- Up 17.1% over the past year; the S&P/TSX Composite rose 20.0%.
- P/E 53.2 — lower than 3% of Consumer Defensive peers (35 companies).
- Market cap $633.07B; average daily dollar volume $4.8M over the past 3 months — High liquidity.
- Pays a 0.54% trailing dividend yield (as of 2026-11-12).
- No published plan for this ticker.
- 1-year volatility 20.3% (annualized); largest fall from a peak over the past year -18.8%.

## Performance

| Period | Stock | Sector fund | Composite | Difference vs Composite |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1W | +2.5% | +0.8% | +1.8% | +0.7% |
| 1M | +15.3% | +9.1% | +2.8% | +12.5% |
| 3M | +14.4% | +3.7% | -0.1% | +14.5% |
| 6M | +4.7% | +11.4% | +9.4% | -4.7% |
| YTD | +24.5% | +8.7% | +16.1% | +8.4% |
| 1Y | +17.1% | +17.0% | +20.0% | -2.9% |
| 3Y | — | +15.5% | +22.0% | — |
| 5Y | — | +12.6% | +10.5% | — |

3Y and 5Y are annualized. The Composite is proxied by XIU.TO.

## Risk and trading

- 1-year volatility (annualized): +20.3%
- Largest fall from a peak (1Y): -18.8% (May 19, 2026 to Sep 16, 2026)
- Beta (2Y weekly, vs Composite): 0.57
- Average daily volume (3M): 110,220
- Average daily dollar volume (3M): $4.8M
- Liquidity: High (High: $1M or more a day; Moderate: $100K or more; Low: under $100K.)

## Valuation

Valuation multiples are from the Nov 12, 2026 snapshot.

| Multiple | Value | Against sector peers |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| P/E (TTM) | 53.2 | Lower than 3% of peers (35 companies; median 22.0) |
| Earnings yield | 1.88% | — |
| P/B | 17.08 | Lower than 9% of peers (35 companies; median 2.2) |
| P/S | — | — |
| EV/EBITDA | 59.4 | Lower than 0% of peers (23 companies; median 10.0) |
| Dividend yield | 0.54% | — |
| Payout ratio | — | — |

## Financials

Reporting currency: USD.

|  | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | TTM |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Revenue | $303.15B | $303.15B | $303.15B | $303.15B | $382.89B |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 12.8% | 12.8% | 12.8% | — |
| Net income | $9.23B | $9.23B | $9.23B | $9.23B | $11.99B |
| Free cash flow | $9.38B | $9.38B | $9.38B | $9.38B | $9.91B |
| Diluted shares | 443,266,000 | 443,266,000 | 443,266,000 | 443,266,000 | — |

## Dividends and splits

Trailing dividend yield: 0.54% (snapshot Nov 12, 2026). Dividend history is not stored yet.

- No splits on record.

## Ownership and dilution

- Insider buys (90 days): 0
- Insider sells (90 days): 0
- Shares outstanding change (1Y): 0.0%
- Shares outstanding change (3Y): 0.0%
- Held by insiders: not available
- Held by institutions: not available

## Peers

- [WMT.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/WMT.TO/): 52.44, 1Y —, market cap $1309.28B, P/E 46.8, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +26.6%
- [PG.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/PG.TO/): 27.52, 1Y —, market cap $509.35B, P/E 25.5, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +21.5%
- [ZYNS.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/ZYNS.TO/): 27.00, 1Y +24.7%, market cap $422.13B, P/E 29.3, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +29.1%
- [NSTL.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/NSTL.TO/): 26.14, 1Y +9.6%, market cap $113.38B, P/E 871.3, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +22.6%
- [L.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/L.TO/): 69.35, 1Y +22.7%, market cap $80.14B, P/E 31.2, EV/EBITDA 16.6, dividend yield 0.90%, 1Y volatility +22.2%
- [DOL.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/DOL.TO/): 220.42, 1Y +16.7%, market cap $59.15B, P/E 44.3, EV/EBITDA 33.6, dividend yield 0.21%, 1Y volatility +25.3%
- [WN.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/WN.TO/): 111.30, 1Y +29.0%, market cap $41.66B, P/E 45.4, EV/EBITDA 10.0, dividend yield 1.16%, 1Y volatility +21.2%
- [STZ.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/STZ.TO/): 11.30, 1Y —, market cap $31.71B, P/E 13.1, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +34.1%

## analiti.ca history

No published plans for this ticker.


Superstock score: none published. Sector condition: Consumer Defensive — Leading (as of Nov 5, 2026).

## Key dates

- Next earnings: not available — no company release or exchange notice in the stored data
- Last earnings: not available
- Next ex-dividend: not available

## Sources and data notes

- prices, chart, performance, risk: daily_prices (Yahoo) (as of Nov 12, 2026)
- valuation, market cap, ownership: yahoo_key_stats snapshot (as of Nov 12, 2026)
- financials: financials (Yahoo) (as of Aug 31, 2026)
- plans, resolutions: published entries-*.json + track-record.json (as of Nov 12, 2026)
- insiders: insider_trades (SEDI filings) (as of Nov 12, 2026)
- splits: Split inventory (interim table) (as of Nov 5, 2026)
- sector condition: conditions-2026-11-05.json (as of Nov 5, 2026)
- Superstock score: superstock_checks + superstock.json (as of Nov 12, 2026)

Not available rules: a field older than its freshness limit shows "not available", never a stale number — prices, 3 trading days; fundamentals, 120 days after the fiscal period end plus 45 days.

Data file: https://analiti.ca/data/t/COST.TO.json

Facts and published history only. Plans are generated by a quant model.