Costco Wholesale EV/EBIT COST

Enterprise value divided by operating profit over the last twelve months, one-off items taken out, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 36.8×
10-year median: 27.7×
Against its 10-year history: 79th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 16.8× to 49.5×
Peer median: 20.7×

Costco Wholesale's EV/EBIT is 36.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 27.7×, higher than on 79% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 16.8× in Jul 2017 to 49.5× in Feb 2025.

The median for 10 consumer staples stocks of a similar size is 20.7×.

EV/EBIT over time

median 27.7×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	36.8×	34.1×	41.4×
2025	35.3×	34.6×	49.5×
2024	43.3×	32.1×	46.8×
2023	32.3×	25.0×	33.3×
2022	24.8×	23.5×	34.1×
2021	34.3×	23.1×	35.7×
2020	27.7×	24.4×	30.6×
2019	25.6×	20.0×	28.0×
2018	19.6×	18.3×	23.6×
2017	19.4×	16.8×	21.0×
2016	18.5×	17.1×	20.2×
2015	19.6×	16.7×	20.1×
2014	18.3×	15.4×	18.9×
2013	16.5×	13.9×	17.7×
2012	13.4×	12.9×	15.6×
2011	13.4×	11.9×	14.6×
2010	13.2×	11.8×	13.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Consumer Defensive nearest Costco Wholesale's size, closest first, today.

Company	EV/EBIT
COSTCostco Wholesale	36.8×
KOCoca-Cola	28.8×
PGProcter & Gamble	20.1×
PMPhilip Morris International	21.2×
WMTWalmart	30.9×
PEPPepsiCo	15.3×
MOAltria	12.9×
MNSTMonster Beverage	32.4×
MDLZMondelez International	22.7×
CLColgate-Palmolive	20.2×
TGTTarget	12.6×
Peer median	20.7×

What the EV/EBIT tells you

What the whole business costs against its operating profit. Enterprise value is the market value plus borrowings and minority interests, less cash. EBIT is operating profit before interest and tax, with one-offs taken out. Unlike PE it is not moved by how a company is financed.

Leases are left out of debt for every company. Banks earn on their balance sheet, so EV/EBIT does not describe them.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.