Costco Wholesale forward PE COST

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1993.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 44.0×
10-year median: 34.8×
Against its 10-year history: 79th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 23.6× to 58.3×
Peer median: 22.8×

Costco Wholesale's forward PE is 44.0× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 34.8×, higher than on 79% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 23.6× in Nov 2016 to 58.3× in Feb 2025.

The median for 10 consumer staples stocks of a similar size is 22.8×.

Forward PE over time

median 34.8×

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	44.0×	40.6×	48.6×
2025	41.6×	40.7×	58.3×
2024	51.1×	40.5×	55.4×
2023	40.8×	31.2×	41.5×
2022	31.1×	30.8×	44.3×
2021	43.4×	28.1×	43.4×
2020	34.3×	30.7×	37.3×
2019	33.1×	28.3×	37.6×
2018	27.7×	25.7×	33.6×
2017	26.5×	23.7×	30.8×
2016	26.5×	23.6×	29.3×
2015	29.7×	25.4×	30.4×
2014	28.1×	22.9×	29.2×
2013	24.2×	20.7×	25.5×
2012	20.9×	20.2×	24.4×
2011	21.5×	19.8×	23.4×
2010	20.8×	17.2×	20.8×
2009	19.7×	15.2×	21.8×
2008	21.0×	18.9×	27.2×
2007	n/m a value too high to mean anything

Against its peers

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

Company	Forward PE
COSTCostco Wholesale	44.0×
KOCoca-Cola	27.3×
PGProcter & Gamble	23.3×
PMPhilip Morris International	22.2×
WMTWalmart	39.9×
PEPPepsiCo	16.0×
MOAltria	12.9×
MNSTMonster Beverage	37.4×
MDLZMondelez International	19.8×
CLColgate-Palmolive	24.0×
TGTTarget	16.5×
Peer median	22.8×

Where Costco Wholesale ranks

#26of 26Consumer staples stocks with the lowest forward PE

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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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.