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Costco Wholesale price to book ratio COST

Market value divided by the book value of the company's net assets, since 2009.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
12.4×
10-year median
10.2×
Against its 10-year history
71st
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
5.1× to 19.5×
Peer median
8.3×

Costco Wholesale's price to book ratio is 12.4× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 10.2×, higher than on 71% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.1× in Nov 2016 to 19.5× in Feb 2025.

The median for 10 consumer staples stocks of a similar size is 8.3×.

Price to book ratio over time

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

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far12.4×11.7×14.9×
202512.8×12.5×19.5×
202417.1×11.1×18.7×
202311.2×9.2×11.6×
20229.4×9.4×13.7×
202113.6×9.3×14.1×
202011.2×7.6×11.2×
20198.2×6.9×9.2×
20186.8×6.5×8.7×
20177.4×5.8×8.0×
20165.9×5.1×6.4×
20156.5×5.0×6.9×
20145.1×4.2×5.1×
20134.6×3.4×5.1×
20123.3×2.9×3.6×
20113.0×2.7×3.1×
20102.8×2.2×2.9×
20092.5×2.5×2.6×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPrice to book ratio
COSTCostco Wholesale12.4×
KOCoca-Cola11.0×
PGProcter & Gamble6.8×
PMPhilip Morris Internationaln/m
WMTWalmart9.7×
PEPPepsiCo8.3×
MOAltrian/m
MNSTMonster Beverage9.7×
MDLZMondelez International3.1×
CLColgate-Palmoliven/m
TGTTarget3.9×
Peer median8.3×

What the price to book ratio tells you

Market value divided by the accounting value of the company's net assets. Below 1 means the market values the business at less than what it owns on paper.

Book value misses brands, software and people, so asset-light companies always look expensive on it. Most useful for banks and industrials.

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