Costco Wholesale price to free cash flow COST

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 47.4×
10-year median: 39.9×
Against its 10-year history: 66th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 16.6× to 109×
Peer median: 22.9×

Costco Wholesale's price to free cash flow is 47.4× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 39.9×, higher than on 66% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 16.6× in Oct 2017 to 109× in Dec 2016.

The median for 10 consumer staples stocks of a similar size is 22.9×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 39.9×

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	47.4×	42.1×	51.1×
2025	43.1×	42.2×	94.9×
2024	83.2×	33.1×	84.5×
2023	33.3×	33.3×	80.1×
2022	71.0×	30.6×	71.0×
2021	43.3×	21.9×	46.0×
2020	26.0×	25.2×	43.1×
2019	39.4×	29.6×	51.9×
2018	29.0×	24.2×	37.1×
2017	24.9×	16.6×	36.9×
2016	26.3×	26.3×	109×
2015	50.2×	28.0×	50.3×
2014	28.7×	27.4×	46.9×
2013	47.2×	23.4×	47.2×
2012	22.6×	19.3×	28.5×
2011	20.0×	17.4×	22.5×
2010	18.5×	15.7×	18.5×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
COSTCostco Wholesale	47.4×
KOCoca-Cola	27.9×
PGProcter & Gamble	n/m
PMPhilip Morris International	n/m
WMTWalmart	70.4×
PEPPepsiCo	17.7×
MOAltria	13.6×
MNSTMonster Beverage	43.1×
MDLZMondelez International	26.4×
CLColgate-Palmolive	19.4×
TGTTarget	15.6×
Peer median	22.9×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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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.