Should You Be Tempted To Sell Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) Because Of Its P/E Ratio? [Yahoo! Finance News]
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This article is written for those who want to get better at using price to earnings ratios P/E ratios). We'll apply a basic P/E ratio analysis to Costco Wholesale Corporation's NASDAQ:COSTCostco Wholesale has a price to earnings ratio of 37.52Check out our latest analysis for Costco WholesaleHow Do You Calculate Costco Wholesale's P/E Ratio?Theformula for P/EPrice to Earnings Ratio = Price per Share ÷ Earnings per Share EPS)Or for Costco Wholesale:P/E of 37.52 = $321.560 ÷ $8.570 Based on the year to February 2020.)Note: the above calculation results may not be precise due to rounding.)Is A High Price-to-Earnings Ratio Good?A higher P/E ratio means that investors are payinga higher priceHow Does Costco Wholesale's P/E Ratio Compare To Its Peers?The P/E ratio indicates whether the market has higher or lower expectations of a company. You can see in the image below that the average P/E 17.8) for companies in the consumer retailing industry is lower than Costco Wholesale's P/E.GS:COST Pr
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- Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST): A Bull Case Theory [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Costco Wholesale Corporation Announces Nomination of Gina Raimondo to Board of Directors [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Costco Wholesale Corporation Announces Nomination of Gina Raimondo to Board of DirectorsGlobeNewswire
- Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) had its "neutral" rating reaffirmed by analysts at DA Davidson. They now have a $1,000.00 price target on the stock.MarketBeat
- Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports November Sales Results [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
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- 9/25/25 - Beat
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- 12/4/25 - Form DEFA14A
- 12/4/25 - Form DEF
- 12/4/25 - Form ARS
- COST's page on the SEC website