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COST Costco

consumer_staples · valued with glm-5.2 medium conviction · deep-dived 2026-09-22

SELL
Intrinsic value$328.04
Price (at call)$898.48
Margin of safety -63.5%
vs market (rating basis) -22.0%

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The story

Value drivers

Revenue growth (Y1)6.6%
Terminal growth3.5%
Forecast horizon10y
Target operating margin4.1%
Years to target margin5
Sales-to-capital5.00
Beta0.85
Failure probability0.0%
Cost of capital (WACC)8.8%
Terminal WACC9.4%

Valuation bridge

PV of explicit FCFF51.49B
PV of terminal value85.54B
Equity value145.48B
÷ shares → per share$328.04

News

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Projected free cash flow to the firm

YrRevenueGrowthMarginNOPATReinvestFCFFPV
1 313.08B 6.6% 4.1% 9.50B 3.90B 5.60B 5.15B
2 332.78B 6.3% 4.1% 10.10B 3.94B 6.16B 5.21B
3 352.56B 5.9% 4.1% 10.70B 3.96B 6.74B 5.24B
4 372.28B 5.6% 4.1% 11.30B 3.94B 7.35B 5.25B
5 391.80B 5.2% 4.1% 11.89B 3.90B 7.98B 5.25B
6 410.98B 4.9% 4.1% 12.47B 3.84B 8.63B 5.22B
7 429.67B 4.5% 4.1% 13.04B 3.74B 9.30B 5.17B
8 447.71B 4.2% 4.1% 13.58B 3.61B 9.98B 5.10B
9 464.94B 3.8% 4.1% 14.11B 3.45B 10.66B 5.01B
10 481.21B 3.5% 4.1% 14.60B 3.25B 11.35B 4.90B

History

DatePriceIntrinsicMoSRating
2026-09-22$898.48 $328.04 -63.5% SELL
2026-08-13$949.58 $342.72 -63.9% SELL
2026-07-03$951.67 $405.59 -57.4% SELL
2026-06-23$957.68 $416.66 -56.5% SELL