Profitability
Weight: 20%
B+
78
- 5yr Avg ROIC 17.8%
- Operating Margin Trend +0.09 pp/yr
COST
Costco Wholesale Corporation
AlphaQuality composite grade, weighted for stable earnings power businesses.
Capital Efficiency
Weight: 15%
A-
85
- 5yr Avg ROE 22.4%
- 5yr Share-Count CAGR 0.0%
Growth Quality
Weight: 15%
A-
84
- 5yr Revenue CAGR 8.9%
- 5yr EPS CAGR 12.7%
- Revenue-Growth Years (5) 5/5
Cash Generation
Weight: 15%
B-
62
- 5yr FCF Margin 2.5%
- 5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.92x
Balance Sheet
Weight: 20%
A+
99
- Net Debt / EBITDA -0.53x
- Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 71.25x
- Altman Z-Score 9.76
Stability
Weight: 15%
B-
69
- EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.44
- Piotroski F-Score 8
- Negative-Revenue Years (5) 0/5
Guru Flow
Curated superinvestor sentiment — not part of the AlphaQuality grade.4 of 4 gurus held; 1 added; 3 trimmed.
- Holders
- 4
- Avg Δ position
- -0.2%
- New buys
- 0
- Full exits
- 0
- Wood increased +74%
- Cooperman decreased -53%
- Greenblatt decreased -13%