AlphaMadera's AlphaVal page classifies Costco Wholesale Corporation as a Stable Earnings Power business and values it using P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple, then compares the result to the current market price to flag COST as undervalued, fairly valued, or overvalued.

What is Costco Wholesale Corporation's fair value?

Fair value for COST comes from a P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple model -- the approach AlphaVal selected for this company's Stable Earnings Power classification. The live AlphaVal page shows bear, base, and bull scenarios alongside the key assumption behind each.

How does AlphaMadera value COST?

AlphaVal routes each company to one of ten valuation archetypes based on its business model. COST was classified as Stable Earnings Power and is valued using P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple, built from COST's most recent reported fundamentals.

COST - Costco Wholesale Corporation

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS | PRICE TARGET: $1,097.70 DETAILS

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Stable Earnings Power 80% confidence

Primary model: P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate

Trading 27.4% above fair value

Current Price $981.48

Bear Case $634.42 35.4% downside ($634.42 - $981.48) / $981.48 = -35.4% $20.76 × 31x P/E

Fair Value $770.36 21.5% downside ($770.36 - $981.48) / $981.48 = -21.5% $20.76 × 37x P/E

Bull Case $906.31 7.7% downside ($906.31 - $981.48) / $981.48 = -7.7% $20.76 × 44x P/E

Adjust Assumptions

P/E Multiple

37.1x

Adjusted EPS

20.76$

Key Value Driver

Normalized P/E multiple (37x base case)

Terminal Value % of EV

Implied Market Multiple 47.3x

Market is pricing in (growth)

Plain-Language Summary

Applying a 37x P/E to adjusted EPS of $20.76, the base-case value is $770.36 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.

Average Target (59 analysts) $1097.70

Analyst Range $955.00 – $1275.00

Divergence from AlphaVal 30%

Warnings

ℹ Wall Street's average price target is $1097.70 (from 59 analysts). Our estimate is 30% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

Growth DCF inappropriate — terminal value assumptions dominate
EV/EBITDA misleading for regulated businesses where capex is mandated
Regulatory risk is a fat tail not visible in normal multiples