COST vs TGT
Costco Wholesale and Target, side by side.
Prices and company dataas of yesterday's close
- COSTBuy moresales growth, past year10%
Three more analysts rate Costco Wholesale a buy than three months ago, and its sales grew 10% over the past year.
- TGTBuy more2.9%
Target pays a 2.9% dividend that it has raised for 55 years in a row.
Percent return
- COST+19.71%
- TGT+86.15%
Nov 11, 2025 to Nov 11, 2026
Where they differ
- Company size: COST $432B, TGT $66.3B.
- Sales growth, 1 yr: COST +10%, TGT +2%. COST is ahead.
- Price for $1 of next year's profit: COST $46, TGT $17. TGT is ahead.
- Profit per $1 of sales: COST 4¢, TGT 5¢. TGT is ahead.
- Cash minus debt: COST +$11.1B, TGT −$13.8B. COST is ahead.
- Price change, 1 yr: COST +20%, TGT +86%. TGT is ahead. S&P 500 +12%.
- How much the price swings: COST 21%, TGT 31%. COST is ahead.
| Measure | COSTCostco Wholesale | TGTTarget |
|---|---|---|
| Price and returns | ||
| Price | $1,087.52 | $162.70 |
| Today | Best in this row: +2.01% | +0.57% |
| 1 month | Best in this row: +15.03% | +6.64% |
| 3 months | Best in this row: +15.33% | +8.41% |
| This year | +26.87% | Best in this row: +72.23% |
| 1 year | +19.71% | Best in this row: +86.15% |
| 5 years | Best in this row: +124.04% | −25.21% |
| From 52-week high | −0.3% | −3.6% |
| How much it swings (90 days) | Best in this row: 21% | 31% |
| Valuation | ||
| Market value | $432B | $66.3B |
| Price vs last year's earnings | 48.9× | Best in this row: 19.3× |
| Price vs next year's expected earnings | 46.1× | Best in this row: 17.0× |
| Price vs earnings, adjusted for growth | 3.77× | Best in this row: 2.02× |
| Price to sales | 1.5× | Best in this row: 0.7× |
| Price vs cash it brings in | 49.8× | Best in this row: 16.1× |
| Company value vs operating profit | 32.1× | Best in this row: 10.0× |
| Price vs earnings, against its own past (0 = cheapest) | Best in this row: 33 | 100 |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth, 1 year | Best in this row: +10.1% | +2.0% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 3 years | Best in this row: +7.8% | −1.3% |
| Earnings per share growth, last year | Best in this row: +12.7% | −16.6% |
| Earnings per share growth expected next year | Best in this row: +9.9% | −5.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Kept from sales after making the product | 12.8% | Best in this row: 28.4% |
| Kept as operating profit | 3.8% | Best in this row: 5.0% |
| Kept as final profit | 3.0% | Best in this row: 4.1% |
| Kept as spare cash | 3.1% | Best in this row: 4.1% |
| Profit on shareholders' money | Best in this row: 28.4% | 26.4% |
| Profit on all money put in | Best in this row: 37.3% | 13.2% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net cash (cash minus debt) | Best in this row: $11.1B | −$13.8B |
| Debt for each $1 of shareholders' money | Best in this row: 0.28× | 1.08× |
| Short-term assets per $1 of bills due | Best in this row: 1.06× | 0.99× |
| Dividend yield | 0.56% | Best in this row: 2.93% |
| Share of profit paid as dividends | Best in this row: 28% | 48% |
| Our readPro | ||
| Our call | Buy more | Buy more |
| Why | Three more analysts rate Costco Wholesale a buy than three months ago, and its sales grew 10% over the past year. | Target pays a 2.9% dividend that it has raised for 55 years in a row. |
| Where the price sits | in the full report | in the full report |
| Our overall score (out of 100) | Best in this row: 56 | 49 |
| Our value score | 28 | Best in this row: 65 |
| Our growth score | Best in this row: 61 | 22 |
| Our quality score | Best in this row: 73 | 62 |
| Our price trend score | 60 | Best in this row: 63 |
| Earnings and analysts | ||
| Next earnings | Dec 10in 28 days | Nov 18BMOin 6 days |
| Analyst consensus | Buy | Hold |
| To average analyst target | +1.1% | Best in this row: +2.7% |
| Average analyst target | $1,099.88 | $167.08 |
| Analysts rating it a buy | Best in this row: 63% | 34% |
| Buy ratings added, 3 months | Best in this row: +3 | +1 |
| Analysts covering | 26 | 28 |
COST: faster sales growth
Our pick of these: Costco Wholesale
Sales growth +10.1% vs +2.0%
COST +10.1%, TGT +2.0%.Forward P/E per point of sales growth 4.55 vs no growth
COST 4.55, TGT no growth.63% of analysts rate it a buy, vs 34%
COST 63%, TGT 34%.Where it loses: TGT has a better past year, +86.2% vs +19.7%
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