What is COST's five-year median EV/EBITDA?

The median, or middle weekly reading, is 29.3× over the last five years. Available history contains 836 weekly observations from Oct 18, 2010 to Oct 19, 2026.

Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?

No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.

Costco (COST) valuation history

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As of Oct 22, 2026

COST's EV/EBITDA of 29.8x is higher than 56% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.

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EV/EBITDA at year-end

Last weekly reading of each completed year. Rank runs from lowest (0%) to highest (100%) within the five years available on that date.

COST year-end valuation history
Reading date	EV/EBITDA	5-year rank
Dec 29, 2025	28.1×	59%
Dec 30, 2024	34.1×	93%
Dec 25, 2023	27.0×	95%
Dec 26, 2022	20.5×	45%
Dec 27, 2021	28.1×	99%
Dec 28, 2020	21.5×	90%
Dec 30, 2019	19.8×	92%
Dec 31, 2018	15.2×	85%
Dec 25, 2017	14.6×	86%
Dec 26, 2016	13.8×	75%

Peers on the same measure

Stock	EV/EBITDA	5-year rank
DGDollar General	9.1×	25%
DLTRDollar Tree	Unavailable	Unranked
TGTTarget Corporation	8.8×	38%
BF-BBrown–Forman	13.6×	29%

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What is COST's current EV/EBITDA?: COST's EV/EBITDA of 29.8x is higher than 56% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.
What is COST's five-year median EV/EBITDA?: The median, or middle weekly reading, is 29.3× over the last five years. Available history contains 836 weekly observations from Oct 18, 2010 to Oct 19, 2026.
Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?: No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.