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

The median, or middle weekly reading, is 1.3× 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/Sales of 1.4x is higher than 60% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.

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EV/Sales 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/Sales	5-year rank
Dec 29, 2025	1.3×	66%
Dec 30, 2024	1.6×	96%
Dec 25, 2023	1.2×	94%
Dec 26, 2022	0.9×	51%
Dec 27, 2021	1.2×	98%
Dec 28, 2020	0.9×	94%
Dec 30, 2019	0.8×	93%
Dec 31, 2018	0.6×	76%
Dec 25, 2017	0.6×	93%
Dec 26, 2016	0.6×	90%

Peers on the same measure

Stock	EV/Sales	5-year rank
DGDollar General	0.7×	36%
DLTRDollar Tree	1.3×	43%
TGTTarget Corporation	0.7×	50%
BF-BBrown–Forman	3.8×	13%

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What is COST's current EV/Sales?: COST's EV/Sales of 1.4x is higher than 60% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.
What is COST's five-year median EV/Sales?: The median, or middle weekly reading, is 1.3× 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.