BJ's Wholesale Club vs Costco Wholesale
BJ and COST side by side, both in variety stores. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BJ and COST compare
Costco Wholesale is the larger company, worth 33 times as much as BJ's Wholesale Club ($449B against $13.6B).
On earnings, BJ's Wholesale Club is cheaper: it trades at 23.5× trailing earnings, against 48.8× for Costco Wholesale.
Costco Wholesale grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.1% versus 9.1% for BJ's Wholesale Club).
Costco Wholesale keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.0% compared with 2.6% at BJ's Wholesale Club.
Costco Wholesale pays a dividend yielding 0.69%; BJ's Wholesale Club does not pay one.
Costco Wholesale scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 9 for BJ's Wholesale Club), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BJ | COST |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $13.6B | $449B |
| Share price | $107.32 | $1012.28 |
| Change, 1 year | 19.4% | 10.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 73.2% | 97.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.24 | 0.74 |
| Employees | 35K | 355K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 23.5× (better) | 48.8× |
| P/S | 0.6× (better) | 1.5× |
| P/B | 6.2× (better) | 12.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.2× (better) | 30.2× |
| P/FCF | 37.8× (better) | 47.8× |
| PEG | 4.50 | 3.58 (better) |
| FCF yield | 2.6% (better) | 2.1% |
| Fair value | $95.22 | $644.97 |
| Margin of safety | −12.7% (better) | −56.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.1% | 10.1% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.8% | 9.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 2.7% | 13.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 4.8% | 14.0% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 7.6% | 13.0% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 18.2% (better) | 12.8% |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 3.9% (better) |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 3.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 1.6% | 3.1% (better) |
| Return on equity | 27.7% | 28.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 23.5% | 45.8% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.29 | 0.17 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.52 (better) | −1.05 |
| Interest coverage | – | 80.6× |
| Current ratio | 0.73 | 1.06 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.76 | 9.38 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.69% |
| Payout ratio | – | 26.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 1 |
| Buyback yield | 4.1% (better) | 0.19% |
| Shareholder yield | 4.1% (better) | 0.88% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 109% | 72.9% |
| Held by insiders | 0.66% | 0.18% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$18.6M | −$13.6M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 4 |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.4% | 1.7% |
Go deeper
- BJ stock overview
- BJ income statement
- BJ valuation and score
- COST stock overview
- COST income statement
- COST valuation and score
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