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[COST] Costco Wholesale Corp. - Debt / Equity
Data updated 2023-Nov-05 (Sunday)Note: Detailed Statistics for Debt / Equity in Balance Sheet for Costco Wholesale Corp. [NASDAQ:COST] with frequency distribution chart that analyze trends & history . Debt to Equity is a leverage ratio calculated as Total Liabilities / Total Shareholder Equity. Debt to Equity Ratio measures financial risk considering proportion of debt that can be covered by shareholder equity. High Debt / Equity implies higher risk. View Balance Sheet for broader context
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Quarterly Debt / Equity values for Costco Wholesale Corp. are rounded to enhance readability
| 2023-Aug | 2023-Apr | 2023-Feb | 2022-Aug | 2022-Aug | 2022-Apr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt / Equity | 175.3% | 183.2% | 193.3% | 210.8% | 210.8% | 217.0% |
| Sequential Quarter Growth | -4.3% | -5.2% | -8.3% | 0.0% | -2.9% | -2.2% |
| Quarter-on Quarter Growth | -16.8% | -15.6% | -12.9% | -10.1% | -10.1% | -11.2% |
Annual Debt / Equity values for Costco Wholesale Corp. are rounded to enhance readability
| 2023-Aug | 2022-Aug | 2021-Aug | 2020-Aug | 2019-Aug | 2018-Aug | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt / Equity | 175.3% | 210.8% | 234.5% | 201.6% | 195.6% | 216.6% |
| Year-on-Year Growth | -16.8% | -10.1% | +16.4% | +3.0% | -9.7% | -7.6% |
| 2-yr CAGR | -3.5% | -8.7% | +12.1% | |||
| 3-yr CAGR | -4.5% | -4.9% | +4.3% | |||
| 4-yr CAGR | -2.7% | +4.0% | ||||
| 5-yr CAGR | -4.1% | +6.3% |
Frequency distribution of quarterly Debt / Equity values from 2015-Mar-31 grouped into buckets. Latest Debt / Equity value is 175 as of 2023-Sep-30
Subsequent stock performance post earnings date till next announcement for Costco Wholesale Corp. mapped with quarterly Debt / Equity values reported at that time. Most recent value denoted with star
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Bayesian (Conditional Probability) analysis for Costco Wholesale Corp. with subsequent post-earnings performance given Debt / Equity values. Analysis uses quarterly data and subsequent absolute performance. Most recent quarter is denoted with a star and corresponding partial performance is excluded from calculations
| Underperform (absolute perf.) | Outperform (absolute perf.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Debt / Equity - Low | 50% | 50% |
| Debt / Equity - Medium | 43% | 57% |
| Debt / Equity - High | 57% | 43% |
| Debt / Equity (Sequential growth %) - Low | 43% | 57% |
| Debt / Equity (Sequential growth %) - Medium | 57% | 43% |
| Debt / Equity (Sequential growth %) - High | 57% | 43% |
| Debt / Equity (QoQ growth %) - Low | 50% | 50% |
| Debt / Equity (QoQ growth %) - Medium | 33% | 67% |
| Debt / Equity (QoQ growth %) - High | 50% | 50% |
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