Both in Retail Trade

Costco Wholesale vs Lowe's Companies

Over the past year COST returned +5.7% and LOW returned −18.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.23.

COST +5.7% LOW −18.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCOSTLOW
Price$989.11$197.38
Market cap$438.30B$110.74B
Today+1.14%+0.85%
1 month+10.6%+1.6%
6 months−1.1%−21.6%
Year to date+14.7%−18.2%
1 year+3.6%−18.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+11.1%+8.3%
Gross margin12.7%33.0%
Net margin3.1%9.2%
P/E (TTM)47.5×16.7×
Price / sales1.4×1.2×
Net cash$15.14B-$34.15B
Dividend yield0.59%2.53%
Volatility (60d)18.0%26.1%
Short % of float1.7%1.9%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).