Both in Retail Trade

Costco Wholesale vs Walmart

Over the past year COST returned +6.3% and WMT returned +10.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.61.

COST +6.3% WMT +10.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCOSTWMT
Price$995.53$118.70
Market cap$441.15B$941.74B
Today+0.65%−0.09%
1 month+11.2%+11.2%
6 months−0.2%−7.2%
Year to date+15.4%+6.5%
1 year+7.6%+11.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+11.1%+5.9%
Gross margin12.7%26.1%
Net margin3.1%3.4%
P/E (TTM)47.8×42.7×
Price / sales1.5×1.3×
Net cash$15.14B-$45.71B
Dividend yield0.59%0.83%
Volatility (60d)17.9%28.9%
Short % of float1.7%1.8%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).