Costco Wholesale Corporation vs Home Depot Inc — how do they compare? Costco Wholesale Corporation trades at $921.51 (market cap $408.78B), while Home Depot Inc trades at $340 (market cap $336.77B). The key difference: Costco Wholesale Corporation is the larger of the two by market cap, and Home Depot Inc pays the higher dividend (2.76%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| COST | HD | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $408.78B | $336.77B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $1.09K | $423.42 |
52-Week Low | $849.63 | $297.51 |
Enterprise Value | $396.92B | $398.32B |
Dividend Yield | 0.64% | 2.76% |
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Latest headlines on both assets
The leading warehouse club, Costco has 815 stores worldwide (at the end of fiscal 2021), with most sales derived in the United States (72%) and Canada (14%). It sells memberships that allow customers to shop in its warehouses, which feature low prices on a limited product assortment. Costco mainly caters to individual shoppers, but roughly 20% of paid members carry business memberships. Food and sundries accounted for 40% of fiscal 2021 sales, with non-food merchandise 29%, warehouse ancillary and other businesses (such as fuel and pharmacy) nearly 17%, and fresh food 14%. Costco's warehouses average around 146,000 square feet
Read more on COST →Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, operating more than 2,300 warehouse-format stores offering more than 30,000 products in store and 1 million products online in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Its stores offer numerous building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and decor products and provide various services, including home improvement installation services and tool and equipment rentals. The acquisition of distributor Interline Brands in 2015 allowed Home Depot to enter the maintenance, repair, and operations business, which has been expanded through the tie-up with HD Supply (2020). The addition of the Company Store brought textile exposure to Home Depot's lineup.
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