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COST vs PG

COST: A membership-based warehouse retailer that sells bulk groceries, household goods, and discretionary items to individual and business members at deeply discounted prices. PG: Procter & Gamble is a global powerhouse of branded household and personal care products with a deep portfolio of market-leading consumer staples.

Side-by-side fundamentals

MetricCOSTPGEdge
Price as of 2026-08-21 close$947.74$144.68
Market cap as of 2026-08-24$420.3B$336.3B
P/E as of 2026-08-2448.2620.88PG lower
PEG as of 2026-08-244.054.27COST lower
Net margin as of 2026-08-24+3.0%+18.4%PG higher
Gross margin as of 2026-08-24+12.9%+50.9%PG higher
Operating margin as of 2026-08-24+3.8%+22.9%PG higher
ROE as of 2026-08-24+28.3%+29.8%PG higher
ROA as of 2026-08-24+10.7%+12.6%PG higher
Debt / equity as of 2026-08-240.170.63COST lower
Revenue growth (YoY) as of 2026-08-24+9.2%+3.3%COST higher
Revenue CAGR (3y) SEC XBRL+6.6%+2.0%COST higher
Dividend yield as of 2026-08-24+0.7%+2.5%PG higher
Dividend streak (yrs) SEC XBRL14PG higher
Beta as of 2026-08-240.880.38
1-year return as of 2026-08-21 close-2.3%-8.9%COST higher

Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.

Last updated 2026-08-21.

Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date; "Edge" cells are a pure numeric comparison, not a recommendation.

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