Question 1

Which is bigger, BF.B or COST?

Accepted Answer

Costco Wholesale Corp is the larger company — market cap $437B vs $13.1B for Brown-Forman Corporation.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, BF.B or COST?

Accepted Answer

BF.B keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 18.2% vs 3.0% for COST.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, BF.B or COST?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, BF.B trades at a lower P/E — 18.3 vs 47.9 for COST. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, BF.B or COST?

Accepted Answer

BF.B yields 3.22% vs 0.56% for COST.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — BF.B or COST?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, BF.B leads 4 of 11 comparable metrics and COST leads 7. StockCV rates BF.B “Strong” and COST “Strong”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	BF.B	COST
Price	$28.56	$987.10
Market cap	$13.1B	$437B
Revenue (TTM)	$3.93B	$303B
Revenue growth	-2.4%	+7.8%
Net margin	18.2%	3.0%
Free cash flow	$893M	$9.38B
1-year price return	+1.0%	+6.6%
P/E	18.3	47.9
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	71%	39%
Dividend yield	3.22%	0.56%
Return on equity	18%	28%
Altman Z-score	4.83	7.40
CV checks passed	8 of 9	10 of 9
Employees	4,900	341,000

Brown-Forman Corporation vs Costco Wholesale Corp