Question 1

Which is bigger, COST or TGT?

Accepted Answer

Costco Wholesale Corp is the larger company — market cap $419B vs $69.8B for Target Corporation.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, COST or TGT?

Accepted Answer

TGT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 4.2% vs 3.0% for COST.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, COST or TGT?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, TGT trades at a lower P/E — 15.9 vs 45.5 for COST. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, COST or TGT?

Accepted Answer

TGT yields 2.96% vs 0.59% for COST.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — COST or TGT?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, COST leads 4 of 10 comparable metrics and TGT leads 6. StockCV rates COST “Mixed” and TGT “Solid”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	COST	TGT
Price	$946.00	$153.68
Market cap	$419B	$69.8B
Revenue (TTM)	$303B	$234B
Revenue growth	+7.8%	-1.3%
Net margin	3.0%	4.2%
Free cash flow	$9.38B	$6.75B
Net cash (debt)	—	($13.8B)
1-year price return	+0.3%	+72.5%
P/E	45.5	15.9
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	49%	56%
Dividend yield	0.59%	2.96%
Return on equity	28%	27%
Altman Z-score	—	2.21
CV checks passed	9 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	341,000	415,000

Costco Wholesale Corp vs Target Corporation