Question 1

Which is bigger, COST or USFD?

Accepted Answer

Costco Wholesale Corp is the larger company — market cap $419B vs $21.1B for US Foods Holding Corp..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, COST or USFD?

Accepted Answer

COST keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 3.0% vs 1.8% for USFD.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, COST or USFD?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, USFD trades at a lower P/E — 29.0 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 USFD?

Accepted Answer

COST yields 0.59% vs 0.00% for USFD.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — COST or USFD?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, COST leads 6 of 9 comparable metrics and USFD leads 3. StockCV rates COST “Mixed” and USFD “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	COST	USFD
Price	$946.00	$97.43
Market cap	$419B	$21.1B
Revenue (TTM)	$303B	$40.1B
Revenue growth	+7.8%	+5.0%
Net margin	3.0%	1.8%
Free cash flow	$9.38B	$946M
Net cash (debt)	—	($5.16B)
1-year price return	+0.3%	+29.4%
P/E	45.5	29.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	49%	61%
Dividend yield	0.59%	0.00%
Return on equity	28%	17%
Altman Z-score	—	3.19
CV checks passed	9 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	341,000	30,000

Costco Wholesale Corp vs US Foods Holding Corp.