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Financial Ratios for COST
AI-generated plain-English read of financial ratios for COST. Updated daily.
Weak operating health, broadly improving
moderateOperating health is weak (moderate leverage, tight liquidity, average capital efficiency) but the trajectory is improving across multiple axes — a possible early-stage turn; watch two more quarters to confirm.
What will probably happen
- The broadly improving trajectory suggests the current snapshot understates where health is heading — the next 1-2 periods should show further improvement if the trend holds.
What to do
- If you HOLD this stock
- Operating health is mixed or weak, but trending better — maintain position while the trend holds.
- If you're EVALUATING this stock
- Evaluate with caution — the improving trend is a positive signal but the snapshot is not yet at a quality tier.
- If you trade OPTIONS
- Balanced implied volatility is appropriate — the fundamental picture does not argue strongly for either direction. Prefer defined-risk structures.
4 periods with 3 ratios populated — directionally informative but trend reads may be noisy.
Technical details
Technical analysis
- Leverage
- D/E 0.24x | interest coverage — → moderate leverage
- Liquidity
- current ratio 1.07x | quick ratio 0.61x → tight liquidity
- Efficiency
- asset turnover — | CCC — → average efficiency
- Trajectory
- broadly improving
- Composite health
- weak health
- Periods analysed
- 4
- Ratios populated (latest)
- 3
Key levels
| Level | Value |
|---|---|
| quick ratio | 0.611 |
| current ratio | 1.072 |
| debt to equity | 0.243 |
| debt distressed threshold | 1 |
| stressed liquidity threshold | 0.8 |
Caveats
- Financial ratios are accounting snapshots — capital-intensive vs. capital-light businesses score very differently on the same metrics. Read alongside sector context.