Costco

COST · Consumer Staples

Sustainability score

53.2Rank 207 overall / 7 in Consumer Staples

Costco's distance from the ideal is driven mostly by FCF margin and Emissions intensity. It sits closest to the frontier on Asset turnover.

59th percentile of the index, 82th percentile of Consumer Staples

Environmental

Social

Financial/Operational

Distance-to-ideal decomposition

Emissions intensity

23%

ESG risk score

18%

Controversy level

11%

Asset turnover

Net margin

12%

FCF margin

35%

Net debt / EBITDA

Pillar weight shares: Environmental 24%, Social 23%, Financial/Operational 53%

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Net-zero scenario

COST · Costco

Laggard · bottom 20% of Consumer Staples · score 55.0 · rank 28/34

Cleanup cost: 0.02 yrs · n/a; Sector median 0.02 yrs
Revenue at risk: 0%; Sector median 0%
Revenue upside: 0%; Sector median 0%
Can it pay: -0.7x debt load; FCF margin 3% · sector median 2.2x

Verdict: SELLNo position to stressData: estimatedHeld at benchmark

Cleanup bill by source

Purchased electricity	n/a
On-site fuel combustion	n/a
Vehicle fleets	n/a
Process emissions	n/a
Fugitive emissions	n/a

Why

Benchmark: burden 0.02 years of earnings (sector median 0.02 years), fossil revenue 0%, beneficiary revenue 0%, net debt/EBITDA -0.7x; largest gaps to the sector ideal: FCF margin and leverage vs sector target.

Costco

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Net-zero scenario

COST · Costco

Cleanup bill by source

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Consumer Staples peers

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Costco

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Net-zero scenario

COST · Costco

Cleanup bill by source

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