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Comparison · seed-0.7 · marketcap-1 · 2026-08-30

Coca-Cola (KO) vs Costco (COST)

Coca-Cola (KO) and Costco (COST) side by side: both in Consumer Staples, listed on New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market. Costco is the larger of the two by approximate market capitalization (about 1.1×).

FieldCoca-ColaCostco
Legal nameThe Coca-Cola CompanyCostco Wholesale Corporation
TickerKOCOST
ExchangeNew York Stock Exchange XNYSNasdaq Stock Market XNAS
JurisdictionUnited StatesUnited States
SectorConsumer StaplesConsumer Staples
IndustryNon-alcoholic beveragesWarehouse club retail
Market cap ≈$385.8bn$419.3bn
Founded18861983
Reporting currencyUSDUSD
LEIUWJKFUJFZ02DKWI3RY5329DX7H14B9S6O3FD6V18
ISINUS1912161007US22160K1051
FIGIBBG001S5SMQ8BBG001S9KRQ7
Index membershipS&P 500S&P 500, Nasdaq-100
Held by (covered funds)—1

Coca-Cola

The world's largest non-alcoholic beverage company, selling concentrate for Coca-Cola and hundreds of other drink brands through a global bottling network.

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Costco

Membership warehouse-club retailer operating 928 warehouses as tagged in its Form 10-Q for the quarter to 10 May 2026; most of its profit comes from annual membership fees rather than merchandise margin.

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What they share

Same indices: S&P 500

Market caps are computed from each issuer's own filed share count times the close on 2026-08-28, not copied from a vendor; LEI from GLEIF (CC0), ISIN read from each issuer's own primary listing document with its ISO 6166 check digit validated, FIGI from OpenFIGI, MIC from the ISO 10383 registry — full provenance on Sources. Not real-time, not investment advice. Both sides as data: /api/v1/companies/coca-cola · /api/v1/companies/costco