Peers · Consumer Defensive
Alternatives to COST
6 stocks in the same consumer defensive sector with similar yield and safety profiles to COST (0.56% yield, 8.3/10 safety).
The closest alternative to COST in our universe is WMT — 0.38% higher yield than COST (0.94% vs 0.56%) and a 8.8/10 safety score compared to COST's 8.3/10. Across all 6 peers, yields range from 0.94% to 4.73% and safety scores range from 6.8 to 8.8/10.
Switching from COST to a peer is not always straightforward — a higher yield peer often carries a lower safety score, and vice versa. The table below ranks each alternative by how closely it matches COST on both dimensions simultaneously, so you can see the full yield-vs-safety tradeoff at a glance.
Closest matches
| Ticker | Yield | Safety | How it differs from COST |
|---|---|---|---|
| WMT · Walmart Inc. | 0.94% | 8.8/10 · Strong | 0.5 safety-score gap (safer) |
| KO · The Coca-Cola Company | 2.42% | 8.0/10 · Strong | 1.86% yield gap (higher) |
| TGT · Target Corporation | 2.95% | 8.3/10 · Strong | 2.39% yield gap (higher) |
| PM · Philip Morris International Inc. | 3.24% | 8.0/10 · Strong | 2.68% yield gap (higher) |
| PG · The Procter & Gamble Company | 3.05% | 7.0/10 · Solid | 2.49% yield gap (higher) |
| ABEV · Ambev S.A. - ADR | 4.73% | 6.8/10 · Solid | 4.17% yield gap (higher) |
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