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Read two to four stocks on the same scale — return, valuation and volatility in one table.

SelectedToday6M Return

DGDollar General Corp+ 1.63%− 13.50%
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp− 1.00%− 7.20%

Period Return

Each series is converted to a percentage of its own starting point, so all of them begin at zero. What is compared is the return over the period, not price levels.

DG− 13.5%COST− 7.2%Tap or hover the chart for values along the way

Metric	DGDollar General Corp	COSTCostco Wholesale Corp
Return
Last Price	133.40	916.20
Daily Change	+ 1.63%	− 1.00%
Period ReturnPast 6 Months	− 13.50%	− 7.20%
Valuation
Market Cap	$29.4 B	$406 B
P/E Ratio	17.34	46.08
Dividend Yield	1.88%	0.69%
Net MarginTrailing 12M	3.9%	3.0%
Risk
Beta	0.20	0.86
52-Week Range	95.11 — $158.23	844.06 — $1,096.50
Company
Sector	Consumer Staples	Consumer Staples
Industry	Retail	Retail

Company

DGConsumer Staples · Retail
COSTConsumer Staples · Retail

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