AHMA vs LLYVA vs COST Stock Comparison

Ambitions Enterprise Management Co. L.L.C, Liberty Live Holdings and Costco Wholesale Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
COST Costco Wholesale Corp /New
$996.08 +7.7% 1M +9.2% 1Y
Market cap
$441.53B
P/E
47.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$303.15B
Div. yield
0.56%
Warehouse Clubs Consumer Staples
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Costco Wholesale leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Costco Wholesale 5, Liberty Live Holdings 3, Ambitions Enterprise Management Co. L.L.C 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAHMALLYVACOSTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $30.60M $9.12B $441.53B COST
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.0x -20.7x 47.9x AHMA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 46.9x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +14.9% +10.1% LLYVA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -108.1% 3.0% COST
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -2.6% 21.7% COST
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -68.6x -1.1x LLYVA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 0.56% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -82.3% +13.1% +9.2% LLYVA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — +15.2%/yr –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 280.6% 31.7% 20.0% COST
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 27/100 51/100 COST

Percentile Scorecard

AHMALLYVACOST

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAHMALLYVACOST
Valuation 52 #14 of 28 8 #12 of 13 8 #37 of 40
Growth – 80 #3 of 11 76 #10 of 38
Profitability – 10 #10 of 11 74 #10 of 36
Financial Health 100 #1 of 30 9 #11 of 12 85 #7 of 40
Shareholder Returns – – 15 #24 of 28
Overall – 27 51
  • AHMA ranked among 31 companies in Travel and Lodging
  • LLYVA ranked among 13 companies in Live Venues
  • COST ranked among 41 companies in Staples Retail

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAHMALLYVACOSTSPY
1 month -20.0%+2.6%+7.7% +0.7%
3 months -22.3%-3.0%+4.4% +3.7%
6 months -3.6%+8.6%-1.8% +7.1%
Year to date -78.1%+21.6%+15.5% +12.8%
1 year -82.3%+13.1%+9.2% +11.9%
3 years —+221.4%+79.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year —+47.6%+21.6% +22.8%
5 years ——+102.6% +67.6%
5 years, per year ——+15.2% +10.9%
10 years ——+565.1% +262.0%
10 years, per year ——+20.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAHMALLYVACOSTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 280.6%31.7%20.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 261.9%33.5%19.8% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.190.64-0.20 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.290.410.46 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -97.9%-24.4%-31.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -97.1%-5.6%-9.0% -1.2%
52-week high $37.11$104.99$1,094.32 $779.14
52-week low $0.79$74.85$850.00 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAHMALLYVACOST
P/E now vs peer median 25.0xmedian 18.4x -20.7xmedian 52.7x 47.9xmedian 22.1x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.5x 22.4xmedian 1.5x 1.5xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.6x -458.6xmedian 18.6x 29.7xmedian 9.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median -27.7xmedian 17.0x -1,244xmedian 17.7x 47.1xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 2.4x -14.6xmedian 2.5x 12.3xmedian 2.8x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.30 —median 0.28 3.52median 1.07

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAHMALLYVACOST
Revenue – $406.97M $303.15B
Gross profit – $75.92M $38.88B
Operating income – -$49.43M $11.69B
Net income – -$440.14M $9.23B
Free cash flow – -$7.33M $9.38B
EPS (diluted) – $-4.75 $20.76
Cash & equivalents $2.87M $523.35M $20.21B
Total debt – $7.48B $6.16B
Shares (diluted) 28.34M 92.60M 444.43M
Enterprise value $27.73M $7.17B $364.81B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAHMALLYVACOST
P/E 25.0x -20.7x 47.9x
P/FCF -27.7x -1,244x 47.1x
P/Operating cash flow – -1,244x 27.9x
P/S 1.5x 22.4x 1.5x
P/B 2.4x -14.6x 12.3x
P/Tangible book 2.4x -12.4x 12.3x
EV/EBITDA – -458.6x 29.7x
EV/EBIT – -216.8x 36.5x
EV/Revenue – 26.3x 1.4x
EV/FCF – -1,462x 45.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – -1,462x 27.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – 3.52

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAHMALLYVACOST
Revenue growth (1Y) – 14.9% 10.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – 7.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 10.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 9.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 57.4% 12.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 12.9%
Net income growth (1Y) – -20.5% 13.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – – 13.6%
EPS growth (1Y) – – 14.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – 13.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 18.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 12.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 19.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 11.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAHMALLYVACOST
Gross margin – 18.7% 12.8%
EBITDA margin – -5.7% 4.7%
Operating margin – -12.1% 3.9%
Pretax margin – -137.3% 4.0%
Net margin – -108.1% 3.0%
FCF margin – -1.8% 3.1%
Operating cash flow margin – -1.8% 5.2%
Return on equity – – 26.6%
Return on assets – -22.6% 10.5%
Return on invested capital – -2.6% 21.7%
Return on capital employed – – 26.7%
Asset turnover – 0.2x 3.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.0x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 2.1% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAHMALLYVACOST
Debt / assets – 105.6% 6.9%
Debt / equity – -3.4x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – -68.6x -1.1x
Debt / FCF – -290.0x 0.7x
Liabilities / assets 17.0% 131.1% 59.8%
Equity / assets 83.0% -31.1% 40.2%
Interest coverage – -1.7x 80.6x
Current ratio 4.2x 0.3x 1.1x
Quick ratio 3.0x 0.2x 0.6x
Cash ratio 1.1x 0.2x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 0.34 9.30

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAHMALLYVACOST
Dividend yield – – 0.6%
Net buyback yield – – 0.2%
Shareholder yield – – 0.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAHMALLYVACOST
Forward P/E – – 46.9xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year – – $21.22FY2027
EPS growth, next FY – – +2.2%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after – – +22.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year – – $345.44BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY – – +14.0%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after – – -4.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAHMALLYVACOST
Held by institutions – 100.0% 73.2%
Institutions holding – 250 4,211
Change in shares held, QoQ – +0.9% +5.0%
Institutions buying – 105 1,921
Institutions selling – 70 1,706
Buyers to sellers – 1.50 1.13

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AHMALLYVACOST
AHMA 1.00 0.04 -0.03
LLYVA 0.04 1.00 0.06
COST -0.03 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AHMA, LLYVA and COST?

Costco Wholesale (COST) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ambitions Enterprise Management Co. L.L.C (AHMA) $30.60M, Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) $9.12B, Costco Wholesale (COST) $441.53B.

Which stock is cheaper, AHMA, LLYVA and COST?

Ambitions Enterprise Management Co. L.L.C (AHMA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ambitions Enterprise Management Co. L.L.C (AHMA) 25.0x, Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) -20.7x, Costco Wholesale (COST) 47.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) +14.9%, Costco Wholesale (COST) +10.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Costco Wholesale (COST) has the highest net margin (Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) -108.1%, Costco Wholesale (COST) 3.0%). On return on invested capital, Costco Wholesale (COST) leads (Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) -2.6%, Costco Wholesale (COST) 21.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) returned the most: Ambitions Enterprise Management Co. L.L.C (AHMA) -82.3%, Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) +13.1%, Costco Wholesale (COST) +9.2%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Costco Wholesale (COST) 0.56%. Ambitions Enterprise Management Co. L.L.C (AHMA) and Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Costco Wholesale (COST) has been the steadiest (Ambitions Enterprise Management Co. L.L.C (AHMA) 280.6%, Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) 31.7%, Costco Wholesale (COST) 20.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AHMA, LLYVA and COST?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Costco Wholesale (COST) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.