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Pick two to four companies and follow where each one ranked on ten years of fundamentals, at every archive anchor, as a share of every company we could rank at the time. Higher is better. The share matters rather than the place because the number of ranked companies grows over time, so the same place means something different at either end.
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This is not a date range. It selects the ranking built on five, ten, or twenty years of published fundamentals.
Market position over time
HDB Score, ranked on ten years of fundamentals at each anchor. A gap is a year the company was not ranked, not a zero.
- COST
- WMT
- HD
- LOW
| Year | Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) | Walmart Inc. (WMT) | The Home Depot Inc (HD) | Lowe's Companies Inc (LOW) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | not ranked | Top 1.0% (#2 of 193) | Top 0.52% (#1 of 193) | Top 34% (#66 of 193) |
| 1997 | not ranked | Top 1.2% (#3 of 250) | Top 0.80% (#2 of 250) | Top 27% (#67 of 250) |
| 1998 | not ranked | Top 0.90% (#3 of 333) | Top 0.60% (#2 of 333) | Top 22% (#73 of 333) |
| 1999 | not ranked | Top 1.3% (#5 of 371) | Top 0.54% (#2 of 371) | Top 16% (#60 of 371) |
| 2000 | not ranked | Top 0.96% (#4 of 418) | Top 0.48% (#2 of 418) | Top 12% (#49 of 418) |
| 2001 | not ranked | Top 1.6% (#9 of 558) | Top 0.72% (#4 of 558) | Top 6.5% (#36 of 558) |
| 2002 | not ranked | Top 2.1% (#13 of 611) | Top 0.49% (#3 of 611) | Top 0.33% (#2 of 611) |
| 2003 | not ranked | Top 1.7% (#12 of 727) | Top 0.55% (#4 of 727) | Top 0.28% (#2 of 727) |
| 2004 | not ranked | Top 1.5% (#12 of 818) | Top 0.61% (#5 of 818) | Top 0.37% (#3 of 818) |
| 2005 | Top 6.3% (#57 of 901) | Top 2.4% (#22 of 901) | Top 0.67% (#6 of 901) | Top 0.44% (#4 of 901) |
| 2006 | Top 6.3% (#62 of 989) | Top 2.7% (#27 of 989) | Top 0.71% (#7 of 989) | Top 0.30% (#3 of 989) |
| 2007 | Top 7.6% (#84 of 1104) | Top 2.5% (#28 of 1104) | Top 3.3% (#36 of 1104) | Top 0.18% (#2 of 1104) |
| 2008 | Top 13% (#152 of 1193) | Top 1.3% (#15 of 1193) | Top 14% (#172 of 1193) | Top 1.0% (#12 of 1193) |
| 2009 | Top 9.7% (#124 of 1281) | Top 0.86% (#11 of 1281) | Top 48% (#610 of 1281) | Top 6.6% (#85 of 1281) |
| 2010 | Top 9.2% (#127 of 1375) | Top 0.95% (#13 of 1375) | Top 54% (#740 of 1375) | Top 20% (#275 of 1375) |
| 2011 | Top 12% (#176 of 1464) | Top 1.6% (#23 of 1464) | Top 59% (#862 of 1464) | Top 30% (#435 of 1464) |
| 2012 | Top 10% (#158 of 1527) | Top 4.6% (#71 of 1527) | Top 64% (#981 of 1527) | Top 52% (#794 of 1527) |
| 2013 | Top 9.5% (#149 of 1570) | Top 5.5% (#87 of 1570) | Top 66% (#1030 of 1570) | Top 51% (#795 of 1570) |
| 2014 | Top 7.6% (#123 of 1608) | Top 9.2% (#148 of 1608) | Top 68% (#1095 of 1608) | Top 40% (#640 of 1608) |
| 2015 | Top 7.5% (#125 of 1675) | Top 9.8% (#164 of 1675) | Top 66% (#1111 of 1675) | Top 40% (#669 of 1675) |
| 2016 | Top 5.3% (#93 of 1753) | Top 18% (#314 of 1753) | Top 46% (#806 of 1753) | Top 53% (#927 of 1753) |
| 2017 | Top 6.9% (#126 of 1816) | Top 34% (#617 of 1816) | Top 18% (#322 of 1816) | Top 43% (#782 of 1816) |
| 2018 | Top 4.8% (#90 of 1891) | Top 44% (#834 of 1891) | Top 5.4% (#103 of 1891) | Top 22% (#417 of 1891) |
| 2019 | Top 5.6% (#109 of 1959) | Top 43% (#844 of 1959) | Top 0.71% (#14 of 1959) | Top 27% (#530 of 1959) |
| 2020 | Top 2.5% (#50 of 1986) | Top 47% (#939 of 1986) | Top 0.70% (#14 of 1986) | Top 19% (#370 of 1986) |
| 2021 | Top 1.3% (#26 of 2060) | Top 46% (#950 of 2060) | Top 0.24% (#5 of 2060) | Top 9.8% (#201 of 2060) |
HDB Score, ten years of fundamentals
COST
Costco Wholesale Corp
Top 1.3% in 2021
#26 of 2,060 ranked companies at that anchor
Top 50 for 2 consecutive years through 2021, since 2020.
WMT
Walmart Inc.
Top 46% in 2021
#950 of 2,060 ranked companies at that anchor
HD
The Home Depot Inc
Top 0.24% in 2021
#5 of 2,060 ranked companies at that anchor
Top 50 for 3 consecutive years through 2021, since 2019.
LOW
Lowe's Companies Inc
Top 9.8% in 2021
#201 of 2,060 ranked companies at that anchor
Every measure, read at 2021
One anchor for the whole grid, so the columns are comparable. Pick a measure to follow it year by year.
| Measure | COST | WMT | HD | LOW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDB Score | Top 1.3% | Top 46% | Best rank among compared companies: Top 0.24% | Top 9.8% |
| Net Income Growth | Top 26% | Top 64% | Best rank among compared companies: Top 19% | Top 28% |
| Net Income Consistency | Top 0.87% | Top 41% | Best rank among compared companies: Top 0.18% | Top 14% |
| Net Income Trend | Top 1.6% | Top 94% | Best rank among compared companies: Top 0.80% | Top 20% |
| Net Income Sum | Top 5.9% | Best rank among compared companies: Top 0.55% | Top 1.5% | Top 5.1% |
| Revenue Growth | Best rank among compared companies: Top 30% | Top 58% | Top 35% | Top 38% |
| Revenue Consistency | Best rank among compared companies: Top 3.9% | Top 20% | Top 4.5% | Top 12% |
| Revenue Trend | Top 8.7% | Top 20% | Top 7.1% | Best rank among compared companies: Top 6.7% |
| Revenue Sum | Top 0.92% | Best rank among compared companies: Top 0.05% | Top 1.4% | Top 2.4% |
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This comparison is public through 2021. The rankings continue.
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