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| 31-May-13 | Reiterated |
UBS |
Buy |
$121 → $124 |
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| 31-May-13 | Reiterated |
McAdams Wright Ragen |
Hold |
$110 → $115 |
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| 31-May-13 | Reiterated |
Argus |
Buy |
$115 → $125 |
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| 28-May-13 | Reiterated |
Deutsche Bank |
Buy |
$110 → $120 |
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| 03-May-13 | Reiterated |
Barclays |
Equal Weight |
$105 → $110 |
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| 16-Apr-13 | Initiated |
UBS |
Buy |
$121 |
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| 02-Oct-12 | Reiterated |
Stifel Nicolaus |
Buy |
$100 → $107 |
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| 19-Sep-12 | Reiterated |
Argus |
Buy |
$100 → $110 |
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| 31-Aug-12 | Reiterated |
McAdams Wright Ragen |
Hold |
$92 → $98 |
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| 02-Jul-12 | Reiterated |
Stifel Nicolaus |
Buy |
$90 → $100 |
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| 14-Jun-12 | Reiterated |
McAdams Wright Ragen |
Hold |
$89 → $92 |
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| 30-May-12 | Reiterated |
McAdams Wright Ragen |
Hold |
$85 → $89 |
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| 28-Feb-12 | Initiated |
Oppenheimer |
Perform |
$90 |
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| 07-Dec-11 | Initiated |
UBS |
Neutral |
$87 |
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| 06-Oct-11 | Reiterated |
McAdams Wright Ragen |
Hold |
$80 → $85 |
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| 06-Oct-11 | Reiterated |
Barclays Capital |
Equal Weight |
$80 → $85 |
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| 26-May-11 | Reiterated |
Barclays Capital |
Equal Weight |
$75 → $80 |
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| 03-Mar-11 | Reiterated |
McAdams Wright Ragen |
Hold |
$71 → $73 |
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| 03-Mar-11 | Reiterated |
Deutsche Bank |
Hold |
$69 → $74 |
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| 25-Jan-11 | Reiterated |
UBS |
Neutral |
$68 → $73 |
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| 18-Jun-13 06:01PM | Final Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
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| 01:17PM | Midday Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
| 11:55AM | There's Something Special About Specialty Retailers at Motley Fool |
| 10:55AM | This ex-Amazon engineer wants to outsmart Jeff Bezos at Fortune |
| 10:22AM | Early Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
| 10:14AM | Lampert Says He Has Sears Strategy as Analysts Doubt It: Retail at Bloomberg |
| 09:46AM | Bank of American Corp Director Sells 580K Shares and 4 Insider Sales to Note at Wall St. Cheat Sheet |
| 08:05AM | The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: McGraw-Hill Financial, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Costco Wholesale Zacks |
| 17-Jun-13 06:04PM | Final Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
| 05:02PM | Costco Continues Decent Sales Run Zacks |
| 03:26PM | This Retailers Expensive Valuation Is Warranted! at Motley Fool |
| 02:37PM | Amazon aims to vanquish the ghost of Webvan at MarketWatch |
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| 09:56AM | Rewards Program, Canadian Expansion and E-commerce initiative will be the Growth Driver for This Stock at Motley Fool |
| 09:34AM | Adept Technology VP Sells 20K Shares and 4 Insider Sales to Note at Wall St. Cheat Sheet |
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| 16-Jun-13 07:25AM | Is Walmart Cutting Costs With Temp Workers? at Wall St. Cheat Sheet |
| 15-Jun-13 01:04PM | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW Financials EDGAR Online Financials |
| 14-Jun-13 09:13PM | Is Wal-Mart a Buy? at Motley Fool |
| 06:03PM | Final Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
| 05:25PM | This Giant Retailer Plans to Get Bigger at Motley Fool |
| 04:51PM | Costco Wholesale Now #74 Largest Company, Surpassing MetLife at Forbes |
| 04:49PM | Customer Initiative Helps Kroger Compete Vs. Rivals at Investor's Business Daily |
| 01:28PM | Midday Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
| 01:17PM | Will Red Card and Canadian Expansion Help This Retailer Hit the Bulls-eye? at Motley Fool |
| 11:50AM | [video] One Stop Supermarket Shopping at CNBC |
| 10:37AM | Early Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
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| 13-Jun-13 06:03PM | Final Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
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| 01:17PM | Midday Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
| 10:25AM | Endurance Specialty Holdings Former CEO Sells 94K Shares and 4 Insider Sales to Note at Wall St. Cheat Sheet |
| 10:22AM | Early Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
| 09:56AM | Why Should You Buy this Retail Giant? at Motley Fool |
| 09:34AM | 3 Investment Themes - The Welfare Bubble, Housing Recovery And LED Lighting at Seeking Alpha |
| 09:30AM | Should You Buy this Retailer? at Motley Fool |
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| 06:21AM | Ahead of the Bell: US Retail Sales AP |
| 01:16AM | Exclusive - Wal-Mart's everyday hiring strategy: Add more temps Reuters |
| 12-Jun-13 06:18PM | Look For Fantastic Sales Growth When Building Your Portfolio Investor's Business Daily |
| 06:14PM | How Is This Retailer Leading the Race? at Motley Fool |
| 06:11PM | Final Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
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| 01:17PM | Midday Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
| 10:32AM | Early Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
| 11-Jun-13 06:07PM | Final Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
| 02:43PM | What Should This 800lb Gorilla Do? at Motley Fool |
| 01:21PM | Midday Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
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| 11:31AM | Sector Snap: Amazon broadens grocery service AP |
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| 10:49AM | Cramer: Buy Costco, Abbott Labs, and AbbVie, But Sell Fortinet at Wall St. Cheat Sheet |
| 10:31AM | Early Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
| 10:23AM | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report EDGAR Online |
| 10:18AM | How Costco saves taxpayers money at Fortune |
| 09:55AM | Will Wal-Mart's Stock Buyback Make a Difference? at Motley Fool |
| 07:02AM | Cramer's Lightning Round - Fortinet Is Impossible (6/10/13) at Seeking Alpha |
| 10-Jun-13 07:43PM | 'Mad Money' Lightning Round: The Bears Are Wrong on Hain at TheStreet |
| 06:44PM | Lightning Round: Costco, AbbVie & More at CNBC |
| 06:05PM | Amazon Wants to Dominate This $568 Billion Market at Motley Fool |
| 06:04PM | Final Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
| 05:20PM | Costco Stays Neutral Zacks |
| 05:05PM | Limited Brands' Comps Up 3% Zacks |
| 04:27PM | Banks Tell Customers: Pay Up or Get Out! at Motley Fool |
| 01:19PM | Midday Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
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| 07-Jun-13 06:02PM | Final Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
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| 04:24PM | Talking Numbers: Buy Wal-Mart Now? Talking Numbers |
| 03:24PM | [video] Talking Numbers: Buy Wal-Mart Now? at CNBC |
| 01:22PM | Midday Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
| 12:51PM | Wal-Mart Touts $15 Bil Buyback At Shareholder Meeting at Investor's Business Daily |
| 12:47PM | NSA Collects Verizon Data: Bloomberg West (06/06) at Bloomberg |
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| 11:23AM | Meet the Mexican CEO Who Made Your English Muffin at CNBC |
| 10:26AM | Early Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
| 09:40AM | Cato's Comps Continue to Trend Down Zacks |
| 09:30AM | Costco Sales Continue to Rise Zacks |
| 08:19AM | Stock futures flat amid caution ahead of jobs report Reuters |
| 08:17AM | [video] Wal-Mart Hosts Annual Shareholders' Meeting at CNBC |
| 07:38AM | Stock futures slip on caution ahead of jobs report Reuters |
| 07:36AM | US STOCKS-Futures slip on caution ahead of jobs report at Reuters |
| 05:00AM | [video] Cramer: Retail Losers, Winners at TheStreet |
| 06-Jun-13 06:58PM | Berries blamed for California man's Hepatitis A AP |
| 06:57PM | In a Grocery Face-off, Is Costco Amazon-Proof? at Bloomberg |
| 06:35PM | Wall St. ends up in volatile trade ahead of jobs data Reuters |
| 06:35PM | U.S. retailers' May same-store sales review at Reuters |
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| 06:07PM | Final Glance: Big-box Retail companies AP |
| 05:26PM | Retailers See Modest Rebound, May Sales Top Views at Investor's Business Daily |
| 05:21PM | [$$] Retailers' Sales Start to Thaw in May at The Wall Street Journal |
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| Costco Wholesale Corporation engages in the operation of membership warehouses. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. Its product categories include candy, snack foods, tobacco, alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, and cleaning and institutional supplies; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, office supplies, cameras, garden and patio, sporting goods, toys, seasonal items, and automotive supplies; dry and institutionally packaged foods; apparel, domestics, jewelry, house wares, media, home furnishings, and small appliances; and meat, bakery, deli, and produce. The company also engages in the operation of gas stations, pharmacies, food courts, optical dispensing centers, one-hour photo centers, hearing aid centers, and print shops and copy centers; and car wash and travel businesses. In addition, it provides business and gold star (individual) membership services. As of November 28, 2012, the company operated 618 warehouses, including 447 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 84 in Canada, 32 in Mexico, 22 in the United Kingdom, 13 in Japan, 9 in Taiwan, 8 in South Korea, and 3 in Australia. Further, it is involved in online businesses at costco.com in the United States and costco.ca in Canada. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington. |
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| Insider Trading |
Relationship |
Date |
Transaction |
Cost |
#Shares |
Value ($) |
#Shares Total |
SEC Form 4 |
| SINEGAL JAMES D | Director | Jun 14 | Sale | 110.37 | 8,000 | 882,960 | 962,391 | Jun 14 07:07 PM | | Murphy James P. | Executive VP | Jun 11 | Sale | 110.53 | 5,000 | 552,650 | 51,691 | Jun 12 01:01 PM | | SINEGAL JAMES D | Director | May 15 | Sale | 110.86 | 8,000 | 886,880 | 971,298 | May 16 11:26 AM | | Rose Timothy L. | Executive VP | May 03 | Sale | 110.27 | 5,000 | 551,350 | 52,402 | May 03 04:29 PM | | McKay John D | Executive Vice President | May 02 | Sale | 109.11 | 3,000 | 327,330 | 66,409 | May 02 04:41 PM | | GALANTI RICHARD A | Executive VP and CFO | Apr 25 | Option Exercise | 40.69 | 5,000 | 203,450 | 55,810 | Apr 25 05:36 PM | | GALANTI RICHARD A | Executive VP and CFO | Apr 25 | Sale | 109.10 | 5,000 | 545,500 | 50,810 | Apr 25 05:36 PM | | GALANTI RICHARD A | Executive VP and CFO | Apr 24 | Option Exercise | 40.69 | 15,000 | 610,350 | 65,810 | Apr 25 05:36 PM | | GALANTI RICHARD A | Executive VP and CFO | Apr 24 | Sale | 108.03 | 15,000 | 1,620,450 | 50,810 | Apr 25 05:36 PM | | RUCKELSHAUS JILL S | Director | Apr 18 | Option Exercise | 37.70 | 25,830 | 973,791 | 50,852 | Apr 19 03:15 PM | | RUCKELSHAUS JILL S | Director | Apr 18 | Sale | 104.63 | 25,830 | 2,702,686 | 25,022 | Apr 19 03:15 PM | | SINEGAL JAMES D | Director | Apr 15 | Sale | 105.45 | 8,000 | 843,600 | 992,147 | Apr 16 10:06 AM | | ZOOK DENNIS R | Executive VP | Apr 03 | Sale | 106.50 | 4,000 | 426,000 | 30,246 | Apr 03 04:28 PM | | LAZARUS FRANZ E | Executive VP | Mar 27 | Sale | 106.05 | 2,000 | 212,100 | 36,865 | Mar 28 11:57 AM | | SINEGAL JAMES D | Director | Mar 15 | Sale | 102.55 | 8,000 | 820,400 | 978,917 | Mar 15 06:18 PM | | SINEGAL JAMES D | Director | Feb 15 | Sale | 101.79 | 8,000 | 814,320 | 986,917 | Feb 19 06:12 PM | | MUNGER CHARLES T | Director | Feb 13 | Option Exercise | 28.26 | 6,457 | 182,475 | 139,297 | Feb 13 06:16 PM | | SCHUTT DOUGLAS W | Executive VP | Jan 29 | Sale | 102.96 | 20,000 | 2,059,258 | 58,547 | Jan 29 06:21 PM | | SINEGAL JAMES D | Director | Jan 15 | Sale | 99.85 | 8,000 | 798,800 | 1,023,546 | Jan 17 12:02 PM | | PORTERA JOSEPH P | Executive VP | Dec 31 | Sale | 97.34 | 16,000 | 1,557,440 | 99,529 | Jan 03 11:16 AM | | McKay John D | Executive Vice President | Dec 21 | Sale | 99.00 | 2,000 | 198,000 | 69,409 | Dec 21 03:52 PM | | LIBENSON RICHARD M | Director | Dec 20 | Sale | 99.00 | 6,000 | 594,027 | 39,278 | Dec 20 06:29 PM | | GALANTI RICHARD A | Executive VP and CFO | Dec 19 | Sale | 99.30 | 3,206 | 318,351 | 57,810 | Dec 20 11:27 AM | | GALANTI RICHARD A | Executive VP and CFO | Dec 18 | Option Exercise | 40.69 | 10,722 | 436,278 | 71,738 | Dec 20 11:27 AM | | JAMES HAMILTON E | Director | Dec 18 | Option Exercise | 28.26 | 12,915 | 364,978 | 51,491 | Dec 20 11:28 AM | | GALANTI RICHARD A | Executive VP and CFO | Dec 18 | Sale | 99.61 | 10,722 | 1,068,021 | 61,016 | Dec 20 11:27 AM | | JAMES HAMILTON E | Director | Dec 18 | Sale | 98.91 | 12,915 | 1,277,434 | 38,576 | Dec 20 11:28 AM | | GALANTI RICHARD A | Executive VP and CFO | Dec 17 | Option Exercise | 33.75 | 37,670 | 1,271,470 | 98,686 | Dec 18 05:02 PM | | JELINEK W CRAIG | President and CEO | Dec 17 | Option Exercise | 32.04 | 120,000 | 3,844,735 | 321,158 | Dec 18 05:17 PM | | GALANTI RICHARD A | Executive VP and CFO | Dec 17 | Sale | 97.79 | 42,968 | 4,201,696 | 61,016 | Dec 18 05:02 PM | | JELINEK W CRAIG | President and CEO | Dec 17 | Sale | 98.21 | 120,000 | 11,785,224 | 201,158 | Dec 18 05:17 PM | | CARSON BENJAMIN SR | Director | Dec 14 | Option Exercise | 40.69 | 12,000 | 488,280 | 34,956 | Dec 17 02:57 PM | | CARSON BENJAMIN SR | Director | Dec 14 | Sale | 97.42 | 12,000 | 1,169,021 | 22,956 | Dec 17 02:57 PM | | SINEGAL JAMES D | Director | Dec 12 | Sale | 99.02 | 16,000 | 1,584,286 | 931,860 | Dec 13 06:37 PM | | SINEGAL JAMES D | Director | Nov 14 | Sale | 95.20 | 16,000 | 1,523,194 | 947,860 | Nov 15 10:47 AM | | PETTERSON DAVID S | Principal Accounting Officer | Oct 26 | Sale | 96.72 | 3,676 | 355,528 | 39,123 | Oct 26 02:32 PM | | ZOOK DENNIS R | Executive VP | Oct 26 | Sale | 96.29 | 11,000 | 1,059,155 | 32,976 | Oct 26 02:21 PM | | PETTERSON DAVID S | Principal Accounting Officer | Oct 24 | Sale | 95.80 | 1,838 | 176,073 | 42,799 | Oct 24 05:20 PM | | LIBENSON RICHARD M | Director | Oct 24 | Sale | 94.83 | 19,667 | 1,864,980 | 25,611 | Oct 24 05:14 PM | | BROTMAN JEFFREY H | Chairman of the Board | Oct 17 | Option Exercise | 37.35 | 150,000 | 5,602,500 | 280,418 | Oct 18 10:16 AM | | SINEGAL JAMES D | Director | Oct 17 | Sale | 97.11 | 16,000 | 1,553,718 | 970,634 | Oct 19 11:58 AM | | PETTERSON DAVID S | Principal Accounting Officer | Oct 17 | Sale | 96.48 | 1,835 | 177,040 | 35,009 | Oct 19 11:56 AM | | BROTMAN JEFFREY H | Chairman of the Board | Oct 17 | Sale | 96.60 | 150,000 | 14,489,685 | 130,418 | Oct 18 10:16 AM | | DECKER SUSAN L | Director | Oct 15 | Option Exercise | 44.52 | 9,000 | 400,710 | 38,500 | Oct 16 06:10 PM | | GATES WILLIAM H II | Director | Oct 12 | Option Exercise | 42.03 | 16,500 | 693,555 | 48,340 | Oct 15 01:12 PM | | GATES WILLIAM H II | Director | Oct 12 | Sale | 97.43 | 7,262 | 707,524 | 41,078 | Oct 15 01:12 PM | | SINEGAL JAMES D | Director | Sep 19 | Sale | 102.10 | 16,000 | 1,633,541 | 987,573 | Sep 20 07:32 PM | | SINEGAL JAMES D | Director | Aug 15 | Sale | 95.92 | 16,000 | 1,534,651 | 1,003,573 | Aug 16 04:18 PM | | SINEGAL JAMES D | Director | Aug 10 | Option Exercise | 42.18 | 200,000 | 8,436,000 | 1,019,573 | Aug 13 04:19 PM | | SINEGAL JAMES D | Director | Aug 07 | Option Exercise | 37.35 | 100,000 | 3,735,000 | 919,573 | Aug 08 02:26 PM | | SINEGAL JAMES D | Director | Aug 07 | Sale | 95.88 | 100,000 | 9,588,010 | 819,573 | Aug 08 02:26 PM | | McKay John D | Executive Vice President | Jul 27 | Sale | 96.79 | 2,500 | 241,977 | 50,851 | Jul 27 07:28 PM | | SINEGAL JAMES D | Director | Jul 18 | Sale | 95.64 | 16,000 | 1,530,314 | 819,573 | Jul 18 07:22 PM | | BROTMAN JEFFREY H | Chairman of the Board | Jun 21 | Option Exercise | 30.41 | 47,756 | 1,452,260 | 134,251 | Jun 25 11:35 AM | | BROTMAN JEFFREY H | Chairman of the Board | Jun 21 | Sale | 91.97 | 47,756 | 4,392,043 | 86,495 | Jun 25 11:35 AM | | BROTMAN JEFFREY H | Chairman of the Board | Jun 20 | Option Exercise | 30.41 | 102,244 | 3,109,240 | 188,739 | Jun 21 01:12 PM | | BROTMAN JEFFREY H | Chairman of the Board | Jun 20 | Sale | 91.52 | 102,244 | 9,357,565 | 86,495 | Jun 21 01:12 PM |
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