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COST

Costco Wholesale Corp

Mar 20 • 04:00PM ET

895.40

Dollar change -8.65
Percentage change -0.96	%

Consumer Defensive • Discount Stores • USA • NASD

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Index	NDX, S&P 500	P/E	52.27	EPS (ttm)	17.13	Insider Own	0.23%	Shs Outstand	443.73M	Perf Week	0.54%
Market Cap	397.27B	Forward P/E	44.85	EPS next Y	19.96	Insider Trans	-1.97%	Shs Float	442.66M	Perf Month	-15.73%
Income	7.62B	PEG	5.22	EPS next Q	4.22	Inst Own	69.66%	Short Float	1.60%	Perf Quarter	-9.82%
Sales	264.09B	P/S	1.50	EPS this Y	9.32%	Inst Trans	1.32%	Short Ratio	3.27	Perf Half Y	-0.21%
Book/sh	57.64	P/B	15.53	EPS next Y	10.28%	ROA	10.92%	Short Interest	7.08M	Perf Year	22.40%
Cash/sh	29.66	P/C	30.19	EPS next 5Y	10.02%	ROE	32.89%	52W Range	697.27 - 1078.23	Perf YTD	-2.28%
Dividend Est.	4.65 (0.52%)	P/FCF	57.37	EPS past 5Y	14.93%	ROI	22.67%	52W High	-16.96%	Beta	0.97
Dividend TTM	4.64 (0.52%)	Quick Ratio	0.49	Sales past 5Y	10.86%	Gross Margin	12.67%	52W Low	28.42%	ATR (14)	24.24
Dividend Ex-Date	Feb 07, 2025	Current Ratio	1.00	EPS Y/Y TTM	16.91%	Oper. Margin	3.69%	RSI (14)	31.61	Volatility	2.22% 2.49%
Employees	333000	Debt/Eq	0.32	Sales Y/Y TTM	6.13%	Profit Margin	2.89%	Recom	2.05	Target Price	1072.23
Option/Short	Yes / Yes	LT Debt/Eq	0.31	EPS Q/Q	2.55%	Payout	26.32%	Rel Volume	0.87	Prev Close	904.05
Sales Surprise	0.97%	EPS Surprise	-1.77%	Sales Q/Q	9.04%	Earnings	Mar 06 AMC	Avg Volume	2.17M	Price	895.40
SMA20	-8.41%	SMA50	-9.08%	SMA200	-2.16%	Trades		Volume	1,886,856	Change	-0.96%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Dec-05-24	Reiterated	Telsey Advisory Group	Outperform	$1000 → $1050
Oct-22-24	Initiated	Bernstein	Outperform	$1016
Oct-10-24	Reiterated	Oppenheimer	Outperform	$955 → $980
Sep-27-24	Reiterated	Telsey Advisory Group	Outperform	$925 → $1000
Sep-24-24	Downgrade	Truist	Buy → Hold	$873
Sep-10-24	Downgrade	Redburn Atlantic	Buy → Neutral	$860 → $890
Sep-09-24	Reiterated	Morgan Stanley	Overweight	$855 → $950
Aug-08-24	Upgrade	Gordon Haskett	Accumulate → Buy	$925
Jul-11-24	Reiterated	Telsey Advisory Group	Outperform	$900 → $925
Jul-11-24	Reiterated	Oppenheimer	Outperform	$905 → $950
Jul-02-24	Reiterated	Stifel	Buy	$850 → $900
Jun-06-24	Reiterated	Telsey Advisory Group	Outperform	$850 → $900
May-31-24	Reiterated	Telsey Advisory Group	Outperform	$800 → $850
Apr-03-24	Downgrade	Gordon Haskett	Buy → Accumulate	$775
Mar-08-24	Reiterated	Telsey Advisory Group	Outperform	$785 → $800
Mar-04-24	Reiterated	Telsey Advisory Group	Outperform	$750 → $785
Feb-06-24	Reiterated	Telsey Advisory Group	Outperform	$700 → $750
Dec-20-23	Downgrade	Northcoast	Buy → Neutral	$620
Dec-15-23	Reiterated	Telsey Advisory Group	Outperform	$625 → $700
Nov-30-23	Reiterated	Telsey Advisory Group	Outperform	$600 → $625

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01:08PM	Jim Cramer on Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST): I Actually Wanna Buy More (Insider Monkey)
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10:10AM	Costco price target raised to $995 from $935 at Truist (TipRanks)
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02:13PM	Costco on tariffs: Margins are much tighter on food (Supermarket News)
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10:45AM	Q2 2025 Costco Wholesale Corp Earnings Call (Thomson Reuters StreetEvents)
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12:17AM	Analyst Report: Costco Wholesale Corporation (Morningstar Research)
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04:50PM	Costco Stock Falls In Buy Range After Earnings Miss (Investor's Business Daily)
04:50PM	Costco Stock Dips In Buy Range On Earnings Miss (Investor's Business Daily)
04:43PM	Costco misses Q2 profit estimates, beats on revenue (Yahoo Finance Video)
04:40PM	Costco Revenue Misses, Same-Store Sales Higher Than Expected (The Wall Street Journal)
04:39PM	Costcos (NASDAQ:COST) Q1: Beats On Revenue (StockStory)
04:26PM	Costco: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
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04:15PM	Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports Second Quarter and Year-To-Date Operating Results For Fiscal 2025 and February Sales Results (GlobeNewswire)
04:10PM	Kroger Stock Pops Into Buy Range On Earnings Beat (Investor's Business Daily)
04:07PM	Costco Earnings Due As Rivals BJ And Kroger Jump Above Buy Points (Investor's Business Daily)

Costco Wholesale Corp. engages in the provision of operation of membership warehouses through wholly owned subsidiaries. It operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Canada, and Other International Operations. The company was founded by James D. Sinegal and Jeffrey H. Brotman in 1983 and is headquartered in Issaquah, WA.

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Frates Caton	Executive Vice President	Mar 18 '25	Sale	900.25	850	765,213	7,876	Mar 20 04:18 PM
Frates Caton	Officer	Mar 18 '25	Proposed Sale	900.25	850	765,213		Mar 18 04:09 PM
Vachris Roland Michael	President and CEO	Mar 11 '25	Sale	931.00	3,600	3,351,600	41,077	Mar 13 05:16 PM
Vachris Roland Michael	Officer	Mar 11 '25	Proposed Sale	931.00	3,600	3,351,600		Mar 11 10:07 AM
GALANTI RICHARD A	Executive Vice President	Oct 24 '24	Sale	894.68	1,416	1,267,280	27,400	Oct 24 08:00 PM
Jones Teresa A.	Executive Vice President	Oct 23 '24	Sale	896.54	800	717,236	2,961	Oct 24 07:45 PM
GALANTI RICHARD A	Officer	Oct 24 '24	Proposed Sale	894.34	1,417	1,267,280		Oct 24 03:44 PM
Jones Teresa A.	Officer	Oct 23 '24	Proposed Sale	896.54	800	717,236		Oct 23 03:00 PM
Riel Pierre	Executive Vice President	Oct 15 '24	Sale	896.71	2,000	1,793,426	10,210	Oct 15 05:47 PM
Miller Russell D	Sr. Executive Vice President	Oct 11 '24	Sale	891.15	4,400	3,921,069	10,202	Oct 15 04:35 PM
Riel Pierre	Officer	Oct 15 '24	Proposed Sale	896.71	2,000	1,793,426		Oct 15 12:31 PM
THE MILLER FAMILY TRUST	Officer	Oct 11 '24	Proposed Sale	891.15	4,400	3,921,069		Oct 11 04:08 PM
Adamo Claudine	Executive Vice President	Sep 30 '24	Sale	888.99	3,200	2,844,778	8,630	Oct 02 04:48 PM
Callans Patrick J	Executive Vice President	Sep 30 '24	Sale	893.94	2,500	2,234,850	66,414	Oct 02 04:42 PM
Frates Caton	Executive Vice President	Sep 30 '24	Sale	883.35	1,700	1,501,695	9,682	Oct 02 04:40 PM
Frates Caton	Officer	Sep 30 '24	Proposed Sale	883.35	1,700	1,501,695		Sep 30 02:54 PM
Adamo Claudine	Officer	Sep 30 '24	Proposed Sale	888.99	3,200	2,844,776		Sep 30 01:49 PM
Callans Patrick J	Officer	Sep 30 '24	Proposed Sale	893.94	2,500	2,234,850		Sep 30 11:45 AM
Jones Teresa A.	Executive Vice President	Jul 25 '24	Sale	832.55	4	3,330	4,935	Aug 29 06:18 PM
GALANTI RICHARD A	Executive Vice President	Aug 15 '24	Sale	874.05	500	437,025	22,900	Aug 15 06:10 PM
GALANTI RICHARD A	Executive Vice President	Aug 13 '24	Sale	863.88	500	431,938	23,800	Aug 15 06:10 PM
DECKER SUSAN L	Director	Aug 15 '24	Sale	876.50	620	543,430	11,775	Aug 15 05:55 PM
DECKER SUSAN L	Director	Aug 15 '24	Proposed Sale	876.50	620	543,430		Aug 15 05:32 PM
GALANTI RICHARD A	Officer	Aug 15 '24	Proposed Sale	874.05	500	437,025		Aug 15 03:10 PM
GALANTI RICHARD A	Officer	Aug 13 '24	Proposed Sale	863.88	500	431,938		Aug 13 04:40 PM
DENMAN KENNETH D	Director	Jul 15 '24	Sale	851.53	350	298,036	5,920	Jul 15 06:14 PM
Hines Daniel M.	Principal Acctg Officer	Jul 15 '24	Sale	848.53	1,500	1,272,796	10,992	Jul 15 04:39 PM
Hines Daniel M.	Principal Acctg Officer	Jul 12 '24	Sale	844.20	1,500	1,266,300	12,492	Jul 15 04:39 PM
Miller Russell D	Senior EVP	Apr 17 '24	Sale	722.86	785	567,443	10,000	Apr 18 05:11 PM

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