COST

Costco Wholesale Corp

946.92

Oct 09 • 3:59 PM ET -1.00 (-0.11%)

945.68

Aftermarket • 7:57 PM ET -1.24 (-0.13%)

Consumer Defensive Discount Stores USA Mega NASD

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Index	NDX, S&P 500
Market Cap	419.61B
Enterprise Value	408.49B
Income	9.23B
Sales	303.15B
Book/sh	80.77
Cash/sh	48.07
Dividend Est.	5.70 (0.60%)
Dividend TTM	5.54 (0.59%)
Dividend Ex-Date	Jul 24, 2026
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	13.00% 13.20%
Payout	26.69%
Employees	355000
IPO	Nov 27, 1985

P/E	45.61
Forward P/E	37.79
PEG	3.89
P/S	1.38
P/B	11.72
P/C	19.70
P/FCF	44.72
EV/EBITDA	28.45
EV/Sales	1.35
Quick Ratio	0.62
Current Ratio	1.06
Debt/Eq	0.28
LT Debt/Eq	0.21
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	20.76
EPS next Y	25.06
EPS next Q	4.93
EPS this Y	9.80%
EPS next Y	9.92%
EPS next 5Y	9.72%
EPS past 3/5Y	13.61% 13.00%
Sales past 3/5Y	7.76% 9.12%
EPS Y/Y TTM	13.92%
Sales Y/Y TTM	10.14%
EPS Q/Q	14.95%
Sales Q/Q	11.10%
Earnings	Sep 24 AMC
EPS/Sales Surpr.	3.21% 0.80%

Insider Own	0.12%
Insider Trans	-0.73%
Inst Own	75.40%
Inst Trans	0.61%
ROA	11.11%
ROE	28.40%
ROIC	21.23%
Gross Margin	12.82%
Oper. Margin	3.85%
Profit Margin	3.04%
SMA20	3.40%
SMA50	1.66%
SMA200	-1.72%
Trades

Shs Outstand	443.27M
Shs Float	442.62M
Short Float	1.66%
Short Ratio	3.46
Short Interest	7.33M
52W High	1096.50 -13.64%
52W Low	844.06 12.19%
Volatility	1.34% 1.53%
ATR (14)	14.74
RSI (14)	62.43
Beta	0.86
Rel Volume	0.71
Avg Volume	2.12M
Volume	1,503,095

Perf Week	2.85%
Perf Month	4.94%
Perf Quarter	2.21%
Perf Half Y	-5.16%
Perf YTD	9.81%
Perf Year	0.43%
Perf 3Y	73.26%
Perf 5Y	114.33%
Perf 10Y	589.37%
Recom	1.92
Target Price	1070.10
Prev Close	947.92
Price	946.92
Change %	-0.11%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Jul-13-26	Initiated	RBC Capital Mkts	Sector Perform	$1000
Jun-18-26	Resumed	Citigroup	Neutral	$1020
Apr-09-26	Reiterated	Telsey Advisory Group	Outperform	$1125 → $1135
Mar-06-26	Reiterated	Telsey Advisory Group	Outperform	$1100 → $1125
Feb-27-26	Initiated	BofA Securities	Buy	$1185
Jan-08-26	Initiated	Deutsche Bank	Buy
Jan-05-26	Upgrade	Mizuho	Neutral → Outperform	$1000
Dec-24-25	Upgrade	Northcoast	Neutral → Buy
Dec-15-25	Downgrade	Roth Capital	Neutral → Sell	$769
Nov-03-25	Reiterated	Oppenheimer	Outperform	$1130 → $1050
Oct-15-25	Initiated	BTIG Research	Buy	$1115
Sep-18-25	Resumed	Wolfe Research	Peer Perform
Aug-05-25	Downgrade	Erste Group	Buy → Hold
Apr-11-25	Initiated	Mizuho	Neutral	$975
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

Show Previous Ratings

Oct-09-26 12:20PM	Costco September 2026 monthly sales results (Quartz)
12:01AM	Consumer Sentiment in the Spotlight as Michigan Survey Set for Release (The Daily Upside)
Oct-08-26 04:34PM	Where Could Walmart's Next Growth Come From? (Trefis)
02:43PM	Was The Run In Target Stock Hiding In Plain Sight? (Trefis)
02:09PM	What Are Costco Investors Betting On? (Trefis)
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01:50PM	Costco sales rise in September as strong traffic drives start to fiscal 2027 (Proactive)
10:00AM	Costcos September Sales Jumped 13%. How Much of That Was Gas? (TIKR)
09:14AM	Costcos September Sales Jumped 13%. Heres Why Traffic Matters More for the Stock (TIKR)
09:05AM	Costco's Sales Rebound in September Looks Great on Paper. Why There's More to the Story. (Barrons.com)
05:38AM	Sonova shares hit 16-month high after Goldman Sachs upgrades stock to buy (Investing.com)
Oct-07-26 04:15PM	Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports September Sales Results (GlobeNewswire)
Oct-06-26 02:42PM	Why Is Everyone Ignoring Home Depot Stock's High Cash Yield? (Trefis)
02:19PM	Which Retailers Do AI Agents Cite the Most? Yeah, you guessed it, Walmart and Costco. (Barrons.com)
Oct-05-26 02:20PM	AI chatbots are steering shoppers to Walmart and Costco over Amazon, UBS finds (Quartz)
01:53PM	AI chatbots recommend shopping at Walmart over just about anywhere else, analysts find (MarketWatch)
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Oct-04-26 11:35AM	Costcos Free Cash Flow Hit $9.39 Billion in Fiscal 2026. Heres What the Coming Dip Means for the Stock (TIKR)
05:45AM	Alaska woman's 20-hour boat ride to Costco saves her community hundreds on groceries priced nearly double (Moneywise)
Oct-02-26 01:02PM	Southern Glazer's agrees to pricing restrictions in FTC settlement, official says (Reuters)
11:05AM	Can Costco Absorb Rising Costs On A 3.9% Margin? (Trefis)
09:51AM	Is One Number Reason Enough To Sell Costco Stock? (Trefis)
09:25AM	The Friday Checkout: Has Costco become grocerys biggest threat? (Grocery Dive)
Oct-01-26 08:51PM	How Risky Is Home Depot Stock? (Trefis)
Sep-30-26 11:55AM	What Should Costco Stock Holders Take From Its Fiscal Fourth Quarter? (Trefis)
10:36AM	The $66 Billion Consolation Prize For HD Shareholders (Trefis)
Sep-29-26 12:31PM	Costco Stock Trades 16% Below Its High After Record Results. Heres Whats Next (TIKR)
11:20AM	Costco continues to gain momentum in fresh food (Grocery Dive)
Sep-28-26 04:25PM	Costco Just Got a Reality Check From Wall Street (GuruFocus.com)
04:41AM	COST Stock Wrapped Its Best Week Since May: Analysts Still See Multiple Growth Drivers For Costco Despite Trimming Price Targets (Stocktwits)
02:55AM	Uber Launches Its $14.8 Billion Delivery Hero Tender. Heres What It Means (TIKR)
Sep-27-26 11:58PM	Stocktwits Retail Therapy: Defensive Bets Take Off As COST, DG, WMT Lead Weekly Consumer Staples Gains (Stocktwits)
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05:24AM	Why Costcos Next Quarter Is the Real Test of Its 7% Fee Growth (TIKR)
Sep-26-26 07:39AM	Is a $65 Costco Membership Worth It? Heres the Honest Math (The Penny Hoarder)
Sep-25-26 04:17PM	Is Home Depot's Next Big Thing Already In Its Stores? (Trefis)
03:42PM	Iran War Is Driving Up the Cost of Your Next Oil Change (The Wall Street Journal)
02:35PM	Costco Shares Slip After 11% Jump in Quarterly Sales (GuruFocus.com)
12:35PM	Costco aims to build loyalty with younger shoppers (CX Dive)
10:26AM	Costco is getting squeezed by the AI boom (Yahoo Finance)
10:04AM	COST Stock In Focus: Analysts Flag Membership Growth Concerns Post Q4 Report (Stocktwits)
09:27AM	Costco's Best Numbers Came With an Asterisk (Zacks)
09:14AM	Costco tops Wall Street estimates as digital sales surge (Proactive)
08:35AM	Bernstein unveils top European medtech stock picks to buy for H2 (Investing.com)
08:14AM	Costco Just Unveiled a Massive $7.5 Billion Expansion Plan (GuruFocus.com)
07:45AM	Anthropic Just Created a New Hot AI Stock-It Won't Be the Last (Barrons.com)
07:37AM	5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens on Friday (Investopedia)
07:09AM	Costco Q4 2026 earnings beat expectations on tariff refund (Quartz)
06:11AM	Costco Q4 Revenue Reaches $95.7 Billion as Digital Sales Rise 19.5% (InvestorsHub)
05:41AM	Premarket stocks in focus: Akamai, Zscaler, Costco (MarketWatch)
05:34AM	Costco Wholesale Beats Estimates. Its Stock Is Down. (Barrons.com)
05:28AM	Costco posts 14.9% net income rise in fiscal Q4 (Retail Insight Network)
05:11AM	US Stock Futures Rise as Treasury Yields Remain Elevated; Costco Reports Higher Quarterly Sales: Dow Jones, S&P, Nasdaq, Wall Street (InvestorsHub)
04:25AM	Bond market selloff; Costco earnings - whats moving markets (Investing.com)
03:16AM	Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq open higher as oil prices, bond yields slip (MarketWatch)
01:00AM	Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) (Q4 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Double-Digit Sales Growth, ... (GuruFocus.com)
12:32AM	Costco Confirms Its Food Court Churro Is Coming Back COST Stock Flat Despite Q4 Beat (Stocktwits)
Sep-24-26 07:59PM	COST Stock Traders Shrug Off Q4 EPS Beat, Watch Core Sales Pace And Trump Tariff Refund Use (Stocktwits)
05:05PM	Costco tops Q4 estimates: Revenue hits $95.7B on massive e-commerce surge (Investing.com)
04:54PM	Costco earnings beat expectations, thanks to tariff refunds (MarketWatch)
04:42PM	Costco Reports Higher Fourth-Quarter Profit as Sales, Membership Fees Rise (The Wall Street Journal)
04:22PM	Costco: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
04:22PM	Costco Wholesale Misses Quarterly Revenue Estimates (Barrons.com)
04:15PM	Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Results (GlobeNewswire)
11:00AM	Instacart and DoorDash wrestle with online grocerys growing affordability problem (Grocery Dive)
10:58AM	Costco Earnings Prediction Market Preview: What Will CEO Ron Vachris Say? (Benzinga Prediction Markets)
10:12AM	Costco's Sales Are In - Now Comes the Real Test (Zacks)
09:58AM	Stocks to Watch: Oracle, MGM, Meta (The Wall Street Journal)
09:31AM	Trump & Xi Meet While Oil & Bond Yields Rise (Zacks)
07:23AM	5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens on Thursday (Investopedia)
04:31AM	Costco headlines Thursday's earnings slate (MarketWatch)
03:35AM	Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq set to fall as investors anticipate further Fed rate hikes; 10-year at 5.11%; Trump to meet Xi (MarketWatch)
Sep-23-26 07:27PM	Retail shows strength in Chicago suburbs as DLC sells Mount Prospect shopping center for $95M (The Real Deal)
05:07PM	Top Research Reports for Micron, Costco & Interactive Brokers (Zacks)
07:00AM	MARKETS LIVE: Wall Street ends lower as yields hit 2007 high (Proactive)
03:00AM	Why Costco has the luxury of sitting out the delivery arms race (Fortune)
Sep-22-26 05:48PM	Heres How Much Costco Stock Is Expected to Move After Earnings (Investopedia)
03:42PM	These 4 Retail Stocks Are Winning the Race for Inflation-Weary Bargain Hunters (Barrons.com)
02:51PM	Shoppers Are Bargain Hunting. 4 Retailers Winning the Race. (Barrons.com)
10:16AM	Still Waters Bring Mixed Pre-Market Levels (Zacks)
09:47AM	Walmart, Target and Costco Forecast: Retail Stocks Face Key Tests (FX Empire)
09:05AM	Mondelz brings Biscoff partnership to US with Toblerone truffles (Food Dive)
Sep-21-26 10:18AM	Trading Week Starts Up on Quiet Pre-Market (Zacks)
08:48AM	Five Things to Watch in Markets This Week: US-China Talks, AI, Economic Data and Costco Earnings (InvestorsHub)
08:11AM	5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens on Monday (Investopedia)
Sep-20-26 02:00PM	Trump-Xi Summit, Costco, Autozone, General Mills, and More to Watch This Week (Barrons.com)
05:00AM	What to Expect in Markets This Week: Costco, Other Consumer Companies Report; U.S. Central Bankers Hit the Conference Circuit (Investopedia)
Sep-18-26 05:06PM	Sir Lynton Crosby, CT Group Executive Chairman, on the Case for Capitalism (Exec Edge)
02:50PM	Costco expands ultra-fast delivery through DoorDash, Uber (FreightWaves)
01:09PM	Should You Buy Home Depot Stock Near Its Lowest Price-To-Sales In Ten Years? (Trefis)
12:09PM	Darden Restaurants, Costco In Earnings Spotlight, Along With This IT Distributor (Investor's Business Daily)
11:32AM	Stocks Bend, but Don't Break, in Head-Spinning September. More Tests Are Coming. (Barrons.com)
06:35AM	Costco now offers nationwide delivery on Uber and DoorDash (Grocery Dive)
Sep-17-26 04:04PM	Can Kroger Keep Its Earnings Promise With Sales This Weak? (Trefis)
03:04PM	Costco expands DoorDash and Uber delivery as membership growth slows (GuruFocus.com)
01:00PM	The Week Ahead: PMI Data, Costco Earnings Due (Schaeffer's Research)
10:47AM	Costco Ramps Up Same-Day Delivery, Expanding Uber, DoorDash Partnerships (The Wall Street Journal)
10:01AM	Bank of America Reaffirms Buy Rating on Costco Stock Despite Target Price Cut (TIKR)
09:49AM	Costco expands US delivery reach via DoorDash and Uber Eats (Retail Insight Network)
09:18AM	Costcos Motor Oil Price Jumped From $30 to $58. And Now Theres a Limit to How Much You Can Buy. (Entrepreneur)
06:36AM	DoorDash Expands Costco Partnership to Offer Same-Day Delivery Across the US (InvestorsHub)
06:00AM	DoorDash and Costco Expand Global Partnership with Nationwide U.S. Launch (Business Wire)
Sep-16-26 07:52PM	What Has Home Depot Stopped Telling You About Where Its Goods Come From? (Trefis)

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.

PresidentMr. Ron M. Vachris

Executive VP & CFOMr. Gary Millerchip

Executive VP and CI&DO of Information SystemsMr. Javier Polit

Senior VPMs. Tiffany M. Barbre

Senior Vice President of Global Sustainability & ComplianceSheri Flies

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Frates Caton	Sr. Executive Vice President	Sep 29 '26	Sale	915.93	801	733,328	7,912	Sep 30 05:52 PM
Adamo Claudine	Executive Vice President	Sep 29 '26	Sale	915.93	2,200	2,015,046	7,134	Sep 30 05:48 PM
Adamo Claudine	Officer	Sep 29 '26	Proposed Sale	915.93	2,200	2,015,046		Sep 29 02:02 PM
Frates Caton	Officer	Sep 29 '26	Proposed Sale	915.52	801	733,328		Sep 29 01:32 PM
DENMAN KENNETH D	Director	Jun 23 '26	Sale	957.45	885	847,345	4,779	Jun 25 04:12 PM
DENMAN KENNETH D	Director	Jun 23 '26	Proposed Sale	957.45	885	847,346		Jun 23 04:08 PM
Callans Patrick J	Former Officer	Jun 12 '26	Proposed Sale	971.88	1,001	972,848		Jun 12 11:39 AM
Callans Patrick J	Former Officer	Jun 05 '26	Proposed Sale	995.37	1,000	995,373		Jun 05 12:04 PM
Frates Caton	Executive Vice President	Apr 01 '26	Sale	993.00	700	695,100	5,815	Apr 01 06:13 PM
Caton Frates	Officer	Apr 01 '26	Proposed Sale	985.37	700	689,758		Apr 01 04:42 PM
Adamo Claudine	Executive Vice President	Mar 09 '26	Sale	1003.02	730	732,205	6,121	Mar 11 04:08 PM
Adamo Claudine	Officer	Mar 09 '26	Proposed Sale	1003.02	730	732,205		Mar 09 12:36 PM
Jones Teresa A.	Executive Vice President	Jan 21 '26	Sale	986.26	850	838,318	4,228	Jan 23 04:53 PM
Jones Teresa A.	Officer	Jan 21 '26	Proposed Sale	986.26	850	838,318		Jan 21 04:58 PM
DECKER SUSAN L	Director	Jan 16 '26	Sale	955.00	458	437,390	8,532	Jan 20 04:15 PM
SUSAN L DECKER TRUST	Director	Jan 16 '26	Proposed Sale	955.00	458	437,390		Jan 16 04:14 PM
Klauer James C	Executive Vice President	Jan 14 '26	Sale	939.00	1,500	1,408,500	44,837	Jan 15 04:27 PM
Klauer James C	Officer	Jan 14 '26	Proposed Sale	939.00	1,500	1,408,500		Jan 14 09:36 AM
Miller Russell D	Sr. Executive Vice President	Jan 09 '26	Sale	916.32	1,500	1,374,480	8,240	Jan 12 04:36 PM
THE MILLER FAMILY TRUST	Officer	Jan 09 '26	Proposed Sale	916.32	1,500	1,374,480		Jan 09 04:38 PM
POLIT JAVIER	Executive Vice President	Dec 29 '25	Sale	867.21	2,049	1,776,904	10,748	Dec 31 04:59 PM
POLIT JAVIER	Executive Vice President	Dec 30 '25	Sale	862.89	558	481,759	10,190	Dec 31 04:59 PM
POLIT JAVIER	Officer	Dec 30 '25	Proposed Sale	861.82	559	481,759		Dec 30 01:17 PM
POLIT JAVIER	Officer	Dec 29 '25	Proposed Sale	867.21	2,049	1,776,904		Dec 29 04:02 PM
Wilcox William Richard	Executive Vice President	Nov 07 '25	Sale	930.13	2,400	2,232,312	2,000	Nov 12 05:45 PM
Wilcox William Richard	Officer	Nov 07 '25	Proposed Sale	930.13	2,400	2,232,313		Nov 07 12:26 PM
Barbre Tiffany Marie	Principal Accounting Officer	Oct 24 '25	Sale	934.62	1,239	1,158,353	5,155	Oct 24 07:50 PM
Adamo Claudine	Executive Vice President	Oct 24 '25	Sale	935.68	2,700	2,526,336	6,851	Oct 24 07:12 PM
Barbre Tiffany Marie	Officer	Oct 24 '25	Proposed Sale	934.16	1,240	1,158,353		Oct 24 02:38 PM
Adamo Claudine	Officer	Oct 24 '25	Proposed Sale	935.68	2,700	2,526,336		Oct 24 01:41 PM

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Costco Wholesale Corp

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