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COST Costco Wholesale Corp

Current ticker: COST

NASDAQ USD Consumer Defensive

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982.73 —

As of 28 Oct 2026

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Market facts

Market cap: 423B
P/E ratio: 46.21
Analyst target: 1060.8
Dividend yield: 0.6%
Beta: 0.87

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Recent price history

Quote currency: USD. The close is unadjusted; adjusted close reflects stored price adjustments. These are historical observations, not live quotes.

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Date	Close	Adjusted close
28 Oct 2026	982.73	982.73
27 Oct 2026	992.13	992.13
26 Oct 2026	1,005.16	1,005.16
23 Oct 2026	1,003.32	1,003.32
22 Oct 2026	1,018.21	1,018.21

Stored daily observations begin 02 Jan 2002. This summary does not establish continuous or point-in-time-qualified coverage. Backtests validate their own required dates, sources and eligibility.

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Instrument facts

Exchange: NASDAQ
Currency: USD
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Discount Stores
ISIN: Not available
Market cap: 423B
P/E ratio: 46.21
Analyst target: 1060.8
Dividend yield: 0.6%
Beta: 0.87

About

About Costco Wholesale Corp

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Sweden, Iceland, and New Zealand. It offers merchandise, including sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, liquor, and tobacco; non-food merchandise comprising consumer electronics, appliances, small electrics, health and beauty aids, hardware, lawn and garden, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal, automotive, stamps, tickets, apparel, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and fresh food, such as meat, produce, deli, and bakery products. The company is also involved in warehouse ancillary operations, which include gasoline, pharmacies, food courts, optical, hearing aids, and tire installation centers. In addition, it engages in e-commerce, business centers, travel, and other businesses. Further, the company operates e-commerce sites; and offers branded and private-label products in various categories. 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.

Research context

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Currency: USD
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Discount Stores

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Admin

5 years, 6 months ago

Costco Wholesale Corporation is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 11.0% above its 200 day moving average.

From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 99.5% cheaper than other stocks from the Consumer Defensive sector with a price to sales ratio of 0.9.

Costco Wholesale Corporation's total revenue rose by 14.6% to $45B since the same quarter in the previous year.

Its net income has increased by 4.3% to $971M since the same quarter in the previous year.

Finally, its free cash flow fell by 2089.2% to $-1B since the same quarter in the previous year.

Based on the above factors, Costco Wholesale Corporation gets an overall score of 4/5.

Jack Stinkicat

5 years, 9 months ago

$COST selling pops in my trading account, buying dips in retirement account.

Jamie

5 years, 9 months ago

$COST charted 6 months ago.

Equity Stats

5 years, 9 months ago

S&P 500 stocks with lowest standard deviation of daily returns over the last year (as of 1/8/2021): 1. Verizon Communications $VZ (SD = 1.54%), 2. Costco Wholesale $COST (SD = 1.83%), 3. Bristol-Myers Squibb $BMY (SD = 1.86%), 4. Hormel Foods $HRL (SD = 1.9%), 5. Johnson & Johnson $JNJ (SD = 1.9%)

James Griffith

5 years, 9 months ago

$COST so...lets just imagine Amazon buys costco...what happens with the stock?..anyone know?

Heinz

5 years, 9 months ago

$COST falling all the time in the green market!!

Stock MD

5 years, 9 months ago

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Jay

5 years, 9 months ago

$COST metrics for comparison month over month is ridiculous and it needs to be compared yearly by monthly which was 12.3% higher - $2.1 or $2.4 billion higher from previous December

Nick Skinner

5 years, 9 months ago

$COST buy tomorrow sell eoy

James Griffith

5 years, 9 months ago

$COST no reason this should be down today..seems like everytime we have a nice green day its followed by red.

Jamie

5 years, 9 months ago

$COST 16%

Equity Stats

5 years, 9 months ago

S&P 500 stocks with lowest standard deviation of daily returns over the last year (as of 12/31/2020): 1. Verizon Communications $VZ (SD = 1.54%), 2. Tiffany $TIF (SD = 1.58%), 3. Costco Wholesale $COST (SD = 1.83%), 4. Bristol-Myers Squibb $BMY (SD = 1.86%), 5. Hormel Foods $HRL (SD = 1.9%)