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COST · Costco Wholesale Corporation

Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores

Costco Wholesale Corporation

NMS · Consumer Defensive / Discount Stores
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COST
$1002.93
-3.68%
7-day move
day$996.16 $1027.4952-wk$844.06 $1096.50avg vol1.9M / 3Mcap$445.0B
Plate I.

The Past Year, in One Line

$900$950$1000202120222023202420252026$1002.93COST
The Valuation
P/E (forward)44.5
P/E (trailing)52.2
EPS (forward)$22.54
EPS (trailing)$19.23
PEG5.22
Dividend57.00%
The Risk
Beta0.91
Short % float1.52%
Float440.9M
Shares out443.7M
Avg vol (3M)1.9M
52w range$844.06 → $1096.50
The Analyst Tape
strong buybuyholdunderperformsell
$1076.97
avg 12-mo target
+7.4%
vs. last · 32 analysts
At a Glance
$445.0B
market cap (USD)
exchangeNMS
sectorConsumer Defensive
industryDiscount Stores
market cap$445.0B
websitecostco.com

The Briefs

live, polled every 60 seconds · Alpaca / Benzinga
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Word on the Street

StockTwits public feed · self-tagged bull/bear
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Indicators That Mention COST

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Fell apart on fresh data
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SP-1269
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Still works on fresh data
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Standard Poorly Disclaimer
We tested 297 indicators against four horizons. By chance alone, ~59 of these correlations should look "significant." Walk-forward out-of-sample is the only thing we trust. This one too new to retest.

Other Boxes on the Block

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