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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
$1020.81
▲ +0.40%
7-day move
day$1014.34 → $1021.8952-wk$844.06 → $1096.50avg vol2.1M / 3Mcap$452.4B
Plate I.

The Past Year, in One Line

$900$950$1000$1050202120222023202420252026$1020.81COST
The Valuation
P/E (forward)40.8
P/E (trailing)49.2
EPS (forward)$25.03
EPS (trailing)$20.76
PEG5.07
Dividend58.00%
The Risk
Beta0.85
Short % float1.72%
Float442.2M
Shares out443.1M
Avg vol (3M)2.1M
52w range$844.06 → $1096.50
The Analyst Tape
strong buybuyholdunderperformsell
$1067.59
avg 12-mo target
+4.6%
vs. last · 37 analysts
At a Glance
$452.4B
market cap (USD)
exchangeNMS
sectorConsumer Defensive
industryDiscount Stores
market cap$452.4B
websitecostco.com

The Briefs

live, polled every 60 seconds · Alpaca / Benzinga
No recent headlines for COST in the last 7 days.

Word on the Street

StockTwits public feed · self-tagged bull/bear
No recent StockTwits posts for COST.

Indicators That Mention COST

5 of our 658 catalog map to COST
SP-1900
McRib comeback day (first day of return)
1 only on the first day of each McRib national return.
↓54%
↓58%
↓63%
↓67%
↓70%
↓75%
◌Fell apart on fresh data
r=0.01
SP-5141
US Electricity Price per kWh
US city avg electricity price per kWh (BLS via FRED). Household energy-cost inflation.
50%
51%
51%
↓53%
↓60%
↓59%
●Still works on fresh data
r=0.07
SP-1807
US Diesel Retail Price
US average diesel retail price, weekly (EIA via FRED). Freight/logistics cost and goods-economy pulse.
49%
↓52%
↓53%
↓55%
↓53%
↓55%
●Still works on fresh data
r=-0.25
SP-1847
Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel (US Gulf Coast)
US Gulf Coast jet fuel spot (EIA via FRED). Airline cost input and air-travel demand proxy.
49%
↓52%
48%
49%
↓52%
48%
●Still works on fresh data
r=-0.06
SP-1458
UnitedHealth Group
Biggest US health insurer. Pricing power = consumer cost forecast.
49%
49%
49%
49%
50%
51%
●Still works on fresh data
r=-0.04
Standard Poorly Disclaimer
We tested 658 indicators against six horizons. By chance alone, ~197 of these correlations should look "significant." Walk-forward out-of-sample is the only thing we trust.

Other Boxes on the Block

Discount retailers · by market cap · 7-day move
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— Voices on COST —commentarylive

Curated commentary (Kobeissi, Doomberg, Lyn Alden, QuoteTheRaven, Pomp, ZeroHedge) mentioning COST. Opinion, not wire.
No recent commentary mentioning COST in the last 7 days.
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