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Costco Wholesale

COST · NASDAQ

$994.61−$0.92 (−0.09%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $995.53

About COST

Costco Wholesale Corp. engages in the provision of operation of membership warehouses through wholly owned subsidiaries. The company is headquartered in Issaquah, Washington and currently employs 341,000 full-time employees. The firm buys the majority of its merchandise directly from suppliers and route it to cross-docking consolidation points (depots) or directly to its warehouses. The company operates 891 warehouses, including 614 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 108 in Canada, 40 in Mexico, 35 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom, 19 in Korea, 15 in Australia, 14 in Taiwan, seven in China, five in Spain, two in France, and one each in Iceland, New Zealand and Sweden. The company also operates e-commerce sites in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia. The firm provides wide selection of merchandise, plus the convenience of specialty departments and exclusive member services.

Employees
341,000
Headquarters
Issaquah, Washington
Listed
Dec 5, 1985
Sector
Consumer Staples
Industry
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
Website
costco.com

COST key statistics

Market cap
441.15B
Price-earnings ratio
47.95
Dividend yield
0.56%
Average volume
2.27M
Volume
1.26M
Open price
$1,000.00
High today
$1,003.00
Low today
$991.00
52 Week high
$1,096.50
52 Week low
$844.06

Costco Wholesale (COST) at a glance

Costco Wholesale (COST) last traded at $994.61, with a market cap of 441.15B, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.95 and a dividend yield of 0.56%.

Today the stock has traded between $991.00 and $1,003.00. The current price is 0.4% above the day's low and 0.8% below its high.

Volume so far is 1.26M shares, below the average of 2.27M shares a day.

Over the past year Costco Wholesale has ranged from $844.06 to $1,096.50, and now sits 60% of the way up that range.

Costco Wholesale met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 2 of the last 8 quarters. In Q4 FY26 it reported $6.60 per share against an estimate of $6.66.

The average analyst price target is $1,080.84, 8.7% above the current price, from 25 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

76%of 25 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy76.0%
  • Hold20.0%
  • Sell4.0%
Price target · 38 analystsAvg $1,080.84
Low
$768.83
Now
$994.61
High
$1,380.75

COST earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 2 of the last 8 quarters, by 3.9% on average.

  1. Q1 FY25: reported $4.04 per share against an estimate of $3.87
  2. Q2 FY25: reported $4.02 per share against an estimate of $4.19
  3. Q3 FY25: reported $4.28 per share against an estimate of $4.32
  4. Q4 FY25: reported $5.87 per share against an estimate of $5.92
  5. Q1 FY26: reported $4.50 per share against an estimate of $4.36
  6. Q2 FY26: reported $4.58 per share against an estimate of $4.65
  7. Q3 FY26: reported $4.93 per share against an estimate of $5.03
  8. Q4 FY26: reported $6.60 per share against an estimate of $6.66

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  • Lekha Gupta

    Memory Inflation Is Hitting Costco’s Electronics Business, and It Triggered a $152 Million Charge

  • Chris Katje

    Costco Save Members $3.2 Billion for Gas this Fiscal Year: How Higher Gas Prices Could Help Retailer

  • Lekha Gupta

    Costco Flags Rising Electronics Costs As Memory Inflation Hits Consumer Goods

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