Compare Stocks: COST, TGT, and BJ

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	$111.60 +0.8%	$99.23	$83.21 ▼ $113.35	$14.07B	0.12	1.96 million shs	42,147 shs
COST Costco Wholesale	$1,097.76 +0.9%	$960.23	$844.06 ▼ $1,102.84	$485.27B	0.85	2.20 million shs	344,171 shs
TGT Target	$162.88 +0.1%	$156.46	$83.44 ▼ $170.75	$73.86B	0.94	5.01 million shs	221,461 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	+0.41%	-0.13%	+11.08%	+18.28%	+18.53%
COST Costco Wholesale	+2.01%	+3.93%	+13.36%	+13.07%	+19.01%
TGT Target	+0.62%	-0.27%	+6.17%	+4.65%	+77.56%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	$111.60 +0.8%	$99.23	$83.21 ▼ $113.35	$14.07B	0.12	1.96 million shs	42,147 shs
COST Costco Wholesale	$1,097.76 +0.9%	$960.23	$844.06 ▼ $1,102.84	$485.27B	0.85	2.20 million shs	344,171 shs
TGT Target	$162.88 +0.1%	$156.46	$83.44 ▼ $170.75	$73.86B	0.94	5.01 million shs	221,461 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	+0.41%	-0.13%	+11.08%	+18.28%	+18.53%
COST Costco Wholesale	+2.01%	+3.93%	+13.36%	+13.07%	+19.01%
TGT Target	+0.62%	-0.27%	+6.17%	+4.65%	+77.56%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	2.50	Moderate Buy	$106.19	-4.16% Downside
COST Costco Wholesale	2.71	Moderate Buy	$1,092.23	0.42% Upside
TGT Target	2.35	Hold	$161.70	-0.69% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest BJ, COST, and TGT Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
11/11/2026	BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Neutral
11/11/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$1,143.00 ➝ $1,155.00
11/10/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Freedom Broker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$1,010.00 ➝ $1,050.00
11/9/2026	TGT Target	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$157.00 ➝ $163.00
11/6/2026	BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$111.00 ➝ $113.00
11/5/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$1,015.00 ➝ $1,150.00
11/4/2026	BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
11/4/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
10/30/2026	BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Strong-Buy
10/30/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Strong-Buy
10/30/2026	TGT Target	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Hold	$155.00 ➝ $160.00

(Data available from 11/12/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	$21.46B	0.65	$6.68 per share	16.58	$16.80 per share	6.59
COST Costco Wholesale	$303.15B	1.59	$27.08 per share	40.17	$80.80 per share	13.46
TGT Target	$107.71B	0.69	$14.64 per share	11.12	$35.70 per share	4.56

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	$578.38M	$4.57	24.24	22.03	3.24	2.62%	27.40%	7.69%	11/20/2026 (Estimated)
COST Costco Wholesale	$9.23B	$20.76	52.39	43.61	4.71	3.04%	27.60%	10.63%	12/10/2026 (Estimated)
TGT Target	$3.71B	$9.63	16.91	17.18	2.88	4.08%	23.23%	6.41%	11/18/2026 (Estimated)

Latest BJ, COST, and TGT Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
12/10/2026	Q1 2027	COST Costco Wholesale	$4.91	N/A	N/A	N/A	$74.35 billion	N/A
11/20/2026	Q3 2027	BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	$1.25	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.93 billion	N/A
11/18/2026	Q3 2026	TGT Target	$2.07	N/A	N/A	N/A	$26.46 billion	N/A
9/24/2026	Q4 2026	COST Costco Wholesale	$6.54	$6.75	+$0.21	$6.75	$94.97 billion	$95.72 billion
8/21/2026	Q2 2027	BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	$1.17	$1.36	+$0.19	$1.36	$5.97 billion	$6.23 billion
8/19/2026	Q2 2026	TGT Target	$2.35	$4.11	+$1.76	$4.11	$26.13 billion	$26.54 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
COST Costco Wholesale	$5.88	0.54%	-15.66%	28.32%	22 Years
TGT Target	$4.64	2.85%	+11.02%	48.18%	54 Years

Latest COST, TGT, and BJ Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
11/10/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	special	$30.00		11/24/2026	11/24/2026	12/4/2026
9/23/2026	TGT Target	quarterly	$1.16	2.87%	11/10/2026	11/11/2026	12/1/2026
10/14/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	quarterly	$1.47	0.58%	10/30/2026	10/30/2026	11/13/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	0.18	0.73	0.19
COST Costco Wholesale	0.11	1.06	0.62
TGT Target	0.80	0.99	0.36

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	98.60%
COST Costco Wholesale	68.48%
TGT Target	79.73%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	1.10%
COST Costco Wholesale	0.10%
TGT Target	0.13%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club	35,000	126.32 million	124.93 million	Optionable
COST Costco Wholesale	355,000	443.13 million	442.69 million	Optionable
TGT Target	415,000	454.30 million	453.71 million	Optionable

COST, TGT, and BJ Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Target Appoints Sally Grimes to Board of Directors

3 hours ago | prnewswire.com

Target (TGT) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth

November 11 at 5:11 PM | zacks.com

Booking Holdings vs. Target: Which Consumer Stock Is a Better Buy for 2027?

November 11 at 2:30 PM | fool.com

Stock Traders Buy Large Volume of Target Call Options (NYSE:TGT)

November 11 at 4:31 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Target Corporation $TGT Stake Lessened by Equity Investment Corp

November 11 at 4:11 AM | marketbeat.com

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Target (NYSE:TGT) Stock

November 11 at 1:55 AM | americanbankingnews.com

DAIRY BOY AND HANES TEAM UP ON LIMITED-EDITION COLLECTION, EXCLUSIVELY AT TARGET

November 10 at 10:00 AM | prnewswire.com

Target stock: Analyst estimates & ratings

November 10 at 8:42 AM | msn.com

Target Corporation $TGT Shares Newly Acquired by Red Cedar Investment Management LLC

November 10 at 6:27 AM | marketbeat.com

M Holdings Securities Inc. Buys New Position in Target Corporation $TGT

November 10 at 5:16 AM | marketbeat.com

Target Corporation $TGT Stock: Fulcrum Asset Management LLP Increases Position

November 10 at 4:04 AM | marketbeat.com

165,109 Shares of Target Corporation $TGT Bought by AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc

November 10 at 3:08 AM | marketbeat.com

Target Trades at a Fraction of Walmart's Valuation. Is the Discount Deserved?

November 9 at 1:57 PM | fool.com $https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/11/09/target-trades-at-a-fraction-of-walmarts-valuation/$

Can Target's Inventory and Technology Push Reinforce Sales Growth?

November 9 at 11:02 AM | zacks.com

Target Corporation $TGT Stock Sold by International Assets Investment Management LLC

November 9 at 5:47 AM | marketbeat.com

Candriam S.C.A. Sells 23,119 Shares of Target Corporation $TGT

November 9 at 4:11 AM | marketbeat.com

Target Corporation $TGT Stock Sold by Commonwealth Equity Services LLC

November 9 at 3:40 AM | marketbeat.com

Target Corporation $TGT Stock: Rayburn West Financial Services LLC Lowers Holdings

November 8, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Chewy vs. Target: Which Retailer Stock Is a Better Buy for 2027?

November 7, 2026 | fool.com

Alps Advisors Inc. Sells 16,984 Shares of Target Corporation $TGT

November 7, 2026 | marketbeat.com

TGT vs. TJX: Which Stock Is the Better Value Option?

November 6, 2026 | zacks.com

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COST, TGT, and BJ Company Descriptions

BJ's Wholesale Club NYSE:BJ

$111.60 +0.89 (+0.80%)

As of 10:11 AM Eastern

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. engages in the operation of membership warehouse clubs. Its product categories include grocery, household and pet, television and electronics, furniture, computer and tablets, patio and outdoor living, lawn and garden, baby and kids, toys, home, health and beauty, appliances, and jewelry. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Costco Wholesale NASDAQ:COST

$1,097.76 +10.15 (+0.93%)

As of 10:11 AM Eastern

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, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. It offers merchandise, such as sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, garden and patio products, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal products, office supplies, automotive care products, postages, tickets, apparel, small appliances, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. The company also operates gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers; and offers business delivery, travel, grocery, and various other services online. It also operates e-commerce websites. 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.

Target NYSE:TGT

$162.88 +0.18 (+0.11%)

As of 10:11 AM Eastern

Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States. The company offers apparel for women, men, boys, girls, toddlers, and infants and newborns, as well as jewelry, accessories, and shoes; and beauty and personal care, baby gear, cleaning, paper products, and pet supplies. It also provides dry grocery, dairy, frozen food, beverages, candy, snacks, deli, bakery, meat, and food service; electronics, which includes video game hardware and software, toys, entertainment, sporting goods, and luggage; and furniture, lighting, storage, kitchenware, small appliances, home decor, bed and bath, home improvement, school/office supplies, greeting cards and party supplies, and other seasonal merchandise. In addition, the company sells merchandise through periodic design and creative partnerships, and shop-in-shop experience; and in-store amenities. Further, it sells its products through its stores; and digital channels, including Target.com. Target Corporation was incorporated in 1902 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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