NASDAQ:COSTCostco Wholesale Stock Price, Forecast & News

Costco Wholesale's stock was trading at $297.43 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, COST shares have increased by 2.1% and is now trading at $303.63. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Costco Wholesale in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 19 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Costco Wholesale.

Costco Wholesale is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Costco Wholesale.

Costco Wholesale Co. (NASDAQ:COST) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March, 5th. The retailer reported $2.10 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.06 by $0.04. The retailer had revenue of $39.10 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $38.26 billion. Costco Wholesale had a return on equity of 23.41% and a net margin of 2.39%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 10.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.01 earnings per share. View Costco Wholesale's earnings history.

Costco Wholesale declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.65 per share on Friday, February 21st. This represents a $2.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 6th. View Costco Wholesale's dividend history.

Costco Wholesale declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Friday, April 26th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $4,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 3.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Costco Wholesale's stock. Their forecasts range from $230.00 to $355.00. On average, they anticipate Costco Wholesale's share price to reach $317.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Costco Wholesale.

Costco Wholesale same store sales climbed 11.7% in the month of February. Costco Wholesale stock dropped by 1.4% in the first day of trading following the report.

News articles about COST stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Costco Wholesale earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutCostco Wholesale.

Costco Wholesale saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 5,486,400 shares, an increase of 8.2% from the February 27th total of 5,070,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,974,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Costco Wholesale's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Costco Wholesale include Walmart (WMT), Target (TGT), Dollar General (DG), Wal-mart de Mexico S A B de C V (WMMVY), Tesco (TSCDY), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Five Below (FIVE), BJs Wholesale Club (BJ), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), PriceSmart (PSMT), Big Lots (BIG), Tuesday Morning (TUES) and Fred's (FREDQ).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Costco Wholesale investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Alibaba Group (BABA), Home Depot (HD), Netflix (NFLX), Visa (V), Boeing (BA), AT&T (T), Walmart (WMT) and Tesla (TSLA).

Costco Wholesale trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "COST."

Costco Wholesale's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Woodstock Corp (0.01%), American National Bank (0.01%), Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.01%), Park National Corp OH (0.00%) and McGuire Investment Group LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Costco Wholesale stock include Daniel M Hines, Franz E Lazarus, James C Klauer, James P Murphy, John W Meisenbach, Joseph P Portera, Patrick J Callans, Paul G Moulton, Richard A Galanti, Richard M Libenson, Roland Michael Vachris, Russell D Miller, Susan L Decker, Timothy L Rose and W Craig Jelinek. View institutional ownership trends for Costco Wholesale.

COST stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American National Bank, Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., Fulton Bank N.A., McGuire Investment Group LLC, Woodstock Corp, CHICAGO TRUST Co NA, Stillwater Investment Management LLC, and Enterprise Bank & Trust Co. Company insiders that have sold Costco Wholesale company stock in the last year include Daniel M Hines, James C Klauer, James P Murphy, Joseph P Portera, Patrick J Callans, Paul G Moulton, Richard A Galanti, Richard M Libenson, Roland Michael Vachris, Russell D Miller, and Susan L Decker. View insider buying and selling activity for Costco Wholesale.

COST stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lake Street Financial LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Trinity Legacy Partners LLC, IBM Retirement Fund, Xcel Wealth Management LLC, Park National Corp OH, IMS Capital Management, and Gradient Investments LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Costco Wholesale.

Shares of COST can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of COST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $303.63.

Costco Wholesale has a market capitalization of $134.08 billion and generates $152.70 billion in revenue each year. The retailer earns $3.66 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.19 on an earnings per share basis. Costco Wholesale employs 254,000 workers across the globe. View additional information about Costco Wholesale.

The official website for Costco Wholesale is http://www.costco.com/.

Costco Wholesale's mailing address is 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA, 98027. The retailer can be reached via phone at 425-313-8100 or via email at [email protected]