NASDAQ:COSTCostco Wholesale Stock Price, Forecast & News

Costco Wholesale's stock was trading at $297.43 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, COST stock has increased by 4.7% and is now trading at $311.49. View which stocks have been most 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, October 1st 2020. View our earnings forecast for Costco Wholesale.

Costco Wholesale Co. (NASDAQ:COST) announced its earnings results on Thursday, May, 28th. The retailer reported $1.89 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.92 by $0.03. The retailer earned $36.45 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $36.66 billion. Costco Wholesale had a return on equity of 22.60% and a net margin of 2.31%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.89 EPS. View Costco Wholesale's earnings history.

Costco Wholesale declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 1st will be given a dividend of $0.70 per share on Friday, May 15th. This represents a $2.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.90%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 30th. This is a boost from Costco Wholesale's previous quarterly dividend of $0.65. View Costco Wholesale's dividend history.

Costco Wholesale announced 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 purchase up to 3.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

30 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives 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 $321.87 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Costco Wholesale.

Costco Wholesale same-store sales rose 5.4% in the month of May. Costco Wholesale shares climbed by 0% in the first day of trading following the report.

Headlines about COST stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Costco Wholesale earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Costco Wholesale.

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

Costco Wholesale's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Private Asset Management Inc. (0.01%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Truehand Inc (0.00%), Stillwater Investment Management LLC (0.00%) and Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY (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 Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Truehand Inc, Private Asset Management Inc., West Oak Capital LLC, S.E.E.D. Planning Group LLC, and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Costco Wholesale company stock in the last year include Daniel M Hines, James P Murphy, Joseph P Portera, Patrick J Callans, Paul G Moulton, Richard A Galanti, Richard M Libenson, Roland Michael Vachris, Russell D Miller, Susan L Decker, and Timothy L Rose. View insider buying and selling activity for Costco Wholesale.

COST stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Park National Corp OH, Fulton Bank N. A., Bath Savings Trust Co, Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY, Stillwater Investment Management LLC, Ellevest Inc., and Windsor Group LTD. 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 $311.49.

Costco Wholesale has a market capitalization of $137.53 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.

The official website for Costco Wholesale is 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]