NASDAQ:COSTCostco Wholesale Stock Price, Forecast & News

Costco Wholesale's stock was trading at $297.43 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, COST shares have increased by 9.7% and is now trading at $326.23. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

29 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 18 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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 28th. The retailer reported $1.89 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.92 by $0.03. The retailer had revenue of $36.45 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $36.66 billion. Costco Wholesale had a net margin of 2.31% and a return on equity of 22.60%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.89 earnings per share. View Costco Wholesale's earnings history.

Costco Wholesale announced 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 yield of 0.86%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 30th. This is an increase from Costco Wholesale's previous quarterly dividend of $0.65. View Costco Wholesale's dividend history.

Costco Wholesale announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Friday, April 26th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $4,000,000,000.00 in 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 usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

29 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Costco Wholesale's stock. Their forecasts range from $230.00 to $360.00. On average, they expect Costco Wholesale's stock price to reach $324.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.5%. View analysts' price targets for Costco Wholesale.

Costco Wholesale same store sales rose 11.5% during the month of June. Costco Wholesale shares climbed by 0% in the first day of trading following the news.

Media coverage about COST stock has trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press 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 news sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines 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 company's share price in the next several days. 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%), Hexavest Inc. (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Chesley Taft & Associates LLC (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%) and Private Asset Management Inc. (0.01%). 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 Hexavest Inc., 6 Meridian, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, First National Bank of Mount Dora Trust Investment Services, Clarus Wealth Advisors, Xcel Wealth Management LLC, Ayalon Holdings Ltd., and Addenda Capital Inc.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Defender Capital LLC., New Capital Management LP, Exane Derivatives, Consolidated Capital Management LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, and Park National Corp OH. 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 $326.23.

Costco Wholesale has a market capitalization of $144.04 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]