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 3.5% and is now trading at $307.96. 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) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 28th. The retailer reported $1.89 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.92 by $0.03. The retailer earned $36.45 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $36.66 billion. Costco Wholesale had a return on equity of 22.60% and a net margin of 2.31%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.89 EPS. View Costco Wholesale's earnings history.

Costco Wholesale declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 1st will be paid 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 0.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 30th. This is a positive change 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 repurchase program on Friday, April 26th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $4,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 3.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's management 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 stock price to reach $321.87 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 rose 5.4% during the month of May. Costco Wholesale shares rose by 0% in the first full-day of trading following the report.

News articles about COST stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing 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 articles about the retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Park National Corp OH (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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 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 $307.96.

Costco Wholesale has a market capitalization of $135.97 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]