NASDAQ:COST - Costco Wholesale Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Costco Wholesale declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 8th will be given a dividend of $0.57 per share on Friday, February 22nd. This represents a $2.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 7th. View Costco Wholesale's Dividend History.

Costco Wholesale Co. (NASDAQ:COST) posted its earnings results on Thursday, December, 13th. The retailer reported $1.61 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.62 by $0.01. The retailer earned $34.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $34.66 billion. Costco Wholesale had a return on equity of 24.54% and a net margin of 2.25%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.45 earnings per share. View Costco Wholesale's Earnings History.

Costco Wholesale is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Costco Wholesale.

Costco Wholesale will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, March 7th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

19 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Costco Wholesale's stock. Their predictions range from $220.00 to $260.00. On average, they expect Costco Wholesale's stock price to reach $243.9375 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Costco Wholesale.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Costco Wholesale in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Costco Wholesale.

Costco Wholesale same store sales climbed 5.2% in the month of January. Costco Wholesale shares climbed by 0% in the first full-day of trading following the news.

Media stories about COST stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Costco Wholesale earned a news impact score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Costco Wholesale investors own include Netflix (NFLX), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), Walt Disney (DIS), Visa (V), Bank of America (BAC), Boeing (BA), General Electric (GE) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

Costco Wholesale's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (7.64%), BlackRock Inc. (6.53%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.46%), Northern Trust Corp (1.41%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.37%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.17%). Company insiders that own Costco Wholesale stock include Daniel M Hines, Dennis R Zook, Franz E Lazarus, James D Sinegal, James P Murphy, John D Mckay, John W Meisenbach, 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 1832 Asset Management L.P., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Swedbank, Two Sigma Investments LP, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Westfield Capital Management Co. LP and Brown Advisory Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Costco Wholesale company stock in the last year include Daniel M Hines, Franz E Lazarus, James P Murphy, John W Meisenbach, 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 Insider Buying and Selling for Costco Wholesale.

COST stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, BlackRock Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Geode Capital Management LLC, Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Squarepoint Ops LLC and Acadian Asset Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of COST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $216.29.

Costco Wholesale has a market capitalization of $95.27 billion and generates $141.58 billion in revenue each year. The retailer earns $3.13 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.83 on an earnings per share basis. Costco Wholesale employs 245,000 workers across the globe.

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]