COST
Costco Wholesale Corporation · Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores
$920.65
+0.62% today · -0.23% 1W
Oct 2 close or latest
PreviewWhy it's moving
Moving with the market
- COST +0.62% on the last session vs SPY +0.74%: −0.1 pts of stock-specific move.
- Aftermath, insider unplanned sale (Oct 1): After its 12 unplanned insider sales in the past 5 years, COST typically gained 0.1% over the next day (median) and was higher 50% of the time; half the outcomes fell between -0.6% and +0.6%. An ordinary day: +0.1%. Among S&P 500 stocks after unplanned insider sales, that ranks #18 of 34.
- 12 analyst actions in the past 10 days (1 positive, 8 negative); latest: Deutsche Bank maintained Buy, lowered target $1,091 → $1,079.
- 2 insider or congressional trades in the past 30 days, including 2 insider sales not under a 10b5-1 plan.
- Market backdrop (Fri): Average Hourly Earnings m/m 0.1% vs 0.3% expected (cooler); Non-Farm Employment Change 29K vs 89K expected (weaker); S&P futures +0.41%, 10-year yield -5bp in the 30 minutes after.
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Key facts
- Market cap
- $408.1B
- Held by institutions
- 74.4%
- Short interest
- 1.7%
- 52-week range
- 844.06–1,096.50
- Analyst mean target
- $1,057.94
- Next earnings
- Dec 10
- Forward P/E
- 36.8
Recent events
Insider ▼
Claudine Adamo (Executive Vice President) sold 2,200 shares ($2.0M), not under a 10b5-1 plan unplanned · filingInsider ▼
Caton Frates (Sr. Executive Vice President) sold 800 shares ($733.3K), not under a 10b5-1 plan unplanned · filingAnalyst
Argus Research reiterated Buy, target $1,230Analyst ▼
Deutsche Bank maintained Buy, lowered target $1,091 → $1,079Analyst ▼
Bernstein maintained Outperform, lowered target $1,144 → $1,143Analyst ▼
Mizuho maintained Outperform, lowered target $1,100 → $1,065Analyst ▼
Wells Fargo maintained Equal-Weight, lowered target $1,000 → $950Analyst
RBC Capital reiterated Sector Perform, target $1,000Analyst ▲
DA Davidson maintained Neutral, raised target $1,000 → $1,040Analyst ▼
Truist Securities maintained Hold, lowered target $1,011 → $955