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Costco Wholesale (COST)

(Delayed Data from NSDQ)

$977.45 USD

977.45
1,891,943

+8.89 (0.92%)

Updated Aug 7, 2025 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $977.66 +0.21 (0.02%) 7:58 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy23.75%
2Buy17.82%
3Hold9.58%
4Sell5.28%
5Strong Sell2.61%
S&P50011.30%

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3-Hold of 5     3    

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

  • Value Score A
  • Growth Score A
  • Momentum Score A
  • VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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D Value A Growth D Momentum C VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 41% (100 out of 246)

Industry: Retail - Discount Stores

Zacks News

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    Slow Week of Economic Data, Boeing (BA) Gets Subpoena

    Aside from Thursday's weekly jobless claims report and PMI numbers Friday, we don't see many potential needle-movers scheduled ahead of the bell.

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    Weak Economic Data Weighed On The Markets

    Weak Economic Data Weighed On The Markets

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    Zacks Earnings Trends Highlights: Costco, AutoZone, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo

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    Q1 Earnings Season Gets Underway

    The fact is that by the time the big banks come around to report March-quarter results on April 12, we will have seen Q1 results from almost two dozen S&P 500 members already.

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    Dollar General (DG) Stock Down on Q4 Earnings Miss, Soft View

    Dollar General (DG) reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2018 results, wherein the bottom line fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Also, the company provided soft earnings view for fiscal 2019.

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    Is Costco Wholesale (COST) Stock Outpacing Its Retail-Wholesale Peers This Year?

    Is (COST) Outperforming Other Retail-Wholesale Stocks This Year?

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    3 Reasons Why Growth Investors Shouldn't Overlook Costco (COST)

    Costco (COST) could produce exceptional returns because of its solid growth attributes.

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    First Earnings Decline in Three Years

    Earnings growth for the S&P 500 index is expected to turn negative in 2019 Q1, which will be the first earnings decline since 2016 Q2.

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    First Earnings Decline in Three Years

    Earnings growth for the S&P 500 index is expected to turn negative in 2019 Q1, which will be the first earnings decline since 2016 Q2.

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    Amazon's (AMZN) E-commerce Lead Threatened By New Entrants

    Amazon (AMZN) is facing stiff competition in the e-commerce market due to initiatives by major retailers including Walmart, Costco and Target.

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    What Makes Costco (COST) a Strong Momentum Stock: Buy Now?

    Does Costco (COST) have what it takes to be a top stock pick for momentum investors? Let's find out.

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    Ross Stores (ROST) Opens 28 Outlets for Q1, '19 Plan on Track

    Ross Stores (ROST) completes its store opening plans for first-quarter fiscal 2019, with 22 Ross and six dd's DISCOUNTS stores. It remains on track to reach its goal for fiscal 2019.

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    The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Procter & Gamble, Netflix, Costco, Morgan Stanley and Canadian Pacific

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    Big Lots (BIG) Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates, Rise Y/Y, Stock Up

    Big Lots (BIG) earnings beat estimates, while sales lagged in fourth-quarter fiscal 2018. Further, the company issued drab its earnings view for the first quarter fiscal 2019.

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    Company News For Mar 11, 2019

    Companies In The News Are: COST, BIG, OKTA, DWDP

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    Costco's Decent Comparable Sales Run Continues in February

    Costco (COST) continues to be one of the dominant warehouse retailers based on the breadth and quality of merchandise offered.

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    Costco (COST) Looks Good: Stock Adds 5.1% in Session

    Costco (COST) saw a big move last session, as its shares jumped more than 5% on the day, amid huge volumes.

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    Top Analyst Reports for Procter & Gamble, Netflix & Costco

    Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Procter & Gamble (PG), Netflix (NFLX) and Costco (COST).

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    Costco's (COST) Q2 Earnings Surpass Estimates, Rise Y/Y

    Costco delivered comparable store sales growth across all regions on an adjusted basis during the first quarter of fiscal 2019. E-commerce sales during the period were also sturdy.

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    Costco (COST) Q2 Earnings Preview

    Shares of Costco (COST) slipped marginally during regular trading hours Wednesday, just a day before the discount grocery giant is set to report its fiscal second quarter financial results. This means it is time for a last-minute Costco earnings preview.