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Costco Wholesale (COST)

(Delayed Data from NSDQ)

$980.98 USD

980.98
2,188,667

+3.53 (0.36%)

Updated Aug 8, 2025 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $982.24 +1.26 (0.13%) 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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Bottom 32% (166 out of 244)

Industry: Retail - Discount Stores

Zacks News

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Costco (COST) Hikes Dividend: Here's What Else You Should Know

Backed by sound fundamentals and robust financial strength, Costco (COST) has time and again highlighted its commitment to enhancing shareholder value.

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Costco (COST) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know

Costco (COST) closed at $363.17 in the latest trading session, marking a -0.56% move from the prior day.

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Looking Ahead to Big Banks' Q1 Earnings

The large money-center banks have enjoyed an amazing run this year, with these stocks handily outperforming not only the broader market but also many of last year's hot stocks.

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Company News for Apr 9, 2021

Companies In The News Are: CAG, COST, BILI, BOX.

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Costco's (COST) Stellar Run Continues in March, Sales Up 17.6%

Costco (COST) has been rapidly adopting the omni-channel mantra to provide a seamless shopping experience, whether online or at stores.

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Costco (COST) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

In the latest trading session, Costco (COST) closed at $358.81, marking a -0.36% move from the previous day.

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Top Stock Reports for Alphabet, Visa & PayPal

Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Alphabet (GOOGL), Visa (V), and PayPal (PYPL).

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Here's How Levi Strauss (LEVI) is Poised Ahead of Q1 Earnings

Levi Strauss' (LEVI) first-quarter fiscal 2021 results might show adverse impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. Nonetheless, its omni-channel initiatives are encouraging.

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FedEx, NIKE, Costco Wholesale, Micron Technology, Walgreens Boots Alliance, McCormick & Co, Lululemon and JPMorgan are part of Zacks Earnings Preview

FedEx, NIKE, Costco Wholesale, Micron Technology, Walgreens Boots Alliance, McCormick & Co, Lululemon and JPMorgan are part of Zacks Earnings Preview

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A Very Strong Q1 and 2021 Earnings Picture

This improving trend in estimate revisions accelerated over the last few months, as the chart below highlighting the evolution of 2021 Q1 earnings growth estimates shows...

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Exxon Mobil, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Costco, Applied Materials and Automatic Data Processing

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Exxon Mobil, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Costco, Applied Materials and Automatic Data Processing

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Top Research Reports for Exxon Mobil, Thermo Fisher & Costco

Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Exxon Mobil (XOM), Thermo Fisher (TMO), and Costco (COST).

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What Will Q1 2021 Earnings Season Show?

As the chart above shows, the expectation is for total S&P 500 earnings to increase +18.5% in Q1 from the same period last year on +5.3% higher revenues...

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4 Retail-Discount Stores to Fend Off Industry Headwinds

Better pricing, effective inventory management, and merchandise and operational initiatives should buoy Retail-Discount Stores companies. Costco (COST), Target (TGT), Dollar General (DG) and Big Lots (BIG) look well placed. However, high COVID-related costs remain a concern.

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Oracle, Costco, FedEx, NIKE and JPMorgan are part of Zacks Earnings Preview

Oracle, Costco, FedEx, NIKE and JPMorgan are part of Zacks Earnings Preview

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Dollar General Preview: Buy DG Stock Down 15% Before Earnings?

Dollar General (DG) stock is trading 15% below its October 2020 records heading into its fourth quarter fiscal 2020 financial release on March 18...

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Previewing The Q1 2021 Earnings Season

As the chart above shows, the expectation is for total S&P 500 earnings to increase +18.5% in Q1 from the same period last year on +5.3% higher revenues...

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Mastercard, NVIDIA, Costco, Disney and Bristol-Myers Squibb

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Mastercard, NVIDIA, Costco, Disney and Bristol-Myers Squibb

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Company News for Mar 8, 2021

Companies In The News Are: BIG, AVGO, COST, GPS.

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Top Stock Reports for Mastercard, NVIDIA & Costco

Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Mastercard (MA), NVIDIA (NVDA), and Costco (COST).

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Costco's (COST) Q2 Earnings Miss Estimates, Online Sales Spike

Costco (COST) registers decent comparable sales performance in second-quarter fiscal 2021. E-commerce sales during the quarter remain sturdy.

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Costco (COST) Q2 Earnings Lag Estimates

Costco (COST) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -11.57% and 0.60%, respectively, for the quarter ended February 2021. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

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Bear of the Day: Walmart (WMT)

Walmart (WMT) stock has fallen 15% in the last three months as Wall Street starts to price-in how difficult it will be to keep pace with the retailer's stellar, coronavirus-driven growth...

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Big Lots (BIG) to Report Q4 Earnings: What's in the Cards?

Big Lots' (BIG) fourth-quarter fiscal 2020 performance has most likely been driven by its transformation efforts, including the Operation North Star strategy.

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Is a Surprise Coming for Costco (COST) This Earnings Season?

Costco (COST) is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity and has a positive Zacks Earnings ESP heading into earnings season.