Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).
COST last changed hands at $899.33 (down 0.59%). At $398.83B, Costco is ranked #29 by size among the 300 stocks on BeStock.
Over the past 52 weeks it has traded between $840.35 and $1,094.76, so it sits 17.9% below the top of that range. Holders are behind 4.3% over twelve months, and down 6.3% across the last three months.
On the chart it has slipped under both the 50-day ($934.97) and 200-day ($958.07) moving averages; RSI is 38, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 18% annualized volatility.
Revenue for the quarter ended May 2026 was $70.53B, up 11.6% from a year earlier, with $2.19B of net profit (a 3.0% margin).
Buyers are paying 45.2 times trailing earnings, 4% below its five-year average of 46.9. The median for its industry group is 34.8.
19 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $1,084.41, sits 20.6% over where the stock trades.
This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.
Costco runs membership warehouse stores, where a paid annual membership funds low prices on a limited range of goods.
What tends to move it. Membership renewals and fee increases, and same-store sales, drive the stock, which usually carries a high earnings multiple.
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Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Price vs 20-day average | -1.8% | Bearish |
| Price vs 50-day average | -3.8% | Bearish |
| Price vs 200-day average | -6.1% | Bearish |
| 50-day vs 200-day | 50d below 200d | Bearish |
| RSI (14) | 38.1 | Bearish |
| MACD (12,26,9) | -12.94 | Bearish |
| Bollinger band position | 30% | Bearish |
Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.
Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 2:00 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.
Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.
Latest reported quarter: Q3, ended May 2026
"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.
Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history
Around its usual level · 42nd percentile, 5-year average 46.9x
#2460 of 2977 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)
Below its usual level · 36th percentile, 5-year average 13.3x
#4937 of 5303 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)
Around its usual level · 54th percentile, 5-year average 1.3x
#1915 of 5143 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)
Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$30.79M (10 inflow days, 10 outflow days).
Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 12.6% a year.
$899.33 is the latest print for COST, a move of -0.59% against yesterday's close of $904.70. Today's low and high so far: $896.55 and $909.43.
Equity value comes to $398.83B at the current price. By that measure it is number 29 of the 300 names in our coverage.
Buyers pay 45.2 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $18.21). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 46.9, and today's level ranks in the 42nd percentile of its own history.
The year's floor is $840.35 and the ceiling $1,094.76. Shares are 17.9% away from that ceiling.
It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 0.60% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was July 24, 2026.
Of 19 analysts, 68% say buy, 26% hold and 5% sell. Price targets average $1,084.41, with the most cautious at $781.00 and the most optimistic at $1,275.00.
Costco has its 2026/Q4 report on the calendar for September 24, 2026, after market.
Costco runs membership warehouse stores, where a paid annual membership funds low prices on a limited range of goods.
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