Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) closed at $922.76 on 25 September 2026, up 2.9%. That leaves it up 3.1% over a week, down 3.5% over a month and down 2.4% over a year. That is 31% of the way up its 52 week range of $844.06 to $1,096.50. The median analyst price target of $1,058 sits 14.6% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
COST trades below both its 50 day average of $934.45 and its 200 day average of $960.41, the shape of a downtrend. The 50 day average sits below the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is -0.12, a stock that barely follows the market. It is 15.8% below its 52 week high and 9.3% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 14 firms recorded 19 actions on COST: 18 kept a view and 1 upgrade. Price targets: 1 raised and 10 lowered. The most recent targets from 18 firms run from $781 to $1,275, with a median of $1,058, 14.6% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | Argus Research | Reiterates Buy | $1,230.00 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | Freedom Broker | Maintains Buy | $1,030.00 to $1,010.00 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | Raymond James | Maintains Outperform | $1,100.00 to $1,050.00 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | Roth Capital | Reiterates Sell | $781.00 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | JP Morgan | Maintains Overweight | $1,100.00 to $1,015.00 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | Truist Securities | Maintains Hold | $1,011.00 to $955.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 10 December 2026 for Q1 2027, with earnings per share expected at $4.85. The last report, on 24 September 2026 for Q4 2026, showed EPS of $6.75 against $6.52 expected, a beat of 3.5%, on revenue of $95.7 billion. Costco Wholesale Corp. beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months Costco Wholesale Corp. shows revenue growth of 9.23%, a gross margin of 12.88%, an operating margin of 3.82% and a return on equity of 29.15%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 9.2% | 59th |
| Net income growth, TTM | 12.7% | 52nd |
| Gross margin | 12.9% | 14th |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 50th |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.0% | 49th |
| Return on equity | 29.2% | 91st |
| Return on assets | 10.9% | 91st |
| Debt to equity | 0.21 | 50th |
| Current ratio | 1.07 | 47th |
| Effective tax rate | 24.8% | 81st |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Consumer Staples
- Industry
- Retail
- Headquarters
- Issaquah, Washington
- Chief executive
- Walter C. Jelinek
- Employees
- 304,000
- Website
- costco.com
Costco Wholesale Corporation engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Australia, Spain, France, Iceland, China, and Taiwan. It offers sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, liquor, and tobacco and deli products. The company also operates pharmacies, opticals, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers.
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Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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