COST · Costco Wholesale Corporation

NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET - Real Time Price • USD

Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)

NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET Retail
Move probability → Options chain →
$998.59 +4.26 (+0.43%)
● At close: October 21 at 4:00:00 PM EDT
$998.31 +0.00 (+0.00%)
🌆 After-Hours: 5:02:13 PM EDT
DAY'S RANGE $998.59
$988.62 $1000.25
52-WEEK RANGE $998.59
$844.06 $1096.50

What's happening

  • COST is up 0.43% today, trading at $998.59. — Live quote
  • Volume today (70,946) is well below its 3-month average of 2,216,380. (Finnhub fundamentals)
  • Last quarter's EPS missed estimates: $6.60 actual vs. $6.66 estimated (-0.8%). (Finnhub earnings history)

Deterministic template sentences filled in from the same sourced figures shown elsewhere on this page -- not an AI-written summary, no live model call.

Key Statistics

Market Cap$440.74B
P/E (TTM1)47.82
EPS2 (TTM)$20.76
Div Yield0.69%
Beta30.88
Volume70,946
Open990.27
Prev Close994.33
Bid / Ask939.15 / 1042.65
Next Earnings 2026-12-10

Analyst Recommendations

Strong buy 13 Buy 17 Hold 14 Sell 1 Strong sell 0

Aggregate ratings for 2026-10-01 (45 analysts polled by Finnhub) — consensus count.

Performance Overview (Trailing returns vs S&P 500 benchmark)

YTD RETURN
COST +15.45%
vs S&P 500 +3.04%
1-YEAR RETURN
COST +6.32%
vs S&P 500 -9.04%
6-MONTH RETURN
COST +1.09%
3-MONTH RETURN
COST +6.38%

Valuation Measures & Ratios

Enterprise Value4$427.10B
Forward P/E539.72
PEG Ratio63.83
Price / Sales (TTM1)1.46
Price / Book711.69
EV4 / Revenue1.41
EV4 / EBITDA29.74
Profit Margin3.04%
Operating Margin3.85%
Return on Equity (ROE8)28.02%
Return on Assets (ROA9)10.79%
Avg Volume (3M)2,216,380
Quarterly history (5 periods)
Measure May '26Feb '26Nov '25May '25Feb '25
Market cap $447.71B $451.19B $397.86B $445.20B $472.71B
P/E 55.06 58.39 53.12 62.09 67.43
Price/Sales 1.65 1.71 1.55 1.80 1.95
Price/Book 13.36 14.06 13.13 16.41 18.48
EV/Revenue 1.61 1.67 1.51 1.77 1.92
EV/EBITDA 34.05 35.99 32.96 — —
ROE 24.27% 24.08% 24.72% 26.43% 27.41%
ROA 9.41% 9.24% 9.05% 9.50% 9.57%

Trailing-twelve-month ratios computed from SEC EDGAR quarterly figures and historical daily close prices (Alpaca). Diluted shares are derived from Net income ÷ EPS (diluted) for each quarter, not separately reported. Forward P/E/PEG unavailable (no free data source).

Glossary — what these abbreviations mean
1. TTM
Trailing twelve months — the sum of the last four reported quarters, not a calendar year or the single latest quarter.
2. EPS
Earnings per share — net income divided by diluted shares outstanding.
3. Beta
A stock's historical volatility relative to the overall market. Above 1 means it has moved more than the market; below 1, less.
4. EV (Enterprise Value)
Market cap plus total debt minus cash — roughly what it would cost to buy the whole company, debt included.
5. Forward P/E
Price divided by analysts' estimated earnings for the next 12 months, instead of trailing actual earnings.
6. PEG Ratio
P/E divided by expected earnings growth rate. A lower number can indicate a stock is cheap relative to how fast it's expected to grow.
7. Price / Book
Share price divided by book value (assets minus liabilities) per share.
8. ROE
Return on equity — net income divided by shareholders' equity, a measure of how efficiently a company turns equity into profit.
9. ROA
Return on assets — net income divided by total assets, a measure of how efficiently a company turns assets into profit.
10. MRQ
Most recent quarter — the single latest reported period, as opposed to TTM. The Financials section's "Quarterly" view below shows MRQ-style figures.
11. YoY
Year over year — percent change versus the same period one year earlier, used for growth figures like those on Compare cards and the Screener.

Short Interest

Shares Short7,325,824
Change from Prior Settlement-0.47%
% of Float—
Days to Cover (Short Ratio)2.74

Source: FINRA Rule 4560 consolidated short interest, settlement date 2026-09-30. Reported bi-monthly with a reporting lag — not real-time.

Quotes and the 1-day extended-hours chart: Yahoo Finance. Longer historical charts: Alpaca (IEX feed) — real-time but IEX-only volume (~2.5% of consolidated market volume). Fundamentals + earnings: Finnhub.

Price history

Events

Drag horizontally to zoom into a section; use Reset view to restore all observations.

Technical signal summary

Calculating from the latest year of daily price history…

Calculating…
Show Technical Analysis Breakdown ▾ 10 Indicators

Not investment advice — read several signals together.

Indicators None active

Add lines over the price chart or a panel below it. Your choices are saved on this device.

Starter sets
Trend
Oscillators
Volume/volatility
Loading chart…

History limited by data provider; markers are heuristics, not signals.

Peer and sector context

No reviewed peer group is available for this symbol.

Balanced evidence

A deterministic summary of sourced facts—not an AI verdict.

Potential strengths

Potential concerns

Rule-based facts only; absence from either side is not evidence, and this is not a recommendation.

Financials

Income statement

Line item May '26Feb '26Nov '25May '25Feb '25Nov '24May '24Feb '24
Revenue $70.53B $69.60B $67.31B $63.20B $63.72B $62.15B $58.52B $58.44B
Gross profit — — — — — — — —
Operating income $2.81B $2.61B $2.46B $2.53B $2.32B $2.20B $2.20B $2.06B
Net income $2.19B $2.04B $2.00B $1.90B $1.79B $1.80B $1.68B $1.74B
EPS (diluted) $4.93 $4.58 $4.50 $4.28 $4.02 $4.04 $3.78 $3.92
EPS (basic) $4.94 $4.58 $4.51 $4.29 $4.03 $4.05 $3.79 $3.93

Balance sheet

Line item Aug '26May '26Feb '26Nov '25Aug '25May '25Feb '25Nov '24
Total assets $89.05B $86.43B $83.64B $82.79B $77.10B $75.48B $73.22B $73.39B
Total liabilities $53.24B $52.92B $51.55B $52.49B $47.94B $48.36B $47.65B $48.94B
Stockholders' equity $35.80B $33.51B $32.09B $30.30B $29.16B $27.12B $25.58B $24.45B
Total current assets $46.58B $45.18B $43.13B $43.41B $38.38B $38.15B $36.90B $37.52B
Total current liabilities $43.95B $42.12B $40.76B $41.80B $37.11B $37.58B $37.00B $38.29B
Cash & equivalents $20.21B $18.95B $17.38B $16.22B $14.16B $13.84B $12.36B $10.91B

Cash flow

Line item Aug '26May '26Feb '26Nov '25Aug '25May '25Feb '25Nov '24
Operating cash flow $4.68B $3.45B $3.00B $4.69B $3.87B $3.46B $2.75B $3.26B
Investing cash flow -$2.22B -$1.59B -$1.17B -$1.40B -$1.97B -$1.34B -$1.02B -$985.0M
Financing cash flow -$1.18B -$278.0M -$730.0M -$1.17B -$1.59B -$748.0M -$241.0M -$1.19B
Free cash flow $2.48B $2.04B $1.71B $3.16B $1.90B $2.33B $1.61B $2.00B
Capital expenditures $2.21B $1.41B $1.29B $1.53B $1.97B $1.13B $1.14B $1.26B
Depreciation & amortization $2.08B $597.0M $597.0M $597.0M $1.88B $552.0M $552.0M $548.0M

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (10-Q/10-K), as originally tagged by the company. Quarterly cash flow is reconstructed by de-cumulating fiscal-year-to-date figures (how cash flow is tagged in 10-Qs); other quarterly lines are reported directly.

Institutional holders

SEC Form 13F filers holding COST as of the latest reported quarter. 13F only covers investment managers with $100M+ in assets — this is not a complete ownership picture, and does not include insiders (see Recent SEC filings below) or non-13F-eligible holders.

Source: Business Quant SEC Form 13F · report period 2026-06-30 · 30 filers

Held by These Filers46.6%
Shares Outstanding443,923,000
FilerSharesValue% OutQtr ChangeFiled
BlackRock, Inc. 34,202,834 $32.00B 7.70% -2.1% 2026-08-07
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 28,976,605 $27.11B 6.53% +0.4% 2026-06-30
State Street Corp 18,384,951 $17.20B 4.14% +1.3% 2026-08-07
Invesco Ltd. 13,989,137 $13.09B 3.15% +224.3% 2026-08-13
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 10,627,472 $9.90B 2.39% -0.3% 2026-08-12
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 10,402,555 $9.73B 2.34% -2.8% 2026-06-30
Morgan Stanley 10,220,437 $9.56B 2.30% +3.3% 2026-08-11
Bank Of America Corp /De/ 7,249,774 $6.78B 1.63% -3.5% 2026-08-14
NORGES BANK 6,474,767 $6.06B 1.46% +0.0% 2026-08-12
FMR LLC 6,163,541 $5.77B 1.39% -8.3% 2026-08-13
Northern Trust Corp 4,835,919 $4.52B 1.09% -1.9% 2026-08-12
Royal Bank Of Canada 4,292,111 $4.02B 0.97% +14.2% 2026-08-13
Jpmorgan Chase & Co 4,224,191 $4.00B 0.95% +4.6% 2026-08-12
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 3,631,675 $3.40B 0.82% +6.8% 2026-08-14
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 3,293,734 $3.08B 0.74% +2.5% 2026-08-14
Fisher Asset Management, LLC 3,253,040 $3.04B 0.73% +1.0% 2026-08-04
Bank of New York Mellon Corp 3,215,058 $3.01B 0.72% -5.2% 2026-08-06
Nuveen, LLC 3,189,881 $2.98B 0.72% +3.8% 2026-08-11
Wells Fargo & Company/Mn 3,106,170 $2.91B 0.70% -0.2% 2026-08-14
UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 3,068,312 $2.87B 0.69% +5.5% 2026-08-13
Capital International Investors 2,770,728 $2.59B 0.62% +0.8% 2026-08-07
UBS Group AG 2,675,980 $2.50B 0.60% +7.9% 2026-08-13
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 2,549,000 $2.54B 0.57% -7.9% 2026-08-14
Legal & General Group Plc 2,525,135 $2.36B 0.57% +0.8% 2026-08-14
VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 2,516,516 $2.35B 0.57% -1.7% 2026-06-30

Insider activity

Directors, officers, and 10%+ owners' reported transactions from SEC Form 4. A filing reports a transaction; it does not by itself explain why it happened.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings · checked 25 most recent filings · covers 2025-12-19 to 2026-10-13

Recent transactions

  • Insiders have net sold 4,986 shares over the last 182 days, across 0 purchases and 4 sales.
  • Most recent: Wilcox William Richard (Executive Vice President) — Open market sale of 1,100 shares on 2026-10-13.

Deterministic template sentences filled in from the SEC Form 4 figures in the tables below -- not an AI-written summary, no live model call.

Insider purchases & sales, last 6 months

Purchases (open market)0 sh(0 txns)
Sales (open market)4,986 sh(4 txns)
Net Shares-4,986

Counts only open-market purchases (code P) and sales (code S) — grants, option exercises, tax withholding, and gifts are excluded since they aren't a market buy/sell decision.

Insider roster

NameTitleMost Recent TransactionDateShares
Wilcox William RichardExecutive Vice PresidentOpen market sale2026-10-131,100
Frates CatonSr. Executive Vice PresidentOpen market sale2026-09-29801
Adamo ClaudineExecutive Vice PresidentOpen market sale2026-09-292,200
Rubanenko YoramExecutive Vice PresidentGrant / award2026-09-104,129
Riel PierreExecutive Vice PresidentGrant / award2026-09-104,552
Klauer James CExecutive Vice PresidentGrant / award2026-09-104,129
Jones Teresa A.Executive Vice PresidentGrant / award2026-09-104,129
RAIKES JEFFREY SDirectorGift2026-07-105,249
DENMAN KENNETH DDirectorOpen market sale2026-06-23885
George Sarah CatherineExecutive Vice PresidentCode I2026-03-12642
MILLERCHIP GARYExecutive Vice PresidentTax withholding2026-03-111,154
DECKER SUSAN LDirectorOpen market sale2026-01-16458
Raimondo Gina MarieDirectorGrant / award2026-01-16215
Miller Russell DSr. Executive Vice PresidentOpen market sale2026-01-091,500
POLIT JAVIERExecutive Vice PresidentOpen market sale2025-12-30558

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPrice
2026-10-13Wilcox William RichardExecutive Vice PresidentOpen market sale 1,100$958.21
2026-09-29Frates CatonSr. Executive Vice PresidentOpen market sale 801$915.93
2026-09-29Adamo ClaudineExecutive Vice PresidentOpen market sale 2,200$915.93
2026-09-10Wilcox William RichardExecutive Vice PresidentGrant / award 4,129$0.00
2026-09-10Wilcox William RichardExecutive Vice PresidentTax withholding 1,935$902.38
2026-09-10Rubanenko YoramExecutive Vice PresidentGrant / award 4,129$0.00
2026-09-10Rubanenko YoramExecutive Vice PresidentTax withholding 1,696$902.38
2026-09-10Riel PierreExecutive Vice PresidentGrant / award 4,552$0.00
2026-09-10Riel PierreExecutive Vice PresidentTax withholding 1,562$902.38
2026-09-10Klauer James CExecutive Vice PresidentGrant / award 4,129$0.00
2026-09-10Klauer James CExecutive Vice PresidentTax withholding 936$902.38
2026-09-10Jones Teresa A.Executive Vice PresidentGrant / award 4,129$0.00
2026-09-10Jones Teresa A.Executive Vice PresidentTax withholding 1,459$902.38
2026-09-10Frates CatonExecutive Vice PresidentGrant / award 4,552$0.00
2026-09-10Frates CatonExecutive Vice PresidentTax withholding 1,654$902.38
2026-09-10Adamo ClaudineExecutive Vice PresidentGrant / award 4,129$0.00
2026-09-10Adamo ClaudineExecutive Vice PresidentTax withholding 917$902.38
2026-07-10RAIKES JEFFREY SDirectorGift 5,249$0.00
2026-06-23DENMAN KENNETH DDirectorOpen market sale 885$957.45
2026-04-01Frates CatonExecutive Vice PresidentOpen market sale 700$993.00
2026-03-12George Sarah CatherineExecutive Vice PresidentCode I 642$991.21
2026-03-11MILLERCHIP GARYExecutive Vice PresidentTax withholding 1,154$992.23
2026-03-09Adamo ClaudineExecutive Vice PresidentOpen market sale 730$1003.02
2026-01-27RAIKES JEFFREY SDirectorGift 5,115$0.00
2026-01-27Jones Teresa A.Executive Vice PresidentGift 300$0.00
2026-01-21Jones Teresa A.Executive Vice PresidentOpen market sale 850$986.26
2026-01-16DECKER SUSAN LDirectorOpen market sale 458$955.00
2026-01-16Raimondo Gina MarieDirectorGrant / award 215$0.00
2026-01-14Klauer James CExecutive Vice PresidentOpen market sale 1,500$939.00
2026-01-09Miller Russell DSr. Executive Vice PresidentOpen market sale 1,500$916.32
2025-12-30POLIT JAVIERExecutive Vice PresidentOpen market sale 558$862.89
2025-12-29POLIT JAVIERExecutive Vice PresidentOpen market sale 2,049$867.21
2025-12-19DENMAN KENNETH DDirectorGift 325$0.00

Recent SEC filings

Official company reports and insider transaction filings. Form 4 reports a transaction; it does not by itself explain why it happened.

Source: SEC EDGAR submissions · updated 2026-10-21 16:13 UTC

FiledFormReport periodOfficial filing
2026-10-168-K2026-10-13 View on SEC.gov →
2026-10-1442026-10-13 View on SEC.gov →
2026-10-148-K2026-10-14 View on SEC.gov →
2026-10-0710-K2026-08-30 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-3042026-09-29 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-3042026-09-29 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-248-K2026-09-24 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-1442026-09-10 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-1442026-09-10 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-1442026-09-10 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-1442026-09-10 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-1442026-09-10 View on SEC.gov →

Headlines about COST (Costco Wholesale Corporation). Links open the publisher — we don’t host full articles.

SEC filings ↓

← Back to the full dashboard · My watchlist