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Costco Wholesale (COST) Frequently Asked Questions

What does Costco Wholesale do?

Costco operates a membership-based, no-frills retail model, predicated on offering a select product assortment in bulk quantities at bargain prices. The firm avoids maintaining costly product displays by keeping inventory on pallets and limits distribution expenses by storing its inventory at point of sale in the warehouse. Given Costco's frugal cost structure, the firm is able to price its merchandise below competing retailers, driving high sales volume per warehouse and allowing the retailer to generate strong profits on thin margins. Costco operates over 600 warehouses in the United States and boasts over 60% market share in the domestic warehouse club industry. Internationally, Costco operates another 270 warehouses, primarily in markets such as Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the UK.

What symbol and exchange does Costco Wholesale shares trade?

Costco Wholesale trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol COST.

What is Costco Wholesale stock price doing today?

As of November 14, 2024, COST stock price declined to $925.61 with 125,560 million shares trading.

What is Costco Wholesale's Beta?

COST has a beta of 0.90, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. COST has a correlation of 0.35 to the broad based SPY ETF.

How much is Costco Wholesale worth?

COST has a market cap of $410.16 billion. This is considered a Mega Cap stock.

How much money does Costco Wholesale make?

Last quarter Costco Wholesale reported $80 billion in Revenue and $5.15 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-273 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.07.

What is the highest and lowest price Costco Wholesale traded in the last 3 year period?

In the last 3 years, COST traded as high as $962.00 and as low as $406.51.

What are the top ETFs holding Costco Wholesale?

The top ETF exchange traded funds that COST belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, QQQ, SPY, IVV.

Is Costco Wholesale (COST) a good investment?

COST has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +63.4% while the SPY ETF gained +37.0%. However, in the short term, COST had mixed performance relative to the market. It has underperformed in the last 3 months, returning +7.2% vs +10.3% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, COST shares have fared better than the market returning +5.4% compared to SPY +2.7%.

What are the support and resistance levels for Costco Wholesale (COST)?

COST support price is $924.44 and resistance is $943.02 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that COST shares will trade within this expected range on the day.