Major Stock Signals

COST

Costco Wholesale Corp NASDAQ Closed · opens in 16h 25m

USD947.85
-6.23 (-0.65%)
After hours USD950.20 +2.35 (+0.25%)
Price return
YTD+9.9%
2M-2.5%
6M-2.1%
1Y-0.8%
3Y+71.7%+19.7%/yr
5Y+113.9%+16.4%/yr

Change in share price, adjusted for splits. Dividends are not included, so a payer's total return is higher than shown.

P/E Ratio47.19
Open945.00
Previous Close954.08
Day High950.86
Day Low937.01
52-Week High1096.50
52-Week Low844.06
Volume2,418,277
Day range947.85
937.01950.86
52-week range947.85
844.061096.50

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Company

Retail

Founded in 1983, Costco Wholesale now operates a global chain of membership-based warehouse clubs, delivering high-quality goods and services at consistently low prices. As of its most recent fiscal year, Costco operated approximately 910 warehouses, serving more than 80 million members across its three geographic segments: Costco US (approximately 73% of total revenue), Costco Canada (13%), and Costco International (14%).Costco's core value proposition—quality products at unbeatable prices—has yielded consistently strong member renewal rates (93% in the US and Canada and nearly 90% internationally). About 55% of Costco's fiscal 2025 revenue came from its grocery offerings, and another 25% from general merchandise.

Market cap $423.11BExchange NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKETIPO 1985-12-05Country USSector RETAIL-VARIETY STORESEmployees 341,000 Website ↗
P/E P/E Price-to-earnings: share price divided by earnings per share. Higher values mean investors are paying more per dollar of current profit. 47.19
P/S P/S Price-to-sales: market value divided by annual revenue. Often used when a company has little or no profit. 1.42
P/B P/B Price-to-book: market value divided by the accounting value of net assets. 13.23
EPS (TTM) EPS (TTM) Earnings per share over the trailing twelve months — profit divided by shares outstanding. 19.88
Beta Beta How much the share price has moved relative to the wider market. Around 1 means it moved roughly in line; above 1 means larger swings, below 1 smaller. 0.88
ROE ROE Return on equity: profit as a percentage of shareholders’ equity — how efficiently the company turns equity into profit. 28.3%
Gross margin Gross margin Gross profit as a percentage of revenue — what’s left after the direct cost of producing the product. 12.9%
Operating margin Operating margin Operating profit as a percentage of revenue — after production plus running costs, before interest and tax. 3.8%
Net margin Net margin Net profit as a percentage of revenue — what remains after every expense, including interest and tax. 3.0%
Dividend yield Dividend yield Annual dividend per share as a percentage of the current share price. 0.6%

Technical signals

Based on daily closes
RSI (14) RSI (14) Relative Strength Index: momentum on a 0–100 scale, from the size of recent gains versus losses. Readings above 70 are conventionally called overbought and below 30 oversold — descriptions of recent price behaviour, not signals. 49.7Neutral range
50-day SMA 50-day SMA The average closing price over the last 50 trading days — a common medium-term trend reference. Price above it is often described as short-term strength. 955.38Price below
200-day SMA 200-day SMA The average closing price over the last 200 trading days, used as a long-term trend reference. 957.88Price below
50 vs 200 SMA 50 vs 200 SMA Compares the 50-day and 200-day averages. The 50 rising above the 200 is nicknamed a "golden cross"; falling below is a "death cross". Both are descriptions of past price, not forecasts. 50 < 200Death cross pattern
MACD (12,26,9) MACD (12,26,9) Moving Average Convergence Divergence: the gap between the 12-day and 26-day exponential moving averages, compared against a 9-day signal line. Used to describe momentum shifts. 0.24Above signal line
MACD histogram MACD histogram The MACD line minus its signal line. Positive means MACD sits above the signal line; the bar size shows the gap. 3.47Positive

Technical indicators describe past price behaviour. They are not investment advice.

Short interest Short interest The number of shares that have been sold short — borrowed and sold by investors betting the price will fall — usually quoted as a share of all shares outstanding. Exchanges collect it twice a month at settlement, so the figure lags by a couple of weeks. Below about 2% is unremarkable; above 20% puts a company among the most heavily shorted on the market. It describes how much money is positioned against the company, not what the share price will do: shorts are sometimes right, and a crowded short sometimes unwinds violently upward.

Shares sold short · reported twice monthly
Low
Of shares outstanding1.57%
Days to cover Days to cover Short interest divided by average daily trading volume — roughly how many days of normal trading it would take for every short position to be bought back. It measures how thin the exit is. A large short position in a heavily traded stock can unwind in a day or two; the same position in a quiet stock can take weeks, which is what makes a rush for the exit disorderly. 2.8
vs 3 months ago+0.09pp
Daily volume sold short40%

Short interest is reported to the exchanges at settlement, twice a month, so the headline figure lags by a couple of weeks. The daily share of volume sold short is current but noisier — much of it is market-maker hedging that never becomes a lasting position. Neither figure predicts direction.