On Friday, Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ: COST) was -0.23% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $925.08. A 52-week range for COST has been $871.71 – $1078.23.
A company in the Consumer Defensive sector has jumped its sales by 15.09% annually for the last half of the decade. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 10.06%. With a float of $442.21 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $443.24 million.
Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) Insider Updates
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Costco Wholesale Corp stocks. The insider ownership of Costco Wholesale Corp is 0.22%, while institutional ownership is 69.25%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 07 ’25, was worth 2,232,312. In this transaction Executive Vice President of this company sold 2,400 shares at a rate of $930.13, taking the stock ownership to the 2,000 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 07 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 2,400 for $930.13, making the entire transaction worth $2,232,313.
Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) Performance Highlights and Predictions
Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 11/30/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted 4.04 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was better than consensus figure (set at 3.8) by 0.24. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 4.5 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 10.06% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.58% during the next five years compared to 15.09% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ: COST) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.55. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.49. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 52.19.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 18.21, a number that is poised to hit 4.27 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 22.09 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 2.06 million. That was inferior than the volume of 2.26 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 33.50%.
During the past 100 days, Costco Wholesale Corp’s (COST) raw stochastic average was set at 20.51%, which indicates a significant decrease from 39.70% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 12.99 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 13.48 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $934.93, while its 200-day Moving Average is $971.29. However, in the short run, Costco Wholesale Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $929.55. Second resistance stands at $936.11. The third major resistance level sits at $943.34. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $915.76, it is likely to go to the next support level at $908.53. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $901.97.
Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ: COST) Key Stats
There are 443,179K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 409.05 billion. As of now, sales total 275,235 M while income totals 8,099 M. Its latest quarter income was 86,156 M while its last quarter net income were 2,610 M.
