Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ:COST) traded at $882.77 at last check on current trade day and made a downward move of -1.32% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $894.61 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 0.787 with the day’s price range being $879.5001 – $891.325. The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 53.30. In terms of its 52-week price range, COST has a high of $923.83 and a low of $528.22. The company’s stock has lost about -1.62% over that past 30 days.
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Costco Wholesale Corp has a market cap of $391.13 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2024-Dec-12. With its Forward Dividend at 4.34 and a yield of 0.49%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the COST stock to gain ahead of the earnings release. Estimates by analysts give the company expected earnings per share (EPS) of 3.78, with the EPS growth for the year raised at 17.83 for current year and 17.83 for next year.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at 62.32B, with a low of 60.76B and a high of 65.7B. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for current year is expected to hit 273.23B, or 7.40% up from figures reported last year.
On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the COST stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 50% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 50% Buy.
Based on estimates by 23 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 6 have rated the Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) stock as a Hold, while 17 rate it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 0 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Buy and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.
Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the COST stock currently stands at 5.72, and the most recent price level today is -1.07% off its SMA20 and -0.36% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 47.14 while the volatility over the past week is 1.56% and jumps to 1.59% over the past one month. The beta value is 0.80, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 15.26. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $850, with the estimates having a low of $509 and a high of $1005. These price ends are 42.34% and -13.85% off the today’s price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a 3.71% if the COST share price touches on the median price of $850.
Coming back to Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ:COST), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 1.86 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 1.62 million. Current shares outstanding are 443.13 million.
The insiders hold 0.23% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 69.62%. The data shows that short shares as of 2024-09-30, stood at 6.82 million at a short ratio of 3.37. This represents a 154.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2024-09-30. Shares short fall in September from the previous month at 7.33 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with today’s price pushing the stock 33.74% up in year-to-date price movement.
