NASDAQ · COST · Discount Stores
Costco Wholesale (COST) stock analysis
- COST gained 11.0% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 50th of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
- Over 12 months it returned +7.1%, 8.7 points behind the S&P 500, and trades 8.8% below its 52-week high.
- In the last 30 days 11 analysts raised earnings estimates and 2 cut; forward EPS moved +0.6% (+0.5% over 90 days).
- It sits in the Mass merchants & warehouse clubs segment of the Consumer Value Chain, where the 1-month median return is +9.0%.
- The daily chart reads Trend transition · Trend repair (since Oct 6, 2026).
One-year price with 50- and 200-day averages
Performance vs the market
Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.
Chart structure
Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.
Holding since Oct 6, 2026
- Close above EMA20 above EMA50
- EMA50 rose over the last ten sessions
- Confirmed swing highs and lows are rising
- Neither a stable trend nor a range is confirmed
54 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was +3.4%, positive 70% of the time, against +1.8% for any day in the same period.
Analyst earnings revisions
Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.
35 analysts cover the stock
Where it sits in the supply chain
Consumer Value Chain · Retail
Scale and low prices drive traffic with a heavy grocery mix, while e-commerce and advertising lift margins; often gains when shoppers trade down.
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Figures are each company's 1-month return; the segment shows its median · Doubler daily batch · company chain maps
Risk profile
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