At the time of writing, Costco Wholesale Corp [COST] stock is trading at $935.56, up 0.60%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The COST shares have gain 2.70% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.34%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Previously, Erste Group downgraded its rating to Hold on August 05, 2025. On April 11, 2025, Mizuho initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned a price target of $975 on the stock. Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Outperform rating and increased its price target to $1050 on December 05, 2024. Bernstein initiated its recommendation with a Outperform and recommended $1016 as its price target on October 22, 2024. Oppenheimer reiterated a Outperform rating for this stock on October 10, 2024, and upped its price target to $980. In a note dated September 27, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group reiterated an Outperform rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $925 to $1000.
For the past year, the stock price of Costco Wholesale Corp fluctuated between $867.34 and $1078.23. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $1036.5 within the next 12 months. Costco Wholesale Corp [NASDAQ: COST] shares were valued at $935.56 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 10.79% based on the average COST price forecast.
Analyzing the COST fundamentals
According to Costco Wholesale Corp [NASDAQ:COST], the company’s sales were 275.24B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 8.10% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.13% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.04%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.04%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.11, Equity is 0.3 and Total Capital is 0.26. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.28.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Costco Wholesale Corp [NASDAQ:COST] has a current ratio of 1.03. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.55, while the Cash Ratio is 0.38. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.51, the price to book ratio is 14.22 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 51.38.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Miller Russell D, Sr. Executive Vice President, that happened on Sep 29 ’25 when 3381.0 shares were sold. Executive Vice President, Frates Caton completed a deal on Sep 29 ’25 to sell 1540.0 shares. Meanwhile, Affiliate THE MILLER FAMILY TRUST bought 3381.0 shares on Sep 29 ’25.
