A share price of Costco Wholesale Corp [COST] is currently trading at $943.08, up 1.97%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The COST shares have gain 7.69% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 7.85%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Previously, Mizuho upgraded its rating to Outperform on January 05, 2026, and kept the price target unchanged to $1000. On December 24, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy. Roth Capital downgraded its rating to a Sell but stick to its price target of $769 on December 15, 2025. Oppenheimer reiterated its recommendation of an Outperform and reduced its price target to $1050 on November 03, 2025. BTIG Research started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on October 15, 2025, and assigned it a price target of $1115.
Costco Wholesale Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $844.06 and $1078.23. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $1025.08 within the next 12 months. Costco Wholesale Corp [NASDAQ: COST] shares were valued at $943.08 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 8.69% based on the average COST price forecast.
Analyzing the COST fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Costco Wholesale Corp [NASDAQ:COST] were 280.39B which represents 8.30% growth. 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 0.1, Equity is 0.3 and Total Capital is 0.26. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.27.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Costco Wholesale Corp [NASDAQ:COST] is 1.04. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.53, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.39. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.49, the price to book ratio is 13.82 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 50.52.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Miller Russell D, Sr. Executive Vice President, that happened on Jan 09 ’26 when 1500.0 shares were sold. Officer, THE MILLER FAMILY TRUST completed a deal on Jan 09 ’26 to buy 1500.0 shares. Meanwhile, Executive Vice President POLIT JAVIER sold 2049.0 shares on Dec 29 ’25.
