Costco Wholesale Corp [COST] stock is trading at $988.74, up 0.79%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The COST shares have gain 3.49% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 1.90%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Costco Wholesale Corp [NASDAQ: COST] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on August 05, 2025, when Erste Group downgraded its rating to a Hold. Previously, Mizuho started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on April 11, 2025, and set its price target to $975. On December 05, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Outperform rating and revised its price target to $1050 on the stock. Bernstein started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and suggested a price target of $1016 on October 22, 2024. Oppenheimer reiterated its recommendation of a Outperform and raised its price target to $980 on October 10, 2024. Telsey Advisory Group reiterated a Outperform rating for this stock on September 27, 2024, and upped its price target to $1000. In a note dated September 24, 2024, Truist downgraded an Hold rating on this stock but restated the target price of $873.
Costco Wholesale Corp [COST] stock has fluctuated between $837.63 and $1078.23 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $1062.5 within the next 12 months. Costco Wholesale Corp [NASDAQ: COST] shares were valued at $988.74 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 7.46% based on the average COST price forecast.
Analyzing the COST fundamentals
Costco Wholesale Corp [NASDAQ:COST] reported sales of 268.78B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 8.02%. 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 0.31 and Total Capital is 0.27. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.3.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 980.18 points at the first support level, and at 971.62 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 993.44, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 998.14.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Costco Wholesale Corp’s Current Ratio is 1.02. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.52, while the Cash Ratio is 0.37. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.63, the price to book ratio is 16.17 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 56.09.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Rubanenko Yoram, Executive Vice President, that happened on Jul 14 ’25 when 4000.0 shares were sold. Officer, Rubanenko Yoram completed a deal on Jul 14 ’25 to buy 4000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director DECKER SUSAN L sold 547.0 shares on Jun 18 ’25.
