COST · Costco Wholesale Corp
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $408.1B |
| P/E | 44.23 |
| Float | 442.6M |
| Beta | 0.88 |
| Volatility | 22.0% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Retail |
| Cap tier | Mega cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 81.2 |
| Price | 920.65 |
| Change | +0.00% |
| Prev Close | 920.65 |
| Open | 921.18 |
| Day Low | 909.66 |
| Day High | 921.18 |
| Avg Vol | 3 |
| Avg $ Vol | $2.52B |
| 52W High | 1,096.50 |
| 52W Low | 844.06 |
| 52W Pos | 30.3% |
| From High | −16.04% |
| From Low | +9.07% |
| Max DD 1Y | −18.33% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Deep |
| SMA 20 | +1.43% |
| SMA 50 | −1.34% |
| SMA 200 | −4.32% |
| RSI (14) | 51.4 |
| Vol 30D | 18.6% |
| Vol 90D | 20.1% |
| 1Y Range | 844–1,096 |
| Daily bars | 527 |
| Perf Week | −0.23% |
| Perf Month | −0.84% |
| Perf Quarter | −3.11% |
| Perf Half Y | −9.61% |
| Perf Year | +0.42% |
| Perf YTD | +7.74% |
| Prev Day | +0.00% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.26 |
| Curr Ratio | 1.03 |
| Int Cover | 106.0× |
| FCF Margin | 2.9% |
| Rev Growth | +8.2% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 4 / 49 |
What COST does
Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden.
It offers merchandise, including sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; non-food merchandise comprising appliances, small electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, lawn and garden, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal, automotive, stamps, tickets, apparel, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and fresh food, such as meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products.
The company is also involved in warehouse ancillary operations, which include gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers.
In addition, it engages in e-commerce, business centers, travel, and other businesses. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999.
Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayCOST grades A-, 81.2 of 100. Steadiest on Sector Resilience (76), most exposed on News Sentiment (23, weak). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Retail median. Ranks 4 of 49 in Retail by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| COST | Retail median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.88 | 1.05 |
| Volatilityannualized | 22.0% | 26.3% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −18.3% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.74% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 7 (3%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| COST | Retail median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.88 | 1.05 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 38% of 50 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Retail names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| COST | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | −0.2% |
| 1 month | −0.8% |
| Year to date | +7.7% |
| 1 year | +0.4% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| COST | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 25 Sep |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 65 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 24 · 6 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 24 ↑ 6 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 50 Retail names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| COST | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +8.2% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Retail median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openCostco's comparable sales growth, which strips out gas price swings and currency effects, has slowed for three straight months, falling from 8% in May to 5.4% in August. The company will report its September sales, the first month of fiscal 2027, after the market closes on October 7.
Costco is adding new perks for its members, with the article noting the company is focusing on an area important to consumers of all ages. No specific details about the perks or the targeted area were provided in the article body.
A Costco employee named Joce posted a TikTok video showing her hourly pay rising from $14 in 2018 to $37.90 in 2025, with $56.85 per hour on Sundays. She credited steady annual raises, moving into the optical department, becoming a licensed optician, and on-the-job training support. The video drew over ten million views and sparked online discussion about wages.
Costco is being sued in a Washington federal court over its Kirkland brand electrolyte drink mix, with the plaintiff claiming Costco falsely labels the product as sugar-free even though it contains an ingredient that federal and state labeling rules treat as a sugar.
Costco operates on a thin 3.9% profit margin (the slice of each sale it keeps as profit), and the prices it pays for consumer electronics and oil-based goods like motor oil are rising. Management has said it is hard to predict where inflation goes from here, leaving open the question of how much of that cost increase the company can absorb before its profit shrinks.
Nearest peers by size
Retail| Ticker | Company | Grade | Mkt cap | P/E | Beta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD | Home Depot Inc | B+ | $282.2B | 19.84 | 0.98 | Compare |
| WMT | Walmart Inc | B+ | $884.1B | 38.65 | 0.56 | Compare |
| TJX | TJX Companies Inc | A- | $145.9B | 24.06 | 0.60 | Compare |
| LOW | Lowe's Companies Inc | B+ | $101.4B | 15.27 | 0.84 | Compare |
| MELI | MercadoLibre Inc | B | $86.01B | 46.17 | 1.41 | Compare |
| ROST | Ross Stores Inc | A- | $73.01B | 27.46 | 0.86 | Compare |
| TGT | Target Corp | B+ | $70.87B | 16.14 | 0.93 | Compare |
| CVNA | Carvana Co | D+ | $70.18B | 44.76 | 3.66 | Compare |
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