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Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ: COST) closed the day trading at $878.53 up 0.13% from the previous closing price of $877.38. In other words, the price has increased by $0.13 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.29 million shares were traded. COST stock price reached its highest trading level at $881.23 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $867.16.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of COST, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 34.95 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 58.75. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.44 and its Current Ratio is at 0.97. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.35 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.35.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Telsey Advisory Group on September 27, 2024, Reiterated its Outperform rating but revised its target price to $1000 from $925 previously.
On September 24, 2024, Truist Downgraded its rating to Hold which previously was Buy but kept the price unchanged to $873.
Redburn Atlantic Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on September 10, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $860 to $890.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 30 ’24 when Adamo Claudine sold 3,200 shares for $888.99 per share. The transaction valued at 2,844,778 led to the insider holds 8,630 shares of the business.
Callans Patrick J sold 2,500 shares of COST for $2,234,850 on Sep 30 ’24. The Executive Vice President now owns 66,414 shares after completing the transaction at $893.94 per share. On Sep 30 ’24, another insider, Frates Caton, who serves as the Executive Vice President of the company, sold 1,700 shares for $883.35 each. As a result, the insider received 1,501,695 and left with 9,682 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, COST now has a Market Capitalization of 389299503104 and an Enterprise Value of 386427486208. As of this moment, Costco’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 53.04, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 44.74. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 5.13. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.53 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 16.48. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.519 whereas that against EBITDA is 33.538.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, COST has reached a high of $923.83, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $528.22. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.85%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 12.40%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, COST traded about 1.96M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, COST traded about 2375770 shares per day. A total of 443.13M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 442.31M. Insiders hold about 0.23% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 69.55% stake in the company. Shares short for COST as of 1726185600 were 7116743 with a Short Ratio of 3.62, compared to 1723680000 on 6845690. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7116743 and a Short% of Float of 1.6099999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
COST’s forward annual dividend rate is 4.36, up from 4.36 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0049693407The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.7.
