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Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ: COST) closed the day trading at $938.75 up 0.97% from the previous closing price of $929.75. In other words, the price has increased by $0.97 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.54 million shares were traded. COST stock price reached its highest trading level at $942.9037 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $928.0.
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 31.65 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 60.15. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.49 and its Current Ratio is at 1.00. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.32 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.31.
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 December 05, 2024, Reiterated its Outperform rating but revised its target price to $1050 from $1000 previously.
On October 22, 2024, Bernstein started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $1016.
Oppenheimer reiterated its Outperform rating for the stock on October 10, 2024, while the target price for the stock was revised from $955 to $980.
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 Mar 27 ’25 when MILLERCHIP GARY sold 1,100 shares for $940.01 per share. The transaction valued at 1,034,007 led to the insider holds 11,165 shares of the business.
MILLERCHIP GARY bought 1,100 shares of COST for $1,034,007 on Mar 27 ’25. On Mar 24 ’25, another insider, Adamo Claudine, who serves as the Executive Vice President of the company, sold 900 shares for $922.56 each. As a result, the insider received 830,304 and left with 6,987 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 416507428864 and an Enterprise Value of 411388739584. As of this moment, Costco’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 54.80, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 47.00. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 5.44. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.58 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 16.29. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.558 whereas that against EBITDA is 34.075.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for COST is 0.95, which has changed by 0.3015778 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08572841 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, COST has reached a high of $1078.23, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $697.27. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.69%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 2.31%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, COST traded about 2.16M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, COST traded about 2189540 shares per day. A total of 443.73M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 442.66M. Insiders hold about 0.23% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 69.66% stake in the company. Shares short for COST as of 1741910400 were 6866248 with a Short Ratio of 3.18, compared to 1739491200 on 6935102. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6866248 and a Short% of Float of 1.55.
Dividends & Splits
COST’s forward annual dividend rate is 4.64, up from 4.5 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.004840011The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.66. The current Payout Ratio is 26.32% for COST, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-07 with an ex-dividend date of 1738886400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2000-01-14 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
