Costco Wholesale (COST)
Smart-money score is below the middle — price trend score is on the high side, while score for how it compares with the broader market is below the middle.
COST scores higher than 63% of the 131 tickers we compare it with (Consumer Staples).
As of 9 October 2026, Costco Wholesale (COST) scores 48 out of 100 on the Market Census six-factor composite, which puts it at the Average score level. The score is made from six named factors: price trend, strength vs the market, company finances, insider trades, market mood and recent momentum. It records what they read on 9 October 2026, and it is not investment advice.
Updated · scores usually change about once a day
Key statistics
Market fields as reported. An em-dash means we hold no value for this ticker — most of the universe has no daily price or volume read.
- Relative volume
- 0.47× 30-day average
- 52-week range
- 844.06 – 1096.50
- Market cap
- $397.05B
- Earnings date
- 10 Dec 2026
- Dividend yield
- 0.69%
- Volume
- 1,049,073
- Avg. volume (30d)
- 2,220,372
- Open
- 945.00
- Previous close
- 947.92
- Day's range (regular session)
- 942.53 – 951.29
The last trade can be an extended-hours trade, so it can sit outside the regular-session range.
Shown without a peer ranking — we hold no percentile for these yet, so there is nothing here to locate them against.
- Beta
- 0.88
- P/E (TTM)
- 45.27
- EPS (TTM)
- 20.76
Score breakdown · six named factors
Each bar is one part of the score, from 0 to 100. Read what the score means.
Premium data held for COST
- 16 SEC Form 4 insider transactions in the last 90 daysPremium
Counts of rows Market Census holds for COST. A dash in the factor table above means that factor has no data for this ticker — it is not a locked value. Compare plans
What the score says about COST right now
Costco Wholesale (COST) currently scores 48/100 on the Market Census six-factor composite, at the Average score level. COST is -0.10% on the day and +2.90% over five sessions as of the most recent tick. Average sits in the middle. The good and the bad in COST's data roughly balance out right now. COST's strongest factor is price trend at 71/100 — a strong read on which way the price has been going. The weakest factor is insider trades at 10/100 — a well below average read on insider buying and selling. Insider filings for COST lean toward selling; on a thinly filed name a few filings can set this reading.
Generated from the six-factor breakdown above. Changes when the underlying scores do, usually about once a day. More on what the score means.
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Recent COST news
Latest headlines that name Costco Wholesale, one per story, sourced from Market Census’s news feed (Polygon/Massive + Finnhub).
- Costco helps members solve a key problem, but at a costYahoo
- Costco September 2026 monthly sales resultsYahoo
- Costco's September Comps Strengthen, but Shares Already Price in Growth, RBC SaysYahoo
- Costco Wholesale (COST) Posts 13% September Sales Growth As Margin Questions LingerYahoo
- Great News for Costco InvestorsThe Motley Fool
We hide 4 more that told readers to buy or sell, or gave a price target.
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Similar setups in Consumer Staples right now
Six consumer staples tickers whose composite scores are closest to COST’s 48, all within 2 points.
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