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We have scored 104 news catalysts on Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) over the past 12 months. The biggest single-day move next to one of them came Mar 19, 2026, when COST closed −0.5%: “3 Defensive ETFs That Are Quietly Crushing the S&P 500 While Tech Implodes”. Coverage across the window leans positive (average ticker sentiment +0.28). Most of the impact sits in sector consumer and revenue cyclicality.
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Market cap
448.6B
P/E
—
EPS
—
Beta
0.87
52W range
844.06-1096.5
Day range
1006.56–1021.18
Open
1017.40
Prev close
994.61
Volume
3.4M
Avg volume
2.2M
Dividend
5.71
IPO
1986-07-09
Analysts publish price targets on COST, and they disagree. Where the share price actually sits among them shows which of their arguments the market is buying — and which it is ignoring.
8 analyst price targets from $1,000 to $1,275
as of 2026-08-26
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Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors, derived from what the news actually says about Costco Wholesale Corporation — not a sector bucket. Click an edge to see the articles that established the link.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors of Costco Wholesale Corporation, taken from what the news actually said about them rather than from a sector bucket. The count is how many articles established each link.
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Costco Wholesale Corporation, alongside its group entities, operates membership-based retail warehouses across a broad international scope, spanning the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Spain, France, Iceland, China, and Taiwan. These outlets provide customers with an extensive array of both well-known branded and proprietary private-label products. Their vast inventory includes household staples, shelf-stable groceries, confectionery, chilled and frozen items, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and deli selections. Furthermore, the stores stock major appliances, consumer electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, garden and patio furniture, sporting goods, vehicle tires, toys, seasonal merchandise, office supplies, automotive maintenance products, postage services, event tickets, apparel, small kitchen appliances, home furnishings, domestic textiles, kitchenware, custom-order kiosks, and fine jewelry. Fresh departments offer meat, produce, a service deli, and bakery items. Beyond retail goods, Costco provides in-store amenities such as pharmacies, optical clinics, food courts, hearing aid centers, and tire installation facilities, in addition to managing 636 gas stations. The company also extends its offerings online through business delivery, travel booking, and same-day grocery fulfillment in various countries. As of August 29, 2021, Costco maintained a global network of 815 membership warehouses, with 564 located in the United States and Puerto Rico, 105 in Canada, 39 in Mexico, 30 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom, 16 in South Korea, 14 in Taiwan, 12 in Australia, 3 in Spain, and one each in Iceland, France, and China. Digital storefronts facilitate e-commerce operations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia. Founded in 1976, the enterprise was originally known as Costco Companies, Inc. before officially adopting the name Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Its corporate headquarters are situated in Issaquah, Washington.
The reconstruction
The price sits at the very bottom of the published analyst targets, rejecting the 17-33% premiums those models require and signaling that the market views the stock as already fully paying for current fundamentals, with no extra cash left for the acceleration those bulls assume.
What the disagreement turns on
Can Costco accelerate its revenue growth to nearly 19% annually and expand its free-cash-flow margin, or will the business revert to its historical single-digit growth and thin margins? The available data can track membership renewal rates and executive penetration, but it cannot measure whether the massive revenue acceleration the price requires is actually achievable.
The price pays for
It declines to pay for
Written by a language model from the published models, the reported segments and a reverse-DCF — not a recommendation, and not a house view.
Claim by claim
Computed at $960 on 2026-08-26 — the quote has since moved +5%, so read this as a record of what was priced in then, not now.
