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Costco Wholesale (COST)

(Delayed Data from NSDQ)

$943.80 USD

943.80
3,269,454

+29.87 (3.27%)

Updated Nov 8, 2024 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $943.75 -0.05 (-0.01%) 7:58 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy24.10%
2Buy17.80%
3Hold9.50%
4Sell2.70%
5Strong Sell2.70%
S&P50011.20%

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2-Buy of 5   2      

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

Value Score A
Growth Score A
Momentum Score A
VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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C Value B Growth D Momentum B VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 14% (34 out of 251)

Industry: Retail - Discount Stores

Zacks News

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      Time to Buy Kroger (KR) Stock After Alibaba (BABA) Partnership?

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        What to Expect From Walmart's (WMT) Q2 Earnings

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          Buy Amazon (AMZN) Stock On Possible Gas Station & Travel Push?

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              Should You Buy Amazon (AMZN) Stock Ahead of Q2 Earnings?

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                Will U.S. Volume Growth Aid Herbalife (HLF) in Q2 Earnings?

                Herbalife's (HLF) second-quarter 2018 results are likely to gain from U.S. volume growth and focus on strategies. However, gross margin weakness and dismal trends in China are concerns.

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                  Better Buy: Costco (COST) vs. Target (TGT) Stock

                  Shares of Costco (COST) climbed to another new all-time high Thursday as investors show their love for the warehouse-style grocery chain amid nearly constant headlines about Amazon's (AMZN) industry takeover. Meanwhile, Target (TGT) stock also surged to inch close to its 52-week high. So let's see which stock looks better at the moment.

                    Costco's Impressive Comps Run Likely to Drive Stock Higher

                    Strengthening job market, rising disposable income and elevated consumer sentiment have ushered confidence in Costco (COST).

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                      Should You Buy Amazon (AMZN) Stock On Prime Day?

                      Shares of Amazon (AMZN) opened higher Monday, touching another new all-time high directly before the start of its annual Prime Day. Aside from the hype and gimmicks surrounding its widely popular shopping holiday, Prime Day is important because although AWS has expanded, Jeff Bezos' firm is still a retail business at its core.

                        Implied Volatility Surging for Costco Wholesale (COST) Stock Options

                        Investors need to pay close attention to Costco Wholesale (COST) stock based on the movements in the options market lately.

                          Company News For Jul 13, 2018

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                            Cato Reports Flat Comps for June, Stock Down 12% in a Month

                            Cato (CATO) reports flat comparable-store sales for June. Moreover, sales declined 2% year over year.

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                              Buy Walgreens (WBA) Stock Because It's Cheap & Amazon Fears Are Overblown?

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                                Costco (COST) Posts Impressive Comparable Sales in June

                                While major chains are grappling with sluggish store and mall traffic, Costco (COST) seems somewhat resilient to the challenging retail backdrop.

                                  Costco Wholesale (COST) Up 5.3% Since Earnings Report: Can It Continue?

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                                    AmEx to Up Dividend, Share Buyback Post Stress Test Clearance

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                                      Investors Shouldn't Panic About Amazon's PillPack Purchase

                                      Shares of pharmacy giants CVS (CVS), Rite Aid (RAD), and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) all plummeted on Thursday morning after Amazon (AZMN) announced its purchase of online pharmacy delivery startup PillPack. The move clearly has some investors worried that Amazon's push into the pharmaceutical industry will hurt the current powers. So let's take a look at more of the details to find out what's really going on.

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                                        Check Out This Week's Biggest IPOs Capping Off a Busy June

                                        Headline worthy initial public offerings have been few and far between recently, and a few major tech companies have grabbed much of the IPO spotlight so far this year, including Spotify (SPOT) and Dropbox (DBX). With that said, June could end up being the busiest month for IPOs in a long time, and this week is packed once again.

                                          Strategic Endeavors, Stellar Comps to Aid Costco's Top Line

                                          Costco (COST) continues to be one of the dominant retail wholesalers based on the breadth and quality of merchandise offered.

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                                            Should You Buy Grocery Stocks, WMT, COST, TGT, After Kroger's Strong Quarter?

                                            Shares of Kroger (KR) surged over 10% on Thursday to inch near their 52-week high after the company posted better-than-expected quarterly results. Investors were also likely pleased to see that the grocery chain's e-commerce initiatives started to pay off. The question is should investors think about buying grocery stocks as Amazon-based (AMZN) fears seem to have been overblown.

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                                              Millennials, Your Avocados are in Good Hands Thanks to This Startup

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                                                One Year After Amazon Bought Whole Foods, Who's Winning the Grocery War?

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                                                  Target (TGT) Continues Same-Day Delivery War with WMT & AMZN

                                                  Target (TGT) is trying to gain customers by coming up with new service offerings. The company is going the extra mile to provide the same-day delivery option to customers.