Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ:COST) does about 1.83M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 1634781 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 435.16B USD. Its current market price is $982.15, marking an increase of 0.73% compared to the previous close of $975.00. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $976.50 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $578.31. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $1065 and a low of $509.
Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) has a 20-day trading average at $939.87 and the current price is 0.58% off the 52-week high compared with 69.83% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $909.13 and its 200-day simple moving average is $831.93. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 1.29%, which increases to 1.85% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 70.45 to suggest the stock is overbought.
23 analysts observing the Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $509 and $1065. The consensus objective for the share price is $940.37, suggesting that the stock has a potential downside of -4.44% over the period. The median price target is -15.55% away from the current levels at $850.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 23 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 17 analysts have rated it as a buy and 6 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Moderate Buy the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on October 22, 2024 when Bernstein initiated the stock to “Outperform” and issued a price target of $1016. Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its price target at $925-$1000.
The current price level is 4.50%, 8.03%, and 18.06% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the COST price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) stock is up 2.21% over the week and 11.95% over the past month. Its price is 48.79% year-to-date and 68.47% over the past year.
Its 12-month price target is $850. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to shrink -4.44 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $509, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $1065.
The company has a return on investment of 22.23% and return on equity of 30.27%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 59.29 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 49.95. The beta has a value of 0.82. Price to book ratio is 18.42 and price to sales ratio is 1.71.
