Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

COST (NASDAQ:Retail)
$110.19
neg -1.90
-1.69%
Today's Range: 110.14 - 112.59 | COST Avg Daily Volume: 1,799,100
Last Update: 06/19/13 - 4:00 PM EDT
Volume: 1,457,788
YTD Performance: 13.14%
Open: $112.23
Previous Close: $112.08
52 Week Range: $89.91 - $115.77
Oustanding Shares: 436,684,233
Market Cap: 48,777,628,826
6-Month Chart
TheStreet Ratings Grade for COST
Buy Hold Sell
A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- E+ E E- F
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Analysts Ratings
Historical Rec Current 1 Mo. Ago 2 Mo. Ago 3 Mo. Ago
Strong Buy 12 11 12 11
Moderate Buy 0 0 1 1
Hold 8 7 7 7
Moderate Sell 0 0 0 0
Strong Sell 2 2 2 2
Mean Rec. 2.09 2.10 2.02 2.07
Latest Dividend: 0.31
Latest Dividend Yield: 1.11%
Dividend Ex-Date: 05/15/13
Price Earnings Ratio: 24.18
Price Earnings Comparisons:
COST Sector Avg. S&P 500
24.18 24.20 17.70
Price Performance History (%Change):
3 Mo 1 Yr 3 Y
9.78% 22.58% 90.68%
GROWTH 12 Mo 3 Yr CAGR
Revenue 11.50 0.39 0.11
Net Income 14.60 0.63 0.17
EPS 17.90 0.58 0.16
Earnings for COST:
EBITDA 3.67B
Revenue 99.14B
Average Earnings Estimates
Qtr (08/13) Qtr (11/13) FY (08/13) FY (08/14)
Average Estimate $1.46 $1.05 $4.56 $5.06
Number of Analysts 16 5 19 18
High Estimate $1.57 $1.09 $4.72 $5.18
Low Estimate $1.38 $1.03 $4.45 $4.82
Prior Year $1.39 $0.95 $3.96 $4.56
Growth Rate (Year over Year) 5.26% 10.74% 15.22% 10.79%
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Sooner or later, the market will contract when QE stops.
And showing bullish technical patterns.
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Bullish
May 31, 2013 | 7:45 AM EDT
COST price target was raised to $124 to reflect increasing membership fees and faster unit growth, said UBS. Earnings estimates were al...
Bullish
May 31, 2013 | 7:14 AM EDT
COST estimates were raised through 2014, Jefferies said. Higher membership fees are driving sales growth. Hold rating and new $101 pric...
It took me an entire day of scalping to get back the losses from the earnings positions.
A slew of numbers this week will clue us in to the state of the American consumer.

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