Costco
COST

$817.60

0.35%

Market Cap: 362B

About: Costco operates a membership-based, no-frills retail model, predicated on offering a select product assortment in bulk quantities at bargain prices. The firm avoids maintaining costly product displays by keeping inventory on pallets and limits distribution expenses by storing its inventory at point of sale in the warehouse. Given Costco's frugal cost structure, the firm is able to price its merchandise below competing retailers, driving high sales volume per warehouse and allowing the retailer to generate strong profits on thin margins. Costco operates over 600 warehouses in the United States and enjoys over 60% market share in the domestic warehouse club industry. Internationally, Costco operates another 270 warehouses, primarily in markets such as Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the UK.

Employees: 316,000

Consumer Staples Variety Stores

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Funds holding %

of 6,702 funds

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Analysts bullish %

of 61 analysts

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News positive %

of 102 articles

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q1 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

24% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 212 | Existing positions closed: 171

9% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $200B [Q4 2023] → $218B (+$17.3B) [Q1 2024]

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 3,238 [Q4 2023] → 3,279 (+41) [Q1 2024]

6% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,374 | Existing positions reduced: 1,298

1.08% less ownership

Funds ownership: 68.33% [Q4 2023] → 67.25% (-1.08%) [Q1 2024]

6% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 277 [Q4 2023] → 259 (-18) [Q1 2024]

20% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $7.14B | Put options by funds: $8.89B

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Research analyst outlook

61 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price forecasts over the past 6 months

Low target

$650

20%

downside

Avg. target

$828

1%

upside

High target

$975

19%

upside

61 analyst ratings

48 positive

79%

13 neutral

21%

0 negative

0%

TD Cowen Oliver Chen	13%upside $925	Buy Maintained	12 Jul 2024
Wells Fargo George Kelly	2%downside $800	Equal-Weight Maintained	11 Jul 2024
Oppenheimer Rupesh Parikh	16%upside $950	Outperform Maintained	11 Jul 2024
Evercore ISI Group Greg Melich	13%upside $920	Outperform Maintained	11 Jul 2024
Barclays Karen Short	2%upside $830	Equal-Weight Maintained	11 Jul 2024

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 102 articles about COST published over the past 30 days

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