COST
Costco Wholesale Corp /new Consumer Staples Retail-Variety Stores S&P 500Nasdaq-100Russell 3000
$1,012.28Close
$448.7BMarket cap
$846.27 – $1,092.5852-week range
Dec 10, 2026Next report
Highlights
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 4 of 8 trend conditions
- Extended 4.6 ATR above its 50-day average
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
7%
1wk
up 1.0%
price change
1mo
up 11.4%
price change
12-month return
up 11%
market up 11% ·
its own up 1%
F-score
7 / 9
Strong
Altman Z″
2.83
Low risk
P/E
48.6×
price / earnings
PEG
3.47
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
12.5×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 2.7%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
30%
of the market · expensive
Revenue growth
up 10%
year on year
EPS growth
—
latest quarter
Sales growth
—
latest quarter
ROE
up 28%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 3%
$9.4B FCF
D/E
0.11
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
-1.1×
net cash
Interest cover
80.6×EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- gross margin narrowed
- assets working less efficiently
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profitability improving
- profits backed by cash
- reduced long-term debt
- short-term liquidity improved
- no new shares issued
Repair signals
- Long-term debt down 31% ($5.7B → $3.9B)
Trade setup
ATR%
1.6%
$16.37 a day · 2×ATR $979.54
RS
55 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
4 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
1.6×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
1.43
50 sessions
Implied move
6.5%
by Dec 11, 2026 · report Dec 10, 2026
Trend template · 4 of 8
- Price above the 150 and 200-day averages: passes
- 150-day average above the 200-day: fails
- 200-day average rising for a month: passes
- 50-day average above the 150 and 200-day: fails
- Price above the 50-day average: passes
- At least 30% above the 52-week low: fails
- Within 25% of the 52-week high: passes
- RS rank 70 or higher: fails
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- No restatement or impairment
- Equity positive
- Interest covered
- No material dilution
- Profits tracking cash
- Margins and revenue not shrinking
Last reported
Sep 24, 2026
Results reaction
Sep 24, 2026+2% vs market2 sessions after results
Options
$42.5M22.1% IV · activity
Financials
- Gross 13%
- Net 3%
- Free cash 3%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2021Aug 29, 2021 | FY2022Aug 28, 2022 | FY2023Sep 3, 2023 | FY2024Sep 1, 2024 | FY2025Aug 31, 2025 | FY2026Aug 30, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $195.9B | $227.0B | $242.3B | $254.5B | $275.2B | $303.2B |
| Gross margin | 13% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% |
| Operating income | $6.7B | $7.8B | $8.1B | $9.3B | $10.4B | $11.7B |
| Net income | $5.0B | $5.8B | $6.3B | $7.4B | $8.1B | $9.2B |
| Net margin | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Earnings per share | $11.27 | $13.14 | $14.16 | $16.56 | $18.21 | $20.76 |
| Free cash flow | $5.4B | $3.5B | $6.7B | $6.6B | $7.8B | $9.4B |
| Free cash margin | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Cash | $11.3B | $10.2B | $13.7B | $9.9B | $14.2B | $20.2B |
| Long-term debt | $6.7B | $6.5B | $5.4B | $5.8B | $5.7B | $3.9B |
| Shareholders' equity | $17.6B | $20.6B | $25.1B | $23.6B | $29.2B | $35.8B |
| Shares outstanding | 441.82m | 442.66m | 442.79m | 443.13m | 443.24m | 443.27m |
Next report
Dec 10, 2026
Expected move The move, either way, the option market prices in through the next scheduled report: the at-the-money straddle for the first expiry that contains it, over the price. It includes the days around the report, so it slightly overstates the report alone. Methodology
±6.5%
$946 – $1,077 by Dec 11, 2026
Usual move The median, over the company's last four reports, of how far the stock moved either way from the close before the filing to the close of the session after it. Methodology
±1.6%
last 4: +2.0% · -4.7% · -0.9% · +1.2%
Expected against usual The move the options price through this report over the move the last four reports delivered. Above 1 the event is priced bigger than the company's own record; below 1, smaller. A price, not a forecast: it says what protection through the report costs, not which way the stock will go. Methodology
Bigger than usual
4.1× the usual move
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $964 – $1,059 ±4.7% by Nov 27, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- Bigger 22.1% priced · 17.7% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- Calmer
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: costs less
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $42.5M calls $33.7M · puts $8.8M · latest session
- 0.26× +0.10 over the week
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls -15.14k · puts -21.86k past week
For options traders: ATM IV 22.1% (+1.9% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 0.95 · 25Δ skew 0.6 pts · Net GEX $140.1M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Aug 30, 2026 | 38d |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | May 10, 2026 | 24d |
| Mar 11, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Feb 15, 2026 | 24d |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Nov 23, 2025 | 24d |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Aug 31, 2025 | 38d |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | May 11, 2025 | 25d |
| Mar 13, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Feb 16, 2025 | 25d |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Nov 24, 2024 | 25d |
| Oct 9, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Sep 1, 2024 | 38d |
| Jun 6, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | May 12, 2024 | 25d |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Feb 18, 2024 | 24d |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Quarterly ↗ | Nov 26, 2023 | 24d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Sep 24, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jul 8, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| May 28, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Apr 15, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Shareholder vote · Other events ↗ |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Other events ↗ |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Results ↗ |