Costco Wholesale Corporation
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Analyst consensus
39 analysts covering COSTAnalyst Price Target Disagreement for Costco Wholesale Corporation
Wall Street's bull case implies +45% from the current price; the bear case implies -18%. A 64% spread signals high analyst disagreement — run your own DCF to anchor on fundamentals rather than street consensus.
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About Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. It offers merchandise, including sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; non-food merchandise comprising appliances, small electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, lawn and garden, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal, automotive, stamps, tickets, apparel, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and fresh food, such as meat, produce, service deli,…
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Is COST a buy right now?
Wall Street's consensus rating on Costco Wholesale Corporation is Buy across 39 analysts, with a mean price target of $1,072.20 (+19% vs. the current $904.77). Ratings are a starting point — run the DCF and check the financial-health readings above before deciding.
Is COST overvalued?
COST trades at 45.5x trailing earnings, against a DCF fair value of $351 per share. The current price implies 18% annual free-cash-flow growth for a decade. Open the DCF or reverse-DCF tool to change the assumptions and see the range.
When is COST's next earnings date?
Costco Wholesale Corporation is next scheduled to report earnings around Sep 24, 2026. A full COST research report from Basis Report covers the setup into that print — estimates, the beat/miss record, and what would move the thesis.
What is the analyst price target disagreement for Costco Wholesale Corporation?
Analysts covering Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) range from a bear-case target of $740.00 to a bull-case high of $1,315.00, with a mean consensus target of $1,072.20 across 35 analysts. The spread of $575.00 (64% of the current price) indicates high disagreement on the outlook. Run the DCF calculator to build your own estimate independent of street consensus.
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