The stock price of Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ: COST) has plunged by -0.38% when compared to previous closing price of $985.84, but the company has seen a -0.39% decline in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. benzinga.com reported 2025-07-09 that Costco Wholesale Corp COST shares are rising in Wednesday’s after-hours session after the company reported sales results for June.
Is It Worth Investing in Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ: COST) Right Now?
Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ: COST) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 55.71x compared to its average ratio. COST has 36-month beta value of 0.97. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 16 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 5 as “overweight,” 14 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for COST is 442.62M, and currently, short sellers hold a 1.16% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of COST on July 10, 2025 was 2.15M shares.
COST’s Market Performance
COST’s stock has seen a -0.39% decrease for the week, with a -3.24% drop in the past month and a 8.14% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.31%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.44% for Costco Wholesale Corp The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -0.70% for COST stock, with a simple moving average of 1.97% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of COST
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for COST stocks, with Mizuho repeating the rating for COST by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for COST in the upcoming period, according to Mizuho is $975 based on the research report published on April 11, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Telsey Advisory Group, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see COST reach a price target of $1050, previously predicting the price at $1000. The rating they have provided for COST stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on December 05th, 2024.
Bernstein gave a rating of “Outperform” to COST, setting the target price at $1016 in the report published on October 22nd of the previous year.
COST Trading at -2.27% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought COST to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -8.92% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at COST starting from DECKER SUSAN L, who sale 547 shares at the price of $980.00 back on Jun 18 ’25. After this action, DECKER SUSAN L now owns 11,531 shares of Costco Wholesale Corp, valued at $536,058 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for COST
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.04 for the present operating margin
- 0.13 for the gross margin
The net margin for Costco Wholesale Corp stands at 0.03. The total capital return value is set at 0.27. Equity return is now at value 32.08, with 10.94 for asset returns.
Based on Costco Wholesale Corp (COST), the company’s capital structure generated 0.23 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 1.52. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.3. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 916.73.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 12.15 billion with net debt to EBITDA at -0.49. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.6. The receivables turnover for the company is 93.49for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 3.56. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.02.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
