After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
COST belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Discount Stores industry. The current market capitalization of Costco Wholesale Corp is $432.56B. A total of 1.8 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.13M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Rubanenko Yoram sold 4,000 shares of COST for 974.96 per share on Jul 14 ’25. After the transaction, the Executive Vice President now owns 5,774 company shares. In a previous transaction on Jul 14 ’25, Rubanenko Yoram bought 4,000 shares at 974.96 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, DECKER SUSAN L disposed of 547 shares on Jun 18 ’25 at a per-share price of $980.00. This resulted in the Director holding 11,531 shares of COST after the transaction. In another insider transaction, SUSAN L DECKER bought 1 shares at $978.40 per share on Jun 18 ’25.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Costco Wholesale Corp pays an annual dividend of $4.92, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.50%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 55.33.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, COST has a high of $1078.23 and a low of $858.50.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. COST’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $12.18B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $10.13B in debt and $29.44B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $61.16, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $18.08B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for COST is Buy with a score of 4.00.
