- Prev close
- $947.82
- Day range
- $937.51 – $949.79
- From 52-wk high
- -13.6%
- Next earnings
- in 47 days
Costco traded essentially flat at -0.2% while the S&P 500 rose +0.7% and the Nasdaq 100 gained +0.6%, so the move looks like ordinary idiosyncratic noise rather than a broad-market signal. The longer-term picture is still constructive on +9.2% revenue growth and +12.8% EPS growth, but the valuation at 47.8 earnings and 42.6 forward earnings leaves little cushion.
COST
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP
As of Aug 2, 2026
67/100
Worth keeping an eye onHealth ScoreMove driver
The primary driver looks stock-specific rather than market-wide. COST closed at -0.2% even as the S&P 500 rose +0.7% and the Nasdaq 100 rose +0.6%; that gap is too small to point to a real company event, and no recent company news was retrieved. With no sector-peer moves provided, the clean read is that this was a mild, stock-specific drift, not a market-led move.
Volatility check
This looks like normal volatility, not a fundamental break. Costco’s business is still growing at +9.2% revenue growth TTM and +12.8% EPS growth TTM, with margins of gross +12.9%, operating +3.8%, and net +3.0%. The stock is not cheap at 47.8 P/E and 42.6 forward P/E, and the PEG of 4.05 — P/E divided by growth, so it shows how much investors pay for each point of growth — says strong growth is already priced in. Beta is 0.87, which fits a lower-volatility name, so a -0.2% session is well within character and not a sign of deterioration.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is not available this period, so I can’t anchor the report to a specific print. The latest disclosed operating backdrop is still solid: revenue is +9.2% YoY TTM, the latest quarter is +11.6% YoY, EPS is +12.8% YoY TTM, and margins remain at gross +12.9%, operating +3.8%, and net +3.0%. What the market will care about is whether same-store demand is still strong, whether those margin levels hold under cost pressure, and whether the valuation at 47.8 P/E and 42.6 forward P/E is still justified by growth.
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