- Prev close
- $1053.56
- Day range
- $1043.00 – $1063.02
- From 52-wk high
- -3.9%
Costco’s latest move was a broad-market-style advance of +1.8%, while the business still shows solid +10.1% revenue growth and +14.0% EPS growth, but the rich 50.3 P/E means the setup is supported more by quality than by cheap valuation.
COST
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP
As of Nov 5, 2026
66/100
Worth keeping an eye onHealth ScoreWhy it moved
The primary driver looks market-wide, not stock-specific: COST rose +1.8% in the session while the S&P 500 gained +1.7% and the Nasdaq 100 added +1.0%. That puts the move squarely in line with the broader tape, so the session reads as a general risk-on advance rather than a Costco-specific rerating. No same-sector peer move was provided here to suggest a separate retail or warehouse club catalyst.
Volatility check
This looks like ordinary volatility for a high-quality, lower-beta name, not a sign of deteriorating fundamentals. Costco’s beta is 0.86, revenue is up +10.1% YoY (TTM) and +11.1% YoY in the latest quarter, and EPS is up +14.0% YoY (TTM), so the operating trend remains intact. The valuation is the main restraint: a 50.3 P/E, 43.7 forward P/E, and 4.26 PEG (P/E divided by growth, so investors are paying 4.26x growth) mean strong growth is already priced in, which can amplify moves in either direction. Margins are steady rather than explosive at gross +12.8%, operating +3.9%, and net +3.0%, which supports the quality case but not a cheap one.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is 2026-12-10. The facts provided do not include analyst consensus revenue or EPS estimates for that report, so I cannot state a quantified forecast for the print. What the market is likely focused on, based on the current fundamentals, is whether Costco can keep revenue growth near the recent +10.1% YoY TTM and +11.1% YoY latest-quarter pace, whether EPS can sustain +14.0% YoY TTM growth, and whether margins stay around gross +12.8%, operating +3.9%, and net +3.0% despite a 50.3 P/E and 43.7 forward P/E. No prior earnings-reaction pattern was supplied in the facts, so I cannot characterize how the stock typically trades around prints from this dataset.
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