COST
Costco Wholesale Corporation
NasdaqGS Consumer Defensive United States
923,52 $US
+0.31% today
+8.08% YTD · +1.38% 1Y
11
Insider transactions
SEC Form 4 · AMF · BaFin — rolling 90 days
21
Hedge funds tracked
Latest available SEC 13F filings
63
/ 100
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Analysis Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) — Kairos Score 63/100

Composite score aggregating 8 smart money dimensions: insiders (SEC/AMF/BaFin), hedge funds, politicians & gurus, price momentum, valuation, analyst consensus, financial health, earnings momentum. The higher the score, the more favorable the institutional signals 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, and bakery products. The company is also involved in warehouse ancillary operations, which include gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers. In addition, it engages in e-commerce, business centers, travel, and other businesses. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.

Key info

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CEO
Mr. Ron M. Vachris
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HQ
999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, WA, 98027, United States
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Market cap
408 480 720 000,00 $US
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P/E
44.3
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Dividend yield
0.60%

🕴️ Insider activity (90 days)

11 transactions — 0 buys and 2 sales reported by Costco Wholesale Corporation executives.

FC
Frates Caton
Sr. Executive Vice President · 2026-09-29
Sell
AC
Adamo Claudine
Executive Vice President · 2026-09-29
Sell
WW
Wilcox William Richard
Executive Vice President · 2026-09-10
Other

🏦 Hedge Funds

21 institutional funds report a position on COST in their latest SEC quarterly filing.

BlackRock, Inc.
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
STATE STREET CORP
INVESCO LTD.
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

📰 Recent news

12 recent articles on COST.

🔎 Google search interest

29/100 — current interest · -15.8% vs last week 📉 · Trend: ↘️ falling

Google search volume for "COST" over 90 days (0-100 scale, 100 = period peak). 90-day average: 43.7/100, peak max: 100/100.

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