Is Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) a Winner in the Consumer Defensive Sector?

Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) is near the top in its sector according to InvestorsObserver. COST gets an overall rating of 87. That means it scores higher than 87% of stocks. Costco Wholesale Corporation gets a 93 rank in the Consumer Defensive sector. Consumer Defensive is number 10 out of 11 sectors.

COST has an Overall Score of 87. Find out what this means to you and get the rest of the rankings on COST!

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What do These Ratings Mean?

Analyzing stocks can be hard. There are tons of numbers and ratios, and it can be hard to remember what they all mean and what counts as “good” for a given value. InvestorsObserver ranks stocks on eight different metrics. We percentile rank most of our scores to make it easy for investors to understand. A score of 87 means the stock is more attractive than 87 percent of stocks. Our proprietary scoring system captures technical factors, fundamental analysis and the opinions of analysts on Wall Street. This makes InvestorsObserver’s overall rating a great way to get started, regardless of your investing style. Percentile-ranked scores are also easy to understand. A score of 100 is the top and a 0 is the bottom. There’s no need to try to remember what is “good” for a bunch of complicated ratios, just pay attention to which numbers are the highest.

What's Happening With Costco Wholesale Corporation Stock Today?

Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) stock has fallen -0.14% while the S&P 500 has risen 1.47% as of 1:15 PM on Thursday, Dec 2. COST is down -$0.75 from the previous closing price of $529.84 on volume of 1,563,408 shares. Over the past year the S&P 500 is higher by 24.81% while COST has risen 37.96%. COST earned $11.27 a per share in the over the last 12 months, giving it a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.93. Click Here to get the full Stock Report for Costco Wholesale Corporation stock.