Should You Add Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Stock to Your Portfolio Friday?

Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) is near the top in its sector according to InvestorsObserver. COST gets an overall rating of 37. That means it scores higher than 37% of stocks. Costco Wholesale Corporation gets a 71 rank in the Consumer Defensive sector. Consumer Defensive is number 9 out of 11 sectors.

COST has an Overall Score of 37. 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?

Searching for the best stocks to invest in can be difficult. There are thousands of options and it can be confusing on what actually constitutes a great value. *Investors Observer* allows you to choose from eight unique metrics to view the top industries and the best performing stocks in that industry. A score of 37 would rank higher than 37 percent of all 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 is up 1.26% while the S&P 500 is down -0.1% as of 1:41 PM on Friday, Oct 22. COST is higher by $6.01 from the previous closing price of $477.23 on volume of 898,851 shares. Over the past year the S&P 500 is up 31.61% while COST is higher by 28.61%. COST earned $11.27 a per share in the over the last 12 months, giving it a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.88. Click Here to get the full Stock Report for Costco Wholesale Corporation stock.