Brief information about Costco Wholesale Corp.
Ticker: COST
Sector: Consumer defensive
Closing price of the last trading day: $485.25
Last trading day: 01/13/2023
Analyst forecast price: $553.92
52-week high/low: $610.22 / $405.81
Shares of Costco Wholesale Corp. are traded on the stock exchange under the ticker COST and belong to the "Consumer defensive" sector. The head office is currently located at: 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH, WA, US. The market capitalization of Costco Wholesale is $240 732 684 000. At the same time, the number of shares in circulation is 442 963 000. The company's earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation for last year (called EBITDA) was 10 069 000 000$. The company has a good profit. The PE ratio according to the latest reporting is at around 42.79. P/E shows the investor how many years his investment in this business pays off. That is, investments in Costco Wholesale shares will pay off in about 43 years. A very long payback period of investments, shares should be considered not as an investment idea, but as a speculative one.
In addition to fundamental factors, stocks are influenced by many other factors. For example, it is worth monitoring all global forecasts for Costco Wholesale shares. Our service will help you with this, in which we collect all forecasts and build one consensus forecast from them.
Costco Wholesale stock forecast
For investing in Costco Wholesale stock, the investor is interested in the long-term outlook. We have collected for you all the forecasts of world analysts for the shares of this company and combined them into one consensus forecast for 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027?
After studying the forecasts, we can answer the questions:
How much will one share of Costco Wholesale cost in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027?
What is the consensus analyst forecast for Costco Wholesale stock?
Should you buy Costco Wholesale stock short term or long term?
Should I sell Costco Wholesale shares in 2023 or wait?
Should I buy Costco Wholesale stock in 2023 or wait?
Where is the estimated entry/exit point in Costco Wholesale stock?
But remember, these forecasts are not investment ideas. You are fully responsible for the decisions you make.
How is a forecast made?
We collect public data about Costco Wholesale and analyst forecasts for Costco Wholesale stock. Next, the algorithms calculate a weighted average forecast, removing extreme values. As a result, at the output we get an updated forecast, as close as possible to reality.
Costco Wholesale daily forecast for a month
After collecting analysts' forecasts, we made one average daily forecast for Costco Wholesale shares for the next month. Short-term forecasts are characterized by rather low accuracy due to many factors influencing them. But let's see what we got.
Below on the page is a graph of the consensus forecast for Costco Wholesale stock for the next month. (30 days). The gray color on the chart shows the historical price of the stock. The turquoise color shows the price forecast with a possible range of fluctuations.
The maximum target price that Costco Wholesale shares will reach in the next 30 days is $499.39. This is the upper limit of the target price range. This represents upside potential of 2.91% from current levels.
In turn, the minimum value that the price can reach in 30 days is $480.49. From the current price, the drop will be 0.99%.
Thus, on the monthly timeframe, a channel is formed with a resistance level of $499.39 and a support level of $480.49. The width of this channel is $18.9. Accordingly, according to the theory of technical analysis, a downward breakdown of the channel will open the way to $462. If the resistance level is broken, then the road to $518 per share of Costco Wholesale will open.
What is the probability of exiting the channel up? Near the resistance level, the price of Costco Wholesale shares will be 29 days out of the entire period. Therefore, it is highly likely that Costco Wholesale shares will break through the resistance level in the next 30 days or in the next period. It is worth considering that if stocks break through the $499.39 resistance level and try to gain a foothold above it, then in the future they will most likely test this level from above and if the $499.39 mark holds, then this will be a new channel with new goals.
How about testing the strength of the support level? The price will stay near the support level for 31 days. There is a pretty good chance that the $480.49 support level will break and Costco Wholesale shares will go down.
In addition, the real future price of one Costco Wholesale share can be both higher and lower than the target forecast price, but approximately in the range between the pessimistic and optimistic target price.
| Date | Target | Pes. | Opt. | Vol., % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19 | 487.81 | 484.33 | 491.62 | 1.51 |
| Jan 20 | 487.87 | 483.57 | 490.55 | 1.44 |
| Jan 21 | 488.19 | 484.91 | 490.87 | 1.23 |
| Jan 22 | 490.50 | 487.10 | 493.74 | 1.36 |
| Jan 23 | 488.29 | 484.10 | 492.58 | 1.75 |
| Jan 24 | 491.03 | 487.24 | 494.16 | 1.42 |
| Jan 25 | 489.73 | 488.06 | 493.61 | 1.14 |
| Jan 26 | 488.71 | 487.25 | 491.02 | 0.77 |
| Jan 27 | 487.20 | 484.52 | 489.45 | 1.02 |
| Jan 28 | 486.93 | 484.04 | 489.13 | 1.05 |
| Jan 29 | 489.29 | 486.17 | 491.71 | 1.14 |
| Jan 30 | 487.62 | 484.35 | 489.39 | 1.04 |
| Jan 31 | 490.68 | 489.60 | 494.02 | 0.90 |
| Feb 01 | 490.46 | 488.20 | 493.38 | 1.06 |
| Feb 02 | 488.09 | 486.32 | 490.93 | 0.95 |
| Feb 03 | 492.01 | 490.71 | 493.63 | 0.60 |
| Feb 04 | 489.95 | 486.07 | 493.13 | 1.45 |
| Feb 05 | 487.58 | 483.77 | 491.49 | 1.60 |
| Feb 06 | 489.72 | 485.74 | 493.12 | 1.52 |
| Feb 07 | 485.36 | 482.85 | 488.24 | 1.12 |
| Feb 08 | 487.34 | 484.60 | 489.91 | 1.10 |
| Feb 09 | 488.09 | 484.65 | 492.11 | 1.54 |
| Feb 10 | 493.30 | 491.45 | 494.98 | 0.72 |
| Feb 11 | 494.92 | 491.55 | 498.14 | 1.34 |
| Feb 12 | 495.25 | 491.49 | 499.39 | 1.61 |
| Feb 13 | 495.09 | 491.98 | 497.92 | 1.21 |
| Feb 14 | 490.35 | 486.03 | 492.67 | 1.36 |
| Feb 15 | 486.46 | 482.51 | 489.57 | 1.46 |
| Feb 16 | 484.22 | 482.57 | 486.35 | 0.78 |
| Feb 17 | 483.79 | 480.49 | 484.86 | 0.91 |
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 19 Jan.
Presumably, on 01/19/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $484.33 - $491.62. A $7.30 range width can provide 1.51% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $487.81, which is $0.16 higher than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 20 Jan.
Presumably, on 01/20/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $483.57 - $490.55. A $6.98 range width can provide 1.44% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $487.87, which is $0.05 higher than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 21 Jan.
Presumably, on 01/21/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $484.91 - $490.87. A $5.96 range width can provide 1.23% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $488.19, which is $0.32 higher than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 22 Jan.
Presumably, on 01/22/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $487.10 - $493.74. A $6.64 range width can provide 1.36% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $490.50, which is $2.31 higher than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 23 Jan.
Presumably, on 01/23/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $484.10 - $492.58. A $8.49 range width can provide 1.75% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $488.29, which is $2.21 lower than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 24 Jan.
Presumably, on 01/24/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $487.24 - $494.16. A $6.91 range width can provide 1.42% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $491.03, which is $2.74 higher than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 25 Jan.
Presumably, on 01/25/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $488.06 - $493.61. A $5.55 range width can provide 1.14% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $489.73, which is $1.30 lower than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 26 Jan.
Presumably, on 01/26/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $487.25 - $491.02. A $3.76 range width can provide 0.77% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $488.71, which is $1.02 lower than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 28 Jan.
Presumably, on 01/28/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $484.04 - $489.13. A $5.09 range width can provide 1.05% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $486.93, which is $0.27 lower than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 29 Jan.
Presumably, on 01/29/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $486.17 - $491.71. A $5.54 range width can provide 1.14% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $489.29, which is $2.36 higher than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 30 Jan.
Presumably, on 01/30/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $484.35 - $489.39. A $5.04 range width can provide 1.04% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $487.62, which is $1.67 lower than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 31 Jan.
Presumably, on 01/31/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $489.60 - $494.02. A $4.43 range width can provide 0.90% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $490.68, which is $3.06 higher than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 01 Feb.
Presumably, on 02/01/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $488.20 - $493.38. A $5.18 range width can provide 1.06% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $490.46, which is $0.22 lower than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 02 Feb.
Presumably, on 02/02/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $486.32 - $490.93. A $4.62 range width can provide 0.95% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $488.09, which is $2.37 lower than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 03 Feb.
Presumably, on 02/03/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $490.71 - $493.63. A $2.92 range width can provide 0.60% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $492.01, which is $3.92 higher than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 04 Feb.
Presumably, on 02/04/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $486.07 - $493.13. A $7.06 range width can provide 1.45% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $489.95, which is $2.06 lower than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 05 Feb.
Presumably, on 02/05/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $483.77 - $491.49. A $7.72 range width can provide 1.60% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $487.58, which is $2.37 lower than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 06 Feb.
Presumably, on 02/06/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $485.74 - $493.12. A $7.38 range width can provide 1.52% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $489.72, which is $2.14 higher than the previous day's weighted average price.
Costco Wholesale Stock Forecast 07 Feb.
Presumably, on 02/07/2023, the price of =Costco Wholesale; ?> shares will be in the range of $482.85 - $488.24. A $5.39 range width can provide 1.12% volatility. The weighted average price of this range is at $485.36, which is $4.36 lower than the previous day's weighted average price.
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Costco Wholesale monthly stock forecast for 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027.
| Month | Target | Pes. | Opt. | Vol., % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. | 514.71 | 498.75 | 522.19 | 4.49 |
| Mar. | 506.56 | 489.18 | 513.25 | 4.69 |
| Apr. | 503.89 | 482.27 | 510.87 | 5.60 |
| May. | 489.59 | 472.78 | 508.01 | 6.93 |
| Jun. | 496.37 | 475.73 | 507.51 | 6.26 |
| Jul. | 491.46 | 467.46 | 517.08 | 9.60 |
| Aug. | 522.60 | 496.38 | 533.63 | 6.98 |
| Sep. | 532.25 | 513.99 | 560.36 | 8.28 |
| Oct. | 519.61 | 502.12 | 538.47 | 6.75 |
| Nov. | 498.69 | 480.26 | 523.37 | 8.24 |
| Dec. | 490.13 | 464.90 | 509.86 | 8.82 |
Now let's look at the monthly consensus forecast for this year and beyond. The forecast is also based on the forecasts of world analysts, which are in the public domain. Forecasts for the year are medium-term and less dependent on external factors, and therefore more accurate than daily forecasts.
This year, the maximum possible price per Costco Wholesale share is projected at $560.36. Peak forecasts from some agencies, which vary greatly in price, we have omitted.
The minimum levels for Costco Wholesale shares for this year are $464.9.
Detailed forecast for 2023
Similarly, we calculated the consensus forecasts for the coming years, which are summarized in tables for convenience.
Costco Wholesale (COST) Monthly Stock Prediction for 2024
| Month | Target | Pes. | Opt. | Vol., % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 462.64 | 447.06 | 473.63 | 5.61 |
| Feb | 475.15 | 451.95 | 486.76 | 7.15 |
| Mar | 492.09 | 482.02 | 517.75 | 6.90 |
| Apr | 508.33 | 497.59 | 515.71 | 3.51 |
| May | 527.12 | 510.42 | 544.51 | 6.26 |
| Jun | 514.94 | 496.59 | 526.83 | 5.74 |
| Jul | 527.17 | 514.65 | 545.61 | 5.68 |
| Aug | 557.79 | 548.59 | 571.78 | 4.06 |
| Sep | 572.89 | 563.06 | 585.74 | 3.87 |
| Oct | 578.94 | 566.71 | 609.12 | 6.96 |
| Nov | 565.56 | 537.57 | 594.30 | 9.55 |
| Dec | 568.55 | 543.41 | 589.56 | 7.83 |
Detailed forecast for 2024
Costco Wholesale (COST) Monthly Stock Prediction for 2025
| Month | Target | Pes. | Opt. | Vol., % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 583.18 | 574.71 | 590.88 | 2.74 |
| Feb | 601.66 | 583.39 | 619.53 | 5.83 |
| Mar | 588.16 | 571.85 | 618.82 | 7.59 |
| Apr | 589.32 | 564.43 | 610.71 | 7.58 |
| May | 588.15 | 560.59 | 612.22 | 8.43 |
| Jun | 550.89 | 530.53 | 578.89 | 8.35 |
| Jul | 521.07 | 505.60 | 528.98 | 4.42 |
| Aug | 489.44 | 471.67 | 497.19 | 5.13 |
| Sep | 502.68 | 482.77 | 526.90 | 8.37 |
| Oct | 534.20 | 519.39 | 547.24 | 5.09 |
| Nov | 559.23 | 542.99 | 571.41 | 4.97 |
| Dec | 558.49 | 542.27 | 586.14 | 7.48 |
Detailed forecast for 2025
Costco Wholesale (COST) Monthly Stock Prediction for 2026
| Month | Target | Pes. | Opt. | Vol., % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 589.45 | 558.72 | 606.96 | 7.95 |
| Feb | 622.52 | 609.38 | 647.17 | 5.84 |
| Mar | 626.22 | 617.95 | 635.31 | 2.73 |
| Apr | 629.53 | 596.70 | 642.82 | 7.17 |
| May | 641.16 | 631.85 | 667.40 | 5.33 |
| Jun | 642.43 | 618.69 | 671.69 | 7.89 |
| Jul | 622.08 | 604.01 | 652.87 | 7.48 |
| Aug | 613.05 | 600.91 | 621.14 | 3.26 |
| Sep | 613.05 | 593.62 | 642.18 | 7.56 |
| Oct | 634.89 | 625.68 | 659.20 | 5.09 |
| Nov | 625.26 | 605.45 | 638.87 | 5.23 |
| Dec | 634.75 | 608.77 | 657.37 | 7.39 |
Detailed forecast for 2026
Costco Wholesale (COST) Monthly Stock Prediction for 2027
| Month | Target | Pes. | Opt. | Vol., % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 641.03 | 608.03 | 674.03 | 9.79 |
| Feb | 674.88 | 639.69 | 706.50 | 9.46 |
| Mar | 661.96 | 647.54 | 692.54 | 6.50 |
| Apr | 658.03 | 633.27 | 678.01 | 6.60 |
| May | 666.28 | 646.93 | 689.59 | 6.19 |
| Jun | 658.37 | 631.86 | 692.69 | 8.78 |
| Jul | 632.29 | 616.44 | 645.23 | 4.46 |
| Aug | 641.06 | 629.63 | 657.56 | 4.25 |
| Sep | 634.29 | 621.73 | 646.85 | 3.88 |
| Oct | 668.62 | 654.05 | 697.74 | 6.26 |
| Nov | 681.85 | 651.25 | 715.61 | 8.99 |
| Dec | 703.46 | 675.13 | 736.88 | 8.38 |
Detailed forecast for 2027