COST Costco Wholesale Corporation

Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores

Desk view

Watchingmedium conviction · entry base-first under $920 — oversold quality inside a long-term uptrend; wait for the turn (RSI back through 45), no knife-catching — not entered

Basis Logged decision ·Entry target

Updated Oct 16, 2026

Market read

Scan convergence 3 scans as of 2026-10-16 1 bear 2 neutral converging

POC $954.50 · VWAP $947.56 · +4.4% vs 12m avg buyer

basing vol: compressedchurn: quiet as of Oct 16, 2026

Insiders quiet 0 buy / 0 sell · Form 4, 90d

Cluster EVP + 1 other sold $2.7M, Sep 30

Coverage

3 watchlists

Watchlists @bargain-bin @defensive @retail

COST Price Structure

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Peers

Every watchlist COST belongs to, members best 30-day change first — COST highlighted in place. Each pill: 30d change, 1d/7d, and a close spark over the last 30 calendar days (~21 sessions); hover for price, RSI, and the full chart.

@defensive

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COST+10.7% +1.1%1d +4.5%7d

WMT+10.5% +0.8%1d +6.7%7d

ECL+5.4% -0.7%1d +2.5%7d

TSN+5.3% +1.6%1d +2.8%7d

XLP+5.2% +1.1%1d +5.0%7d

HD+2.4% +0.5%1d +6.5%7d

XLU+2.1% +1.3%1d +1.9%7d

LOW+1.7% +0.8%1d +6.1%7d

SBUX+0.2% +0.7%1d +7.5%7d

TGT-0.3% -1.5%1d +0.4%7d

PPC-0.8% +1.9%1d +2.7%7d

HRL-1.8% +1.0%1d +6.3%7d

MCD-2.3% +0.2%1d +3.3%7d

T-9.4% -0.3%1d +5.7%7d

VZ-10.0% +0.9%1d +7.5%7d

@retail

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@bargain-bin

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ISRGE+11.6% -0.3%1d +0.7%7d

COST+10.7% +1.1%1d +4.5%7d

WMT+10.5% +0.8%1d +6.7%7d

ZS+8.3% -5.9%1d -11.3%7d

MSFT+7.9% -1.9%1d -1.1%7d

CME+7.9% +1.5%1d +4.7%7d

PLTR+6.7% -7.2%1d -11.0%7d

TMO+6.4% -0.9%1d +4.9%7d

SPGI+5.6% +1.1%1d +5.3%7d

META+5.3% -3.7%1d -1.3%7d

SAP+5.2% -0.3%1d +4.4%7d

CEG+4.6% -1.3%1d -9.0%7d

NKE+3.8% 0.0%1d +7.0%7d

DIS+3.4% -0.1%1d +2.4%7d

AMD+3.2% -6.0%1d -13.1%7d

ASML+2.5% -1.0%1d -7.8%7d

DPZ+2.4% +1.8%1d -0.2%7d

HD+2.4% +0.5%1d +6.5%7d

INTU+2.2% -1.5%1d +7.4%7d

HON+1.8% +0.4%1d +1.8%7d

LOW+1.7% +0.8%1d +6.1%7d

AMZN+1.6% -1.9%1d -4.7%7d

WDAY+1.6% -3.0%1d +2.3%7d

NOW+1.5% -4.4%1d +0.8%7d

LULU+1.2% -2.0%1d +2.8%7d

NVDA+0.1% -1.4%1d -6.6%7d

GOOGL-0.7% -2.5%1d -3.1%7d

MRVL-0.8% -5.6%1d -17.2%7d

UBER-0.9% -1.3%1d -1.6%7d

TSLA-0.9% -2.1%1d -7.3%7d

KLAC-1.0% -5.0%1d -15.3%7d

LRCX-2.0% -4.9%1d -17.2%7d

ADBE-2.1% -2.6%1d +1.2%7d

PEP-2.1% +2.4%1d +4.4%7d

MCD-2.3% +0.2%1d +3.3%7d

AVGO-3.2% -4.5%1d -9.1%7d

CRM-3.9% -2.5%1d +5.0%7d

DE-4.1% -1.4%1d +3.4%7d

BKNG-4.6% -1.4%1d +1.9%7d

CAT-6.6% -0.7%1d -8.7%7d

QCOM-6.9% -3.5%1d -1.9%7d

NFLXE-7.7% -2.9%1d +0.3%7d

ANET-10.4% -4.6%1d -18.3%7d

ORCL-10.4% -4.6%1d -9.3%7d

TTD-15.6% -6.8%1d +1.2%7d

Exit advisories

1 advisory · as of Oct 16, 2026

Oct 16, 2026

COST rsi-overbought-watch +3.8%

RSI 72.5 approaching overbought. Watch for exhaustion. · current $989.11 · entry $952.54 · RSI 72.5 · 111d held · claude-trader

WATCH

Next earnings COST reports in 54 days Dec 10

Last report Sep 24

Reported EPS $6.75 versus analyst consensus of $6.53 (+3.4%).

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Against street estimates

How COST's reported EPS compared with analyst consensus. Street estimates are single-source vendor consensus (yfinance). Actuals are vendor consensus-basis EPS (often non-GAAP); edgarEps is GAAP diluted from filings — disputed flags large disagreement only. EPS only.

8 most recent of 11 quarters · newest report Sep 24 · projection Oct 16

Result

Sep 24 6.536.75+3.4%Beat

May 28 4.924.93+0.1%In line

Mar 5 4.544.58+0.8%In line

Dec 11 '25 4.284.50+5.3%Beat

Sep 25 '25 5.805.87+1.1%In line

May 29 '25 4.234.28+1.2%In line

Mar 6 '25 4.104.02-1.9%In line

Dec 12 '24 3.804.04+6.4%Beat

COST research tape

152 dated scans, research, and events, newest first — the full record. Desk commentary and scheduled prints sit in their own panes.

Oct 16, 2026 scan Retail Scan — October 16, 2026 Close Oct 16, 2026 scan Defensive Scan — October 16, 2026 Oct 16, 2026 scan Bargain-Bin Scan — 2026-10-16 Oct 16, 2026 candidate TJX — candidate.roundup Oct 9, 2026 scan Retail Scan — October 9, 2026 Close

Desk view

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Coverage

COST rsi-overbought-watch +3.8%

Against street estimates

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