Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

Costco Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 26 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Costco stock have an average target of 1,000, with a low estimate of 700 and a high estimate of 1,175. The average target predicts an increase of 5.54% from the current stock price of 947.73.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$700	$1,000	$1000	$1,175
Change	-26.14%	+5.54%	+5.52%	+23.98%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Costco stock from 26 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25
Strong Buy	11	10	10	10	10	10
Buy	8	8	9	8	7	7
Hold	8	9	9	9	10	9
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	27	27	28	27	27	26

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Joseph Feldman Telsey Advisory Group	Telsey Advisory Group	Buy Maintains $1,100	Buy	Maintains	$1,100	+16.07%	Jan 9, 2025
Joseph Feldman Telsey Advisory Group	Telsey Advisory Group	Buy Maintains $1,100	Buy	Maintains	$1,100	+16.07%	Jan 3, 2025
Paul Lejuez Citigroup	Citigroup	Hold Maintains $800 → $1,060	Hold	Maintains	$800 → $1,060	+11.85%	Dec 18, 2024
Edward Kelly Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $950 → $1,000	Hold	Maintains	$950 → $1,000	+5.52%	Dec 13, 2024
Michael Baker DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Hold Maintains $880 → $900	Hold	Maintains	$880 → $900	-5.04%	Dec 13, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

278.09B

Increased by 9.29%

from 254.45B

Revenue Next Year

297.76B

Increased by 7.07%

from 278.09B

EPS This Year

18.48

Increased by 11.59%

from 16.56

EPS Next Year

20.31

Increased by 9.93%

from 18.48

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Aug 30, 2020	Aug 29, 2021	Aug 28, 2022	Sep 3, 2023	Sep 1, 2024	Sep 30, 2025	Sep 30, 2026	Sep 30, 2027
Revenue	166.76B	195.93B	226.95B	242.29B	254.45B	278.09B	297.76B	316.43B
Revenue Growth	9.21%	17.49%	15.83%	6.76%	5.02%	9.29%	7.07%	6.27%
EPS	9.02	11.27	13.14	14.16	16.56	18.48	20.31	22.69
EPS Growth	9.20%	24.94%	16.59%	7.76%	16.95%	11.59%	9.93%	11.72%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	51.29	46.66	41.76
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	40	38	20

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	292.8B	314.2B	340.4B
Avg	278.1B	297.8B	316.4B
Low	261.4B	278.2B	286.6B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	15.1%	13.0%	14.3%
Avg	9.3%	7.1%	6.3%
Low	2.7%	0.0%	-3.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	20.79	24.40	28.89
Avg	18.48	20.31	22.69
Low	17.09	18.52	19.94

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	25.5%	32.1%	42.2%
Avg	11.6%	9.9%	11.7%
Low	3.2%	0.2%	-1.8%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.