Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

Costco Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 25 analysts that cover Costco stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $1,065, which forecasts a 17.38% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $907 and the highest is $1,225.

Price Target: $1,065 (+17.38%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$907	$1,065	$1,065	$1,225
Change	-0.06%	+17.38%	+17.35%	+34.98%

Analyst Ratings

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

Recommendation Trends

Rating	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25
Strong Buy	9	9	9	7	7	7
Buy	8	8	8	8	9	9
Hold	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	27	27	27	25	26	26

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Christopher Graja Argus Research	Argus Research	Strong Buy Maintains $1,170 → $1,200	Strong Buy	Maintains	$1,170 → $1,200	+32.23%	Sep 29, 2025
Paul Lejuez Citigroup	Citigroup	Hold Maintains $1,065 → $990	Hold	Maintains	$1,065 → $990	+9.09%	Sep 29, 2025
Greg Melich Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Buy Maintains $1,060 → $1,025	Buy	Maintains	$1,060 → $1,025	+12.95%	Sep 26, 2025
Rupesh Parikh Oppenheimer	Oppenheimer	Buy Maintains $1,130	Buy	Maintains	$1,130	+24.52%	Sep 26, 2025
Scot Ciccarelli Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Maintains $1,042 → $1,033	Hold	Maintains	$1,042 → $1,033	+13.83%	Sep 26, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

301.44B

Increased by 9.52%

from 275.24B

Revenue Next Year

323.16B

Increased by 7.21%

from 301.44B

EPS This Year

20.47

Increased by 12.39%

from 18.21

EPS Next Year

22.58

Increased by 10.31%

from 20.47

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Aug 29, 2021	Aug 28, 2022	Sep 3, 2023	Sep 1, 2024	Aug 31, 2025	Aug 31, 2026	Aug 31, 2027
Revenue	195.93B	226.95B	242.29B	254.45B	275.24B	301.44B	323.16B
Revenue Growth	17.49%	15.84%	6.76%	5.02%	8.17%	9.52%	7.21%
EPS	11.27	13.14	14.16	16.56	18.21	20.47	22.58
EPS Growth	24.95%	16.59%	7.76%	16.95%	9.96%	12.39%	10.31%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	44.34	40.20
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	39	28

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	317.1B	343.6B
Avg	301.4B	323.2B
Low	281.0B	288.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	15.2%	14.0%
Avg	9.5%	7.2%
Low	2.1%	-4.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	23.39	26.46
Avg	20.47	22.58
Low	18.33	19.52

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	28.5%	29.3%
Avg	12.4%	10.3%
Low	0.7%	-4.6%

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.