The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Costco Wholesale Corp shares valued at $536,058 were sold by DECKER SUSAN L on Jun 18 ’25. At $980.00 per share, DECKER SUSAN L sold 547 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 11,531 shares worth approximately $11.33 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, SUSAN L DECKER purchased 1 shares, netting a total of over 978 in proceeds.
Before that, SUSAN L DECKER had added 546 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $535,080, the Director bought Costco Wholesale Corp shares for $980.00 each.
As published in their initiating research note from Mizuho on April 11, 2025, Costco Wholesale Corp [COST] has been a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $975. Analysts at Telsey Advisory Group resumed the stock at ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early December. As of October 22, 2024, Bernstein has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for COST. Earlier on October 10, 2024, Oppenheimer resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for COST stock.
Analyzing COST Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Costco Wholesale Corp [NASDAQ: COST] plunged -0.37% to $982.91. The stock’s lowest price that day was $977.51, but it reached a high of $987.725 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.82%. Over the course of the year, Costco Wholesale Corp shares have jumped approximately 15.89%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $1,078.23 on 02/13/25 and a 52-week low of $871.71 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 977.03, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 971.15. In the upper region, resistance lies at 988.26. The next price resistance is at 993.60. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 42.97 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Costco Wholesale Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Costco Wholesale Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-06-13 dropping by -1.04 million shares to 5.13 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 6.17 million shares. A decline of -20.22% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.36 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.36.
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In terms of Costco Wholesale Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 1057.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 7.19% from the previous closing price of $986.54. Analysts anticipate Costco Wholesale Corp stock to reach 1100 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 1035. In spite of this, 23 analysts ranked Costco Wholesale Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On September 27, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $1000.
