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 $3,899,852 were sold by Rubanenko Yoram on Jul 14 ’25. At $974.96 per share, Rubanenko Yoram sold 4,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 5,774 shares worth approximately $5.51 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Rubanenko Yoram purchased 4,000 shares, netting a total of over 3,899,850 in proceeds.
Before that, DECKER SUSAN L had sold 547 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $536,058, the Director traded Costco Wholesale Corp shares for $980.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 547 shares, worth approximately $11.0 million.
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] rose 0.27% to $953.91. The stock’s lowest price that day was $947.78, but it reached a high of $954.75 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.68%. Over the course of the year, Costco Wholesale Corp shares have jumped approximately 12.39%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 35.61 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.
Which companies own the most shares of Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)?
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 11.16% from the previous closing price of $951.37. 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.
