Costco Wholesale Corp’s recent filing unveils that its Executive Vice President Rubanenko Yoram unloaded Company’s shares for reported $3.9 million on Jul 14 ’25. In the deal valued at $974.96 per share,4,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Rubanenko Yoram now holds 5,774 shares worth roughly $5.47 million.
Then, Rubanenko Yoram bought 4,000 shares, generating $3,899,850 in total proceeds.
Before that, DECKER SUSAN L sold 547 shares. Costco Wholesale Corp shares valued at $536,058 were divested by the Director at a price of $980.00 per share. As a result of the transaction, DECKER SUSAN L now holds 11,531 shares, worth roughly $10.93 million.
Mizuho initiated its Costco Wholesale Corp [COST] rating to a Neutral in a research note published on April 11, 2025; the price target was $975. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Telsey Advisory Group’s analysts, who remained covering the stock and in early December has reiterated a ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating for it. Bernstein began covering COST with “an Outperform” recommendation on October 22, 2024. Oppenheimer maintained its rating on October 10, 2024. It rated COST as “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of COST
On Monday, Costco Wholesale Corp [NASDAQ:COST] saw its stock fall -0.36% to $947.56. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -3.40%. Costco Wholesale Corp shares have risen nearly 11.97% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 3.41% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Costco Wholesale Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Costco Wholesale Corp stocks on 2025-06-13, dropping by -1.04 million shares to a total of 5.13 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-05-15 was 6.17 million shares. There was a decline of -20.22%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on September 27, 2024 when Telsey Advisory Group resumed its ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $1000.
