Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. 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 $5.64 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 $11.27 million.
As published in a research note from Erste Group on August 05, 2025, Costco Wholesale Corp [COST] has been rated down from a Buy to a Hold. Analysts at Mizuho started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in mid April. As of December 05, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group has reiterated its “an Outperform” rating for COST. Earlier on October 22, 2024, Bernstein initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for COST stock.
Analyzing COST Stock Performance
On last trading session, Costco Wholesale Corp [NASDAQ: COST] rose 0.92% to $977.45. The stock’s lowest price that day was $970.96, but it reached a high of $981.98 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.02%. Over the course of the year, Costco Wholesale Corp shares have jumped approximately 21.90%.
Is Costco Wholesale Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Costco Wholesale Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.27 million shares to 4.86 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 5.13 million shares. A decline of -5.5% 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 9.18% from the previous closing price of $968.56. 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 October 10, 2024, Oppenheimer assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $980.
