Sector: Consumer Staples

Costco's recent focus on enhancing member value through price cuts on private-label products is central to its marketing strategy, positioning the company advantageously in a competitive retail landscape. Additionally, the strong growth in digital sales reflects the company's successful adaptation to evolving consumer preferences and advancements in e-commerce technology. This digital growth has significantly contributed to overall sales performance, reinforcing Costco's market presence. Together, these factors not only highlight Costco's effective strategic initiatives but also its resilience in a rapidly changing environment.

The price action of Costco (COST) is impacted by broad market risk appetite, sector price trend, company-specific performance and market structure. The trend sentiment at 0.8 is bullish. The market sentiment at 1.2 is very bullish. Trend sentiment measures the current trend of the stock price, and market sentiment reflects what market participants collectively think where the price will move next. COST is likely to move up since both trend sentiment and market sentiment are positive. The positive sentiment force for sector is at 1.2, and the negative at 0 on 2026-10-11. The forces of Sentiment towards Fundamentals (2.8), Valuation Sentiment (2.4), Market Risk Appetite (0.9), Stock Price Trend (0.8), Sector Price Trend (0.5), Option Sentiment (0), and Price Level Sentiment (0) will drive up the price. The forces of and Price Level Sentiment (0) will drive down the price. The sentiment for Sector Price Trend is calculated based on the price trend of related sector ETF. The sentiment for Option Speculation is calculated from put/call ratio. The Risk Appetite is calculated from Bitcoin price trend. Price Level sentiment is positive when oversold, and negative when overbought. Valuation Sentiment, and Sentimentals towards Fundamentals are extracted from headlines and market commentary. All sentiment scores are normalized on a -10 - +10 scale. The price level reaches 100 at Bollinger upper band, and zero at lower band.

Earning Release: 2026-12-09 10:00, EPS: $20.76, P/E: 45.63

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COST
Date	Attention	Price	StdDev	Price Level	RSI	Hourly RSI	Change	10 Day Trend	Trend Sentiment	Hourly Trend Sentiment	Hourly StdDev	Market Sentiment	Action	P	Fund.	News Sentiment
2026-10-11	1%(0.3%)								0.8			1.2			2.8	6
2026-10-10	0%(0.1%)								0.8			0.6			1.5	-1
2026-10-09	0%(0.1%)	947.19	1.82%	95	76	63	-0.08%	0.26%	0.8	0	0.3%	0.3	Wait	50%	1.1	-1
2026-10-08	0%(0.1%)	947.98	1.67%	104	77	53	0.55%	0.56%	1.3	0.1	0.5%	-0.2	Wait	50%	1	5
2026-10-07	0%(0.1%)	942.76	1.47%	106	76	73	0.85%	0.41%	1	0.1	0.9%	-0.2	Wait	50%	0.9	-1
2026-10-06	1%(0.1%)	934.84	1.28%	103	74	82	1.32%	0.38%	0.6	0.4	0.7%	-0.4	Wait	50%	1.4	-3
2026-10-05	0%(0%)	922.63	1.14%	84	64	68	0.22%	0.27%	0.3	0.1	0.4%	0.1	Long	55%	2.6	-1
2026-10-04	0%(0%)								0.3	0.1		0.1			2.6	-1
2026-10-03	0%(0%)								0.3	0.1		0.4			4.2	-1
2026-10-02	0%(0%)	920.59	1.09%	81	51	62	0.6%	0.25%	0.3	0.1	0.3%	0.6	Long	55%	4.1	-1
Wait action is recommended in three scenarios with either high uncertainty or high risk: 1. The trend sentiment and market sentiment are at the opposite directions. 2. Both trend sentiment and market sentiment are positive, but the price level is elevated. 3. Both trend sentiment and market sentiment are negative, but the price level is depressed. In an uptrend, as an investor, you may want to wait for the pullback to open long position. In a downtrend, the price will likely rebound after huge decline. As an investor, you may want to wait for the rebound to exit long position.
Market sentiment will accelerate the current trend when both trend sentiment and market sentiment are at the same direction. Market sentiment will generate volatility when it's at the opposite direction of the trend sentiment. News sentiment measures the daily emotion of the market. News sentiment may impact the daily price change while market sentiment is a more stable and consistent moving force.