Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ: COST)

RETAIL - Discount, Variety Stores

Consumer Staples

Stock price data as of

Closing price: $1048.95
  • Support level
    $1024.52
  • Resistance level
    N/A
  • Beta
    0.3
  • RSI (14-day)
    69.4
  • COST is at or near its 52-week high. Studies have found that such stocks have an increased probability of outperforming the market over the next year.
  • COST is one of this week's least volatile stocks in the S&P-100 with an estimated annualized standard deviation of 19.9%.
  • Volatility is forecast to fall over the next month.
  • Price broke above prior resistance level - a short-term bullish signal.

52-week range
52-week low 52-week high Price as % of range
$850.00 $1056.85 96.6%

Moving averages
200 day 50 day 20 day 10 day
$954.50 $1001.45 $1012.01 $1019.04

Value at risk (VaR)

There is an estimated 5% probability that the stock price will fall by more than VaR in time period.

  • In the next week
    5.4%
  • In the next month
    11.8%
  • In the next year
    39.1%

Volatility estimates (annualized standard deviations)
Period Value
Historical (5 year) 22.5%
Last month 20.6%
Current estimate 19.9%
Next month forecast 20.9%