COST

Costco
Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail · Consumer Staples · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$923.52
+0.3% on the session
1-year return
+1.3%
-9.1% over six months
Volatility
19.9%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-18.2%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Costco is a consumer staples merchandise retail name in the consumer staples sector. Over the past year it returned +1.3%, against -2.4% over three months and -0.2% over one. It sits 3.8% below its 200-day average, close enough that the trend is undecided. Annualized volatility of 19.9% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -18.2%, and it has traded a median $1.9B a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate -0.07 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Consumer Staples#16 of 34
Stronger than 55% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#248 of 496

How COST scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 4 others in Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail.

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Full metrics
1 day+0.3%
1 week+0.1%
1 month-0.2%
3 months-2.4%
6 months-9.1%
1 year+1.3%
12-1 momentum+1.5%
Volatility (1y, annualized)19.9%
Max drawdown (1y)-18.2%
Distance vs 200-day average-3.8%
Return per unit of risk0.07
Median daily dollar volume$1.9B
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