COST

Costco
Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail · Consumer Staples · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$956.99
-0.5% on the session
1-year return
-1.7%
-3.6% over six months
Volatility
19.7%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-16.6%
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 -1.7%, against -12.4% over three months and +3.2% over one. It sits just 0.1% above its 200-day average — technically in an uptrend, but without much room. Annualized volatility of 19.7% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -16.6%, and it has traded a median $2.0B a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate -0.09 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Consumer Staples#24 of 34
Stronger than 30% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#378 of 500

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-0.5%
1 week+0.8%
1 month+3.2%
3 months-12.4%
6 months-3.6%
1 year-1.7%
12-1 momentum-4.7%
Volatility (1y, annualized)19.7%
Max drawdown (1y)-16.6%
Distance vs 200-day average+0.1%
Return per unit of risk-0.09
Median daily dollar volume$2.0B
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