COST
CostcoCostco 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.
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.
Start a free 7-day trial| 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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