Costco is focusing on expanding its product range by incorporating well-known brands alongside its private label, Kirkland, which is expected to attract a more diverse customer base. The growth of e-commerce is also a significant trend, enhancing overall sales performance and catering to changing consumer shopping behaviors. However, the company faces challenges as customer dissatisfaction rises due to the diminishing appeal of certain membership perks, potentially impacting loyalty. This combination of initiatives and customer feedback illustrates the dynamic nature of product and service development at Costco.

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 -1 is bearish. 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.There is no clear direction for COST since trend sentiment and market sentiment are at the opposite directions. The positive sentiment force for sector is at 0.5, and the negative at -0.5 on 2025-12-22. The forces of Valuation Sentiment (-1.2), Sector Price Trend (-1.1), and Stock Price Trend (-1) will drive down the price. The forces of Market Risk Appetite (0), Price Level Sentiment (0.5), Sentiment towards Fundamentals (0.9), and Option Sentiment (1.5) will drive up 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: 2026-03-04 10:00, EPS: $18.65, P/E: 45.56

COST
Date	Attention	Price	Price Level	Change	10 Day Trend	Trend Sentiment	Hourly Trend	Hourly StdDev	Market Sentiment	Action	P	Fund.	News Sentiment
2025-12-22	0%(0.3%)	849.63	9	-0.7%	-0.44%	-1	-0.05%	0.4%	0	Short	55%	0.9	1
2025-12-21	2%(0.3%)					-1.3	-0.03%		-0.7			0.8	2
2025-12-20	0%(0%)					-1.3	-0.03%		-0.6			1.1	-1
2025-12-19	0%(0%)	855.62	11	-0.23%	-0.45%	-1.3	-0.03%	0.5%	-0.2	Short	55%	1.8	-1
2025-12-18	0%(0.1%)	857.59	8	-0.59%	-0.43%	-1.1	0.02%	0.4%	-0.5	Wait	50%	1.7	-1
2025-12-17	0%(0.3%)	862.65	9	0.26%	-0.68%	-1.2	-0.03%	0.5%	-0.2	Short	55%	2	-1
2025-12-16	0%(0.3%)	860.39	0	-0.02%	-0.7%	-1.5	-0.1%	1.3%	0.1	Short	70%	1.5	-1
2025-12-15	0%(0.3%)	860.57	-8	-2.7%	-0.57%	-1.4	-0.1%	1.1%	0.1	Wait	50%	1.7	-1
2025-12-14	0%(0.3%)					-0.7	0%		0.2			2.3	7
2025-12-13	0%(0.4%)					-0.7	0%		0			1.9	6
Short is the preferred trading strategy with 55% chance of being right. Weak trend sentiment and negative hourly trend. 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.