$910.34▼ −14.25 · −1.5%from $924.59 the session before · Sep 30, 2026 close · end of day
Open
$924.61
High
$925.56
Low
$910.30
Day's range
$151.7% of the previous close
VWAP
$914.23close −0.43% from it
Volume, shares
2.22M0.93× the 20-session average
Traded, $
$2.03B
Trades
86K26 shares per trade
Previous close
$924.59−14.25 to the close
Market cap
$403.72Bat the close of Sep 30
Day range0% of the way up
$910.30$925.56
52-week range13% of the way up
$883.10 Sep 25$1,096.50 May 19
−17% from the high · +3.1% from the low
The desk read · Sep 30expiry Oct 16 · 16 days
balanced
options read
calls 52% · puts 48% of OI
0.91
puts per call, by OI
Oct 16 expiry 0.84
$920.00
max pain
+1.1% from the close
$1,000.00
most call OI
1.82K contracts · +9.8% from the close
▲ +2.9%
option OI on the day
+8.53K contracts · 299K open
Balanced into a 16-day expiry: 0.91 puts per call by open interest, option OI +2.9% on the day, the most call OI sits at $1,000.00, the most put OI at $880.00, max pain $920.00.
Options
Sep 30 open interest · 19 expiries listed
COST options carry 299K contracts of open interest across 19 expiries, 13% of it in the Oct 16 contract, with 0.91 puts per call.
Open interest by expirythe next 8 of 19 expiries · share of all open interest
Option open interest by expiry, the next 8 expiries
Expiry
Call OI · on the day
Put OI · on the day
Puts per call
Share of OI %
Strikes
Oct 22 days
17.4K+799
19.7K+647
1.13
12
125
Oct 99 days
9.05K+601
9.63K+643
1.06
6.2
123
Oct 1616 days
22K+490
18.4K−77
0.84
13
102
Oct 2323 days
4.58K+436
5.42K+171
1.18
3.3
117
Oct 3030 days
3.25K+109
4.83K+1.28K
1.49
2.7
112
Nov 637 days
1.05K+372
2.27K+588
2.16
1.1
112
Nov 2051 days
11.7K+1.1K
12.4K+304
1.06
8.1
91
Dec 1879 days
14.6K+160
13.8K+228
0.94
9.5
104
68% of open interest sits beyond the Oct 16 contract · 102 strikes listed for it · 299K contracts open in all
Monthly contractOct 16 expiry · 16 days
The Oct 16 contract holds 22K calls and 18.4K puts, the most call OI at $1,000.00 and the most put OI at $880.00; max pain $920.00, +1.1% from the close.
Call OI, contracts
22K+490 on the day
Put OI, contracts
18.4K−77 on the day
Puts per call, by OI
0.84all expiries 0.91
Max pain
$920.00+1.1% from the close
Strikes listed
102for this expiry
Open interest by strike, contractstop three strikes each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
1.82K
$1,000.00
1.25K
$960.00
1.02K
$950.00
$900.00
1.35K
$880.00
1.44K
$850.00
1.15K
Open interest added on the day, contractsthree largest additions each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
+50
$1,160.00
+68
$950.00
+147
$920.00
$870.00
+40
$860.00
+34
$735.00
+95
Close $ · S&P 500 rebased to the first close126 sessions to Sep 30 · axis fixed at 4 × ATR-14 around the last close · hover or tap a session and the read beside the chart follows it
consolidated · latest filed Jun 3, 2026 · SEC filings
Revenue $70.53B, +12% on a year earlier; profit $2.19B, +15% in the May 2026 quarter, consolidated.
Last 8 quarters, consolidatedUS dollars as filed · year on year against the same quarter a year earlier · market: close on the first session after the filing against the last close before it, S&P 500 over the same session
Quarterly results of COST on the consolidated basis with the market's move on the first session after each filing
Quarter
Revenue $
Revenue YoY
Profit $
Profit YoY
EPS $
Market on the day
May 2026filed Jun 3
$70.53B
▲ +12%
$2.19B
▲ +15%
4.93
▲ +1.1%S&P 500 +0.4% · +0.7 pp
Feb 2026filed Mar 11
$69.60B
▲ +9.2%
$2.04B
▲ +14%
4.58
—not reached
Nov 2025filed Dec 17
$67.31B
▲ +8.3%
$2.00B
▲ +11%
4.50
—not reached
Aug 2025filed Oct 8
$86.16B
▲ +8.1%
$2.61B
▲ +11%
5.87
—not reached
May 2025filed Jun 3
$63.20B
▲ +8.0%
$1.90B
▲ +13%
4.28
▲ +1.1%S&P 500 +0.4% · +0.7 pp
Feb 2025filed Mar 11
$63.72B
▲ +9.0%
$1.79B
▲ +2.6%
4.02
—not reached
Nov 2024filed Dec 17
$62.15B
▲ +7.5%
$1.80B
▲ +13%
4.04
—not reached
Sep 2024filed Oct 9
$79.70B
▲ +0.96%
$2.35B
▲ +9.0%
5.28
—not reached
By fiscal yearfiscal years as filed in the 10-K · named by the year the fiscal year ends
Financial-year results of COST on the consolidated basis, summed from the quarters filed
Year
Revenue $
Revenue YoY
Profit $
Profit YoY
EPS $
FY25to Aug 2025
$275.24B
▲ +8.2%
$8.10B
▲ +9.9%
18.21
FY24to Sep 2024
$254.45B
▲ +5.0%
$7.37B
▲ +17%
16.56
FY23to Sep 2023
$242.29B
▲ +6.8%
$6.29B
▲ +7.7%
14.16
FY22to Aug 2022
$226.95B
▲ +16%
$5.84B
▲ +17%
13.14
FY21to Aug 2021
$195.93B
—
$5.01B
—
11.27
Fundamentals
consolidated · filings to May 2026 · close $910.34 on Sep 30
COST trades at 46 times trailing earnings, 12 times book value, a 0.32% dividend yield, market cap $403.72B.
Valuation
Market cap
$403.72Bon Sep 30
Price to earnings
46consolidated · four quarters to May 2026
Trailing EPS
$19.88diluted · consolidated · four quarters to May 2026
Price to book
12consolidated · balance sheet to May 2026
Book value a share
$75.56consolidated · balance sheet to May 2026
Debt to equity
—
Return on equity
29%trailing profit over average equity · consolidated
Dividend yield
0.32%$2.94 a share in 365 days
Price to sales
1.4market cap over revenue, four quarters to May 2026
Shares outstanding
443Mon Sep 30
Growthsums of the four quarters filed to May 2026 · growth against the four quarters before them · consolidated
Revenue, trailing 12 months
$293.59Bfour quarters to May 2026
Revenue growth, 12 months
—
Revenue 3-year CAGR
—
Profit, trailing 12 months
$8.84Bfour quarters to May 2026
Profit growth, 12 months
—
Profit 3-year CAGR
—
Shareholding
quarter to Jun 2026 · SEC Form 13F
13F managers hold 140% of shares, BlackRock, Inc. the largest at 15%, VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13% and STATE STREET CORP 8.3%, as filed for the quarter to Jun 2026.
15.4%13.1%105.1%
BlackRock, Inc. 15.4%
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13.1%
STATE STREET CORP 8.3%
Other 13F managers 105.1%
Held by 13F managers
140%of shares outstanding
Shares held
629M+3.8% on Mar 2026 among managers filing both
Managers holding
4,0364,055 a quarter earlier
Largest holder
15%BlackRock, Inc.
Largest 10 holderspercent of shares outstanding · change in shares against the previous quarter
Largest 13F holders of COST
Manager
Shares
Of outstanding
Value
Change on quarter
BlackRock, Inc.
68.4M
15%
$63.99B
−1.49M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
58M
13%
$54.21B
+258K
STATE STREET CORP
36.8M
8.3%
$34.40B
+465K
Invesco Ltd.
28M
6.3%
$26.17B
+19.4M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
21.3M
4.8%
$19.80B
−63.5K
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC
20.8M
4.7%
$19.46B
−606K
MORGAN STANLEY
20.4M
4.6%
$19.12B
+643K
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/
14.5M
3.3%
$13.56B
−531K
NORGES BANK
12.9M
2.9%
$12.11B
—
FMR LLC
12.3M
2.8%
$11.53B
−1.11M
Insider tradesSEC Forms 3, 4 and 5 · the latest 10
No open-market insider buying or selling in the last 90 days.
COST insider trades
Insider
Trade
Shares
Price
Held after
DENMAN KENNETH DDirector
sold · Jun 23, 2026
885
$957.45
4,779
Frates CatonOfficer
sold · Apr 1, 2026
700
$993.00
5,815
MILLERCHIP GARYOfficer
withheld for tax · Mar 11, 2026
1,154
$992.23
15,465
George Sarah CatherineOfficer
I · Mar 12, 2026
642
$991.21
0
Adamo ClaudineOfficer
sold · Mar 9, 2026
730
$1,003.02
6,121
Jones Teresa A.Officer
gift · Jan 27, 2026
300
$0.00
3,928
RAIKES JEFFREY SDirector
gift · Jan 27, 2026
5,115
$0.00
11,293
Jones Teresa A.Officer
sold · Jan 21, 2026
850
$986.26
4,228
Raimondo Gina MarieDirector
granted · Jan 16, 2026
215
$0.00
215
DECKER SUSAN LDirector
sold · Jan 16, 2026
458
$955.00
8,532
Corporate actions
exchange records
Nothing upcoming on record; the last was a dividend of $1.47 a share, ex-date Jul 24, 2026.
Actionsex-dates · upcoming first, then the last eight · dividends in dollars a share, splits as ratios
Corporate actions of COST, upcoming first, then the most recent
Ex-date
Action
Amount or ratio
Record date
recent
Jul 24, 2026
dividend
$1.47
—
May 1, 2026
dividend
$1.47
—
Calendardividends by ex-date
Dividends in 365 days
$2.94a share · ex-dates inside the year
Last dividend
$1.47ex-date Jul 24, 2026
Price history
131 sessions on record · to Sep 30 · end of day
COST is −3.1% over 20 sessions against the S&P 500's +0.1%, 17% below its 52-week high, realised volatility 17% annualised.
Returns against S&P 500longest window first · S&P 500 over the same sessions
Returns of the stock and S&P 500 over six windows, longest first
Window
From $
COST %
S&P 500 %
Difference pp
120 sessionssince Apr 9
$1,032.01
▼ −12%
▲ +12%
−24
60 sessionssince Jul 7
$947.48
▼ −3.9%
▲ +2.0%
−5.9
20 sessionssince Sep 1
$939.95
▼ −3.1%
▲ +0.11%
−3.3
5 sessionssince Sep 23
$904.73
▲ +0.62%
▼ −0.67%
+1.3
1 sessionsince Sep 29
$924.58
▼ −1.5%
▼ −0.21%
−1.3
Averages of the closeclose against each average
5-session average
$915.42close −0.55% from it
20-session average
$908.62close +0.19% from it
50-session average
$933.48close −2.5% from it
Range and volumetrue range over 14 sessions · high to low over 20 · volume against the 20-session average
Average true range, 14
$151.6% of the close
Average day's range, 20
$141.5% of the close
Volume against 20 sessions
0.93×2.22M vs 2.41M average
Volatility and co-movement with S&P 500annualised from daily returns
Realised volatility, 20
17%≈ ±1.1% a session · moved more than that on 5 of 20
Realised volatility, 60
20%≈ ±1.3% a session · moved more than that on 14 of 60
Beta to S&P 500, 60
-0.25moved with S&P 500 on 31 of 60 sessions
Up and down sessionscloses above and below the previous close
Retail-Variety Stores · SEC standard industrial classification
SEC CIK
909832
Sessions on record
131
Price source
End of day · delayed
Computed
1 Oct, 10:39 pm IST
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