Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Q3 Earnings Top View As Comps Rise 5%

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Costco Wholesale Corporation Earnings & Price Target Update
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26 May, 2017

BLB&B Advisors LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the retailer's stock valued at $778,000 after buying an additional 140 shares in the last quarter. The stock rose 0.95% or $1.64 reaching $174.65. 248,926 shares of the company traded hands.

Analysts await Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) to report earnings on May, 25 after the close. It has outperformed by 8.44% the S&P500. Piedmont Invest Advisors Ltd Liability Co holds 0% or 91,705 shares. Oracle Corp now has $186.45 billion valuation. Insiders sold a total of 121,000 shares of company stock valued at $20,099,640 in the last three months. (NYSE:MPO) has 0.00% since May 25, 2016 and is. It has underperformed by 2.62% the S&P500. Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $185.00 target price on shares of Costco Wholesale in a report on Thursday, May 4th. Therefore 76% are positive. Nicolet Bankshares Inc.'s holdings in Costco Wholesale were worth $834,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. The stock has "Buy" rating by Deutsche Bank on Thursday, December 3. The firm has "Buy" rating by Vetr given on Monday, August 24. Telsey Advisory Group maintained Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) rating on Monday, November 9. The stock has "Outperform" rating by Telsey Advisory Group on Monday, November 9. Ronald Blue Lc holds 0.01% of its portfolio in Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) for 1,526 shares. Costco Wholesale had a net margin of 2.02% and a return on equity of 20.06%. Jefferies has "Buy" rating and GBX 73 target.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.1 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.16, from 0.94 in 2016Q3. Accredited Investors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Costco Wholesale by 0.8% in the first quarter.

Nicolet Bankshares Inc. raised its position in shares of Costco Wholesale Co. 313.68 million shares or 1.52% more from 308.97 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Enterprise Fincl Service reported 510 shares. New Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in shares of Costco Wholesale during the fourth quarter valued at $201,000. 46,967 are owned by Buffington Mohr Mcneal. About 1.22M shares traded.

Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) will have earnings take center stage when the firm posts their results on 5/25/2017 4:30:00 PM. Missouri-based Bancorp has invested 0.47% in Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST). The institutional investor acquired 4,400 shares of the retailer's stock, valued at approximately $738,000. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 10th will be issued a $7.00 dividend. Main Street Research Ltd Llc holds 1.92% or 61,681 shares. Stock Yards Commercial Bank Trust owns 9,770 shares. It also upped Raytheon Co Com New (NYSE:RTN) stake by 3,180 shares and now owns 5,916 shares. 7,000 shares were sold by ZOOK DENNIS R, worth $1.13M. PORTERA JOSEPH P sold 16,921 shares worth $2.68M. $667,799 worth of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) was sold by Rose Timothy L. on Thursday, March 16. On Wednesday, January 11 Vachris Roland Michael sold $514,302 worth of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) or 3,180 shares. The insider Parker Ava L sold $113,967.

Among 27 analysts covering Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), 18 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 9 Hold. Therefore 38% are positive. Severfield had 11 analyst reports since October 6, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. On Friday, April 29 the stock rating was downgraded by Wolfe Research to "Peer Perform". The rating was maintained by Citigroup with "Neutral" on Tuesday, August 16. The rating was maintained by Deutsche Bank on Friday, June 17 with "Hold". The firm has "Neutral" rating by Cleveland given on Friday, February 26. Stifel Nicolaus maintained it with "Buy" rating and $180 target in Thursday, December 3 report. UBS maintained the stock with "Buy" rating in Thursday, December 17 report.

The stock decreased 0.58% or GBX 0.5 on May 24, reaching GBX 86. Shares for $16.64 million were sold by SINEGAL JAMES D on Friday, March 24.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.79 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.16, from 0.95 in 2016Q3. 13 funds opened positions while 26 raised stakes. Mai reported 82,086 shares stake. MPO's SI was 42,900 shares in May as released by FINRA. Moreover, Grp Inc has 0.2% invested in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL). Barrett Asset Limited Liability Corporation reported 23,469 shares or 0.31% of all its holdings. Drexel Morgan Com reported 0.39% stake. Atlantic Tru Group Inc Ltd Liability accumulated 98,384 shares. Lombardia Cap Limited Co invested 0.71% of its portfolio in Cousins Properties Inc (NYSE:CUZ). New York-based Loews has invested 0.01% in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL). Two Sigma Securities Ltd Liability Company holds 0.13% in Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) or 2,402 shares. Investors bought 2,427 call options on the stock. Gilead Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:GILD) was reduced too.


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