DJ Costco Wholesale Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Costco Wholesale Corp. $(COST)$ advanced 1.12% to $989.29 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.23% to 6,798.40 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.20% to 48,908.72.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains.
Costco Wholesale Corp. closed 8.25% short of its 52-week high of $1,078.24, which the company achieved on February 13th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) fell 4.42% to $222.69, Walmart Inc. $(WMT)$ fell 0.83% to $126.94, and Target Corp. (TGT) fell 2.87% to $110.85.
Trading volume (2.8 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 5, 2026.
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