On March 18, 2025, Caton Frates, Executive Vice President at Costco Wholesale Corp, sold 850 shares of the company. Following this transaction, the insider now owns 7,875.772 shares of Costco Wholesale Corp. The details of this transaction can be found in the SEC Filing.
Costco Wholesale Corp (COST, Financial) operates an international chain of membership warehouses, mainly under the "Costco Wholesale" name, that carry quality, brand-name merchandise at substantially lower prices than are typically found at conventional wholesale or retail sources.
Over the past year, Caton Frates has sold a total of 2,550 shares and has not purchased any shares. The insider transaction history for Costco Wholesale Corp indicates that there have been 0 insider buys and 15 insider sells over the past year.
As of the date of the recent transaction, shares of Costco Wholesale Corp were trading at $900.25 each, giving the stock a market cap of $403.423 billion. The company's price-earnings ratio stands at 53.08, which is higher than the industry median of 16.17 and also higher than the company’s historical median price-earnings ratio.
With a trading price of $900.25 and a GF Value of $653.89, Costco Wholesale Corp has a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 1.38, indicating that the stock is significantly overvalued based on its GF Value. The GF Value is an intrinsic value estimate developed by GuruFocus, calculated based on historical multiples such as price-earnings ratio, price-sales ratio, price-book ratio, and price-to-free cash flow, a GuruFocus adjustment factor based on the company’s past returns and growth, and future estimates of business performance from Morningstar analysts.
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