COST earnings

Costco Wholesale Corporation

COST chart · All upcoming earnings

Next report 2026-09-24
When Thursday after close
In11 days
EPS estimate6.55
1-day std dev3.5%

How COST has moved on earnings, close to close (last 10)?Measured close to close. Day 1 = the last close before the report to the next close (the following session for after-close reports). Day 2 / Day 3 are that single session on its own. 5-day is the cumulative move from the pre-report close through the 5th session.

10 20 30 Max
MoveMeanMedianStd devHit rate
Day 1 -1.6% -0.9% 3.5% 40%
Day 2 -0.5% +0.1% 1.5% 60%
Day 3 +0.2% -0.1% 1.3% 40%
5-day -2.9% -2.6% 4.3% 30%
Biggest pop
+3.1%
Biggest drop
-7.6%
On a beat
-0.8%
On a miss
-5.0%
1-mo drift
-0.5%

Day 1 price move on each of the last 10 reports

Day 1 = the close-to-close move on the first session to trade the news — hover for the EPS surprise.

Report history

ReportEstActualSurpriseGap1-day+5d+1mo
2026-05-28 miss 4.97 4.93 -0.8% -0.9% -3.9% +1.6% -2.2%
2026-03-05 beat 4.55 4.58 +0.7% -1.6% +1.6% +1.0% +1.5%
2025-12-11 beat 4.27 4.50 +5.5% -0.1% +0.0% -3.3% +7.5%
2025-09-25 beat 5.80 5.87 +1.1% -1.9% -2.9% -0.1% +1.5%
2025-05-29 beat 4.23 4.28 +1.2% -0.6% +3.1% -2.4% -5.2%
2025-03-06 miss 4.10 4.02 -1.9% -3.1% -6.1% -6.3% -5.8%
2024-12-12 beat 3.80 4.04 +6.4% -0.7% +0.1% -3.6% -7.0%
2024-09-26 beat 5.08 5.15 +1.4% -0.9% -1.8% -0.3% +0.6%
2024-06-06 beat 3.76 3.78 +0.4% +0.1% +1.0% +0.4% +5.2%
2024-03-07 beat 3.64 3.71 +2.0% -3.8% -7.6% +0.0% -1.0%

“1-day” is the close-to-close move over the session that first traded on the news (the next session for after-close reports). “+5d / +1mo” are the further drift from that close.

Earnings dates & estimates from Yahoo Finance (refreshed 2026-09-13); price reactions from end-of-day data. History, not a forecast. Not investment advice.