Costco (COST)
NASDAQConsumer StaplesDiscount StoresSnapshot 2026-11-05
NASDAQConsumer StaplesDiscount StoresSnapshot 2026-11-05
QuarterlyIQ Insights · COST
How strong the business is — where it ranks within its sector on capital efficiency and cash generation, and how well management has been executing.
How management runs the business: capital, margins, balance sheet, and how reliably they guide and deliver.
Met or beat guidance 100% of the last 3 guided quarters · 26.3% avg surprise
Each factor is a parallel diagnostic with a clear read of what it shows and how names like it have historically fared. Never aggregated into a single score.
Operating income rose in 3 of the last 3 quarter-over-quarter moves. Historically, Consumer Staples names rated strong grew net income 64% of the time over the next year (vs 53% for the rest of the cohort, n=2099).
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Over the trailing year it converted 2.25x of net income into operating cash flow. Historically, Consumer Staples names rated robust grew net income 68% of the time over the next year (vs 49% for the rest of the cohort, n=1558).
Not enough signal yet.
Not enough signal to read sensitivity to the broad stock market, the US dollar, long-term interest rates, real (inflation-adjusted) rates, Fed net liquidity (low R² over the window).
14 material management or governance events in the past 24 months, led by capital-allocation actions. Historically, Consumer Staples names rated neutral grew net income 59% of the time over the next year (vs 54% for the rest of the cohort, n=2613).
Not investment advice. As of 2026-11-05.