COST - Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation, alongside its group entities, operates membership-based retail warehouses across a broad international scope, spanning the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Spain, France, Iceland, China, and Taiwan. These outlets provide customers with an extensive array of both well-known branded and proprietary private-label products. Their vast inventory includes household staples, shelf-stable groceries, confectionery, chilled and frozen items, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and deli selections.
As of Jun 30, 2026: spot at $934.63, ATM IV 21.2%, max pain $960.00, net GEX -$148.7M.
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Discount Stores
- Market Cap
- $422.43B
- P/E Ratio
- 47.84
- Beta
- 0.87
- 52-Week Range
- 844.06-1096.5
- Dividend Yield
- $5.37
- CEO
- Ron Vachris
- Employees
- 333,000
- IPO Date
- Jul 9, 1986
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What COST Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 31.1% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; negative net gamma exposure (-$148.7M) means dealers hedge with trend, amplifying realized volatility and accelerating directional moves; the 25-delta skew (0.001) is roughly flat across the wings.
What This Page Covers
The COST overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked COST overview questions
- What is COST?
- COST is the ticker symbol for Costco Wholesale Corporation, a listed security. Costco Wholesale Corporation, alongside its group entities, operates membership-based retail warehouses across a broad international scope, spanning the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Spain, France, Iceland, China, and Taiwan. These outlets provide customers with an extensive array of both well-known branded and proprietary private-label products. Listed on NASDAQ. COST is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the COST options snapshot look like today?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, the COST options snapshot shows spot at $934.63, ATM IV 21.2%, IV rank 31.1%, max pain $960.00, net GEX -$148.7M, expected move 6.07%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are COST's key statistics?
- Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) carries a market capitalization of $422.43B, trailing P/E ratio of 47.84, beta of 0.87 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 844.06-1096.5. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does COST belong to?
- Costco Wholesale Corporation operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, in the Discount Stores industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare COST's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the COST data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Jun 30, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).