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Achieving those goals is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores, a unique set of guidelines that rates stocks based on popular investing methodologies, namely value, growth, and momentum. The Style Scores can help you narrow down which stocks are better for your portfolio and which ones can beat the market over the long-term.
Different than value or momentum investors, growth-oriented investors are concerned with a stock's future prospects, and the overall financial health and strength of a company. Thus, they'll want to focus on the Growth Style Score, which analyzes characteristics like projected and historical earnings, sales, and cash flow to find stocks that will see sustainable growth over time.
Based in Issaquah, Washington, Costco Wholesale Corporation sells high volumes of foods and general merchandise (including household products and appliances) at discounted prices through membership warehouses. It is one of the largest warehouse club operators in the United States. The company also operates e-commerce sites in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia.
COST sits at a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), holds a Growth Style Score of A, and has a VGM Score of B. Earnings and sales are forecasted to increase 11.9% and 7.4% year-over-year, respectively.
Four analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days for fiscal 2025. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.07 to $18.03 per share. COST boasts an average earnings surprise of 2%.
Costco is also cash rich. The company has generated cash flow growth of 12.9%, and is expected to report cash flow expansion of 9.3% in 2025.
With solid fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and top-tier Growth and VGM Style Scores, COST should be on investors' short lists.
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