Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) is pressing against a key resistance level in Monday’s pre-market in reaction to bullish analyst commentary. The stock is still in the red for 2021 after posting a 28% return in 2020, underpinned by its commanding retail position during the COVID-19 pandemic. Taken together with 2019’s 36% return, the underperformance isn’t usual, given the market’s classic warning that “the big the move, the broader the base”.
Telsey Advisory Group analyst Joseph Feldman raised his target to $375 on Monday, noting “Costco should remain a share gainer, with its solid sales, high membership renewal rates, and square footage growth of LSD. Costco should continue to generate solid EPS growth, driven by a MSD-DD comp, MSD-HSD membership fee income growth, healthy digital growth, and lapping COVID-19 related costs. We maintain our ‘Outperform’ rating, applying a P/E multiple of ~35x to our new FY22 EPS estimate of $11.15.”
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