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A little less Costco, still a lot of Costco
Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA pared back its position in Costco by 13%, unloading 21,293 shares and ending up with 142,063 shares worth about $122.5 million. That’s not exactly a “we’re out” move. It’s more like taking one serving off the buffet plate.
Why you should care
For investors, the headline isn’t that one fund trimmed a stake — it’s that Costco is still big enough to stay on plenty of institutional shopping lists even after a sale. In other words, the stock remains a crowd favorite, which can matter when a name gets stretched and everyone’s watching the same tape.
The rest of the article is doing a lot
The story also tosses in a grab bag of unrelated Costco stats and old performance nuggets: the company recently posted EPS of $4.58 on revenue of $69.6 billion, beat estimates, and mentioned a quarterly dividend that was paid in February. Nice, sure — but the actual fresh news here is the institutional position change.
Big picture
A single fund trimming a position isn’t a thesis-shattering event. But in a stock like Costco, where expectations are already sky-high and the valuation debate never sleeps, even modest stake changes can feed the “who’s still buying at this price?” conversation.