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Another day, another Costco thumbs-up
Costco is having one of those annoyingly good Wall Street weeks where the analysts keep rolling in with more love. Mizuho raised its price target to $1,100 from $1,065 and stuck with an Outperform rating, which says, in analyst-speak, “We still think this thing can climb.”
Why investors care
The new target implies roughly 10.5% upside from where the stock was hanging around, and it lands in the middle of a very Costco-y chorus: BofA, BMO, UBS, and others have also been tossing around bullish calls and chunky price targets. Translation: the market’s not exactly asking whether Costco is good anymore — it’s arguing over how good.
The Costco problem: too well-liked?
Costco is one of those rare companies that can make “bulk paper towels” feel like a moat. The membership model, sticky foot traffic, and pricing power keep it glued to investors’ screens like a Black Friday doorbuster. When analysts keep lifting targets, it usually means they expect the formula to keep working, not suddenly break because America stopped liking giant jars of peanut butter.
Big picture
This isn’t the kind of headline that sends traders sprinting for the exit. But for a mega-cap retailer that already has a premium reputation, another target raise helps reinforce the bull case: Costco remains the boring, beautiful machine everyone wants to own.