Costco (COST) technical indicators: RSI, moving averages, 52-week range
Costco (COST) closed at 994.61 USD on 2026-10-20, down 0.09%, the 8th percentile of its daily moves by size since 1986. It is 9.29% below its 52-week high and 17.84% above its 52-week low, and is above its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. Its 20-day return of +10.58% is in the 91st percentile of its history since 1986. Costco (COST) had an RSI(14) of 73.38 at the 2026-10-20 close, in the 96th percentile of its history since 1986. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week high of Costco (COST) was 1096.5 USD, set on 2026-05-19, and the 52-week low 844.06 USD, set on 2025-12-16. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20-day moving average of Costco (COST) was 943.35 USD. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 50-day moving average of Costco (COST) was 935.58 USD. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 200-day moving average of Costco (COST) was 967.49 USD.
Day’s range 991.0–1003.0 USD · closed 30.1% of range · width 0.76× ATR52-week low 844.06 (2025-12-16) · high 1096.5 (2026-05-19)59.6% of the way from low to high
Today (changed)
52-week range: Upper portion → Middle (60.0% → 59.6% of range)
1 state change · 0 notable moves
Shifts since 2026-10-19 — two standing rows, then the most unusual shifts against each metric’s own history
| Metric | Prior | Today | Change | Δ vs 2026-10-13 | Move percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RVOL 0.95× | 32nd | 55th | +23 pctile pts | — | — |
| MACD histogram | +7.79 | +7.34 | -0.45 | — | — |
| 20-day MA dist | +6.07% | +5.43% | -0.64 pp | +1.71 pp | 37th |
| RSI | 74.01 | 73.38 | -0.63 pts | +9.57 pts | 13th |
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Opened up 0.45% from the prior close, above the prior session's high; closed in the lower half of the day's range, below the prior close.
- 2nd-smallest move of last 20 sessions
- 4 sessions since a ≥2% move
- 106 sessions since 52-week high
- 5 sessions above 200-day MA
- FOMC in 8d
- Jobs report in 17d
- CPI in 21d
- Earnings in 51d
Unusualness #20/73 (1 = most unusual) (was #13). Its most notable reading: RSI(14) 73.38 (96th percentile of its history).
Standing distances: RSI 73.38 is 3.38 pts above 70 · price 9.29% (6.4× ATR) below the 52-week high · 17.84% (9.5× ATR) above the 52-week low · 5.43% (3.2× ATR) above the 20-day MA (943.35) · 6.31% (3.7× ATR) above the 50-day MA (935.58) · 2.80% (1.7× ATR) above the 200-day MA (967.49)
Technical assessment
A transparent, rules-based reading of the statistics on this page — informational and educational only, not investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell. Each scored factor shows the metrics behind it; full numbers are in the sections below.
Factor tally: 4 positive
| Factor | Reading | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Short-term momentum | 5/10-day returns: +4.19% · +6.30%; MACD +18.33 above signal +10.99; histogram +7.34 (down 0.45 on the previous session). | Improving |
| Medium-term trend | 20/60/120-day returns: +10.58% · +4.52% · -0.41%. | Positive |
| Moving averages | price vs 20/50/200-day MA: +5.43% · +6.31% · +2.80%; stack 200d > 20d > 50d. | Above trend MAs |
| Relative performance | vs the S&P 500 over 20/60/252 days: +11.26% · +0.48% · -9.51%; vs the Nasdaq 100: +14.58% · -0.68% · -12.60%. | Outperforming |
Figures reflect the official regular-session close for 2026-10-20.
Price chart
Price and momentum
- Close
- 994.61 USD
- Daily change
- down 0.09% — 8th percentile by magnitude since 1986 (10148 obs)
- vs market (same day)
- S&P 500 +0.28% · Nasdaq 100 -0.10%
- MACD (12, 26, 9)
- +18.33 (above signal) · signal +10.99 · histogram +7.34 · -0.45 vs 2026-10-19
- 20-day return
- +10.58% — 91st percentile since 1986 (10129 obs) · +0 pctile pts vs 2026-10-19
RSI(14)
- RSI(14)
- 73.38 — 96th percentile since 1986 (10135 obs) · -0.63 (13th percentile move · -1 pctile pts) vs 2026-10-19 · +9.57 vs 2026-10-13
- RSI last overbought
- 4 days ago (2026-10-16)
- RSI last oversold
- 302 days ago (2025-12-22)
Session
- Listing
- Exchange: NASDAQ, Currency: USD
- Open
- 1000.0 USD
- High
- 1003.0 USD
- Low
- 991.0 USD
- Prior close
- 995.53 USD
- Prior O/H/L
- O 986.0 USD · H 997.43 USD · L 985.01 USD
- Gap (overnight)
- +0.45% — 57th percentile by magnitude since 1986 (10148 obs)
- Intraday (session)
- -0.54%
- Intraday range
- 1.21% of price — 18th percentile since 1986 (10149 obs)
- Close position
- 30.1% of range
- Up days (history)
- 51.0% of 9786 directional sessions (flat days excluded)
- Daily-move distribution
- -2.84% / -0.86% / +0.00% / +0.96% / +3.18% (p5–p95; -28.23 to +31.60 USD at today’s close; 10148 obs)
- ≥4% daily moves
- 0 of last 20 sessions (0%)
Moving averages
| Period | Value | Price vs MA |
|---|---|---|
| 20-day MA | 943.35 USD | +5.43% · -0.64 pp (37th percentile move since 1986) vs 2026-10-19 · +1.71 pp vs 2026-10-13 · 3.2× its typical daily range (ATR) |
| 50-day MA | 935.58 USD | +6.31% · -0.19 pp (12th percentile move since 1986) vs 2026-10-19 · +3.84 pp vs 2026-10-13 · 3.7× its typical daily range (ATR) |
| 200-day MA | 967.49 USD | +2.80% · -0.17 pp (11th percentile move since 1986) vs 2026-10-19 · +3.81 pp vs 2026-10-13 · 1.7× its typical daily range (ATR) |
| VWAP (20-day) | 942.18 USD | +5.56% |
| VWAP (60-day) | 936.8 USD | +6.17% |
Moving-average trend & crossovers
- 200-day slope (20-session)
- +0.76% · rising
- Price vs 20-day MA
- closed above it for 18 sessions, since 2026-09-25
- Price vs 50-day MA
- closed above it for 11 sessions, since 2026-10-06
- Price vs 200-day MA
- closed above it for 5 sessions, since 2026-10-14
- 20-day / 50-day
- 20-day crossed above 50-day · 2026-10-19 (1 day ago)
- 20-day / 200-day
- 20-day crossed below 200-day · 2026-07-09 (103 days ago)
- 50-day / 200-day
- 50-day crossed below 200-day · 2026-08-03 (78 days ago)
52-week range (changed)
- Position
- 59.6% of range
- Drawdown from all-time intraday high
- -9.29% · 154 days ago (2026-05-19)
- Maximum drawdown (10-year, close-basis)
- -31.51% · 2022-04-07 608.05 USD → 2022-05-20 416.43 USD · recovered 2023-12-07
- 52-week high
- 1096.5 USD · price -9.29% · 2026-05-19 (154 days ago)
- 52-week low
- 844.06 USD · price +17.84% · 2025-12-16 (308 days ago)
Volatility
- 5-day realised volatility
- 1.290% daily · 20.5% annualised — 47th percentile since 1986 (10144 obs)
- 20-day realised volatility
- 1.086% daily · 17.2% annualised — 25th percentile since 1986 (10129 obs) · +0 pctile pts vs 2026-10-19 · +0.15 pp vs 2026-10-13
- 60-day realised volatility
- 1.120% daily · 17.8% annualised — 23rd percentile since 1986 (10089 obs)
- 120-day realised volatility
- 1.310% daily · 20.8% annualised — 37th percentile since 1986 (10029 obs)
- Term structure (20d vs 120d)
- 0.83× — 1.086% vs 1.31% (near-term below its longer-horizon baseline)
- ATR (14)
- 15.9 USD · 1.60% of price — 22nd percentile since 1986 (10135 obs)
Volume and participation
- Relative volume
- 0.95× prior 20-day average (excl. today) — 55th percentile since 1986 (10129 obs) · +23 pctile pts vs 2026-10-19 · +0.34× vs 2026-10-13
- Volume
- 2.17M shares
- 3-month avg volume (63 sessions)
- 2.07M shares/day
- Dollar volume
- $2.15B — 61st percentile (trailing 252 sessions) · 60th percentile (trailing 20 sessions) · scales with price level; see relative volume above for a price-neutral read
- 20-day avg $ volume
- $2.16B
Short interest and short volume
- Short volume
- 56.8% of reported volume (378K of 666K shares; FINRA off-exchange/TRF volume, not the consolidated tape, as of 2026-10-20) · prior 20-session average 44.8% · 98th percentile of the past 252 sessions
- Days to cover
- 2.74 · short interest 7.33M shares ÷ 2.68M avg daily volume (settlement-window average), -0.5% since prior settlement (FINRA, settled 2026-09-30; reported twice monthly)
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding)
- 1.65% of shares outstanding (not free float) — short interest settled 2026-09-30 ÷ shares outstanding cover-page as-of 2026-09-29
Returns
- 5-day
- +4.19% — 87th percentile since 1986 (10144 obs) · from 954.63 USD on 2026-10-13
- 10-day
- +6.30% — 88th percentile since 1986 (10139 obs) · from 935.68 USD on 2026-10-06
- 20-day
- +10.58% — 91st percentile since 1986 (10129 obs) · from 899.41 USD on 2026-09-22
- 60-day
- +4.52% — 52nd percentile since 1986 (10089 obs) · from 951.58 USD on 2026-07-27
- 120-day
- -0.41% — 31st percentile since 1986 (10029 obs) · from 998.67 USD on 2026-04-29
- 252-day
- +6.22% — 33rd percentile since 1986 (9897 obs) · from 936.33 USD on 2025-10-17
- Year to date
- +15.34% · from 862.34 USD on 2025-12-31
- Overnight vs intraday (20d)
- overnight +4.86% · intraday +5.45% (compounds to +10.58% total)
- Overnight vs intraday (60d)
- overnight +4.50% · intraday +0.02% (compounds to +4.52% total)
- Overnight vs intraday (252d)
- overnight +2.09% · intraday +4.05% (compounds to +6.22% total)
Market factor
- S&P 500 (52-week)
- beta -0.01 · correlation -0.01
- S&P 500 (26-week)
- beta -0.49 · correlation -0.27
- Nasdaq 100 (52-week)
- beta -0.14 · correlation -0.13
- Nasdaq 100 (26-week)
- beta -0.35 · correlation -0.38
- Consumer Staples (XLP, 52-week)
- beta +0.95 · correlation +0.67
- Consumer Staples (XLP, 26-week)
- beta +1.01 · correlation +0.70
- Consumer Staples (XLP) — this stock's weight, as of 2026-06-30 (quarterly SEC filing)
- 9.0%
- 10Y TIPS real-yield change (52-week)
- correlation -0.15
- 10Y TIPS real-yield change (26-week)
- correlation +0.08
Key dates
- Next earnings
- 2026-12-10 (51 days)
- Next Fed decision (FOMC)
- 2026-10-28 (8 days)
- Next jobs report (BLS)
- 2026-11-06 (17 days)
- Next CPI (BLS)
- 2026-11-10 (21 days)
- Next quarterly index rebalance (S&P 500 & Nasdaq-100)
- 2026-12-18 (59 days) — effective the following trading day
- Next monthly options expiration
- 2026-11-20 (31 days)
- Last earnings reported
- 2026-09-24 (26 days ago)
- Recent SEC filings
- 8-K 2026-10-16 (Items 5.02, 9.01) · 10-Q 2026-06-03 · 10-K 2026-10-07 · proxy 2025-12-04 (EDGAR)
- Last ex-dividend
- 2026-07-24, $1.47
Volatility by rate-era
- pre-crisis (to 2008)
- 2.33% (data from 1986-07-09)
- ZIRP (2009–2015)
- 1.23%
- tightening (2015–2018)
- 1.26%
- ZIRP (2019–2021)
- 1.39%
- tightening (2022–2023)
- 1.64%
- easing (2024– )
- 1.28%
Market backdrop: 10Y 5.15% (as of 2026-10-19) · VIX 17.31 (as of 2026-10-20) · dollar 121.40 (as of 2026-10-16) — Treasury curve, real yields, VIX and the dollar
Risk & context
- RSI: Overbought
- Volatility: Normal
- 52-week position: Middle (changed)
- Beta: Low
- Relative volume: Normal
- Earnings: 2026-12-10
What these badges mean
- RSI
- RSI(14) is 73.38. Below 30 oversold, 70 and above overbought; between them neither extreme: 30–45 neutral-low, 45–55 neutral, 55–70 neutral-high. A condition, not a direction.
- Volatility
- 20-day realised volatility at the 25th percentile of its own history since 1986. Higher = larger daily swings; a risk measure, not a direction.
- 52-week position
- Trading at 59.6% of the 52-week range. Position only — a range position is not itself bullish or bearish.
- Beta
- 52-week beta to the S&P 500 is -0.01. Higher = amplifies market moves; a risk measure, not a direction.
- Relative volume
- Relative volume 0.95x its 20-day average, 55th percentile since 1986. Participation behind the move; not a direction.
- Earnings
- Next scheduled earnings: 2026-12-10 (in 51 days).
Scoring method
- Short-term momentum
- Majority of three votes: the combined 5- and 10-day returns (one vote); MACD against its signal line; the histogram's change on the previous session. A tie reads Mixed.
- Medium-term trend
- Based on the majority sign of the medium-term return horizons.
- Moving averages
- Scored on price vs the 50- and 200-day trend averages.
- Relative performance
- Scored on the majority sign of relative return vs the S&P 500.
Relative performance
This stock’s return minus a benchmark’s over the same window (percentage points; positive = outperformed), at three adjustments: raw vs the index, beta-adjusted excess (isolating the stock-specific move) and vs its sector ETF.
Raw, vs market index
| Relative return | S&P 500 | Nasdaq 100 |
|---|---|---|
| 5-day | +5.38% | +7.68% |
| 10-day | +7.66% | +11.83% |
| 20-day | +11.26% | +14.58% |
| 60-day | +0.48% | -0.68% |
| 252-day | -9.51% | -12.60% |
Beta-adjusted excess
Stock return minus its beta times the index’s return (single-factor approximation, not a causal claim).
| Excess return | S&P 500 | Nasdaq 100 |
|---|---|---|
| 1-day | -0.09% | -0.11% |
| 5-day | +4.18% | +3.70% |
| 10-day | +6.28% | +5.52% |
| 20-day | +10.58% | +10.03% |
| 60-day | +4.56% | +5.25% |
| 252-day | +6.38% | +8.86% |
vs sector ETF (XLP · Consumer Staples)
Return minus the SPDR sector ETF’s (“vs XLP”; positive = outpaced the sector), plus the ETF’s own return.
| Sector return | vs XLP | XLP own |
|---|---|---|
| 1-day | -0.71% | +0.62% |
| 5-day | -0.04% | +4.23% |
| 10-day | -0.98% | +7.27% |
| 20-day | +4.52% | +6.07% |
| 60-day | +1.72% | +2.80% |
| 252-day | -3.83% | +10.06% |
Compared with other stocks
Rank among covered stocks
This stock’s standing on each measure across the covered-stock universe (1 = highest) — a cross-sectional companion to the own-history percentiles above, computed from the same daily dataset. Ranks compare each stock’s current reading; the underlying own-history percentiles draw on histories of differing length (some reaching into coarser early-era pricing), so they are not strictly comparable instrument-to-instrument — read each alongside its own “since YYYY” basis in the table above.
| Measure | Rank |
|---|---|
| 20-day return | 7 of 48 stocks |
| RSI(14) | 4 of 48 stocks |
| 52-week position | 25 of 48 stocks |
| 20-day realised vol | 44 of 48 stocks |
| Relative volume | 23 of 48 stocks |
Of its 4 Consumer Staples peers today: 3 up, 1 down · median +0.21% · Costco (COST) -0.09% (-0.30 pp vs peer median).
Across the 48 covered stocks today: 29 advancing, 19 declining · 27/48 above their 20-day MA, 25/48 above 50-day, 28/48 above 200-day · median 20-day return -0.60%. Costco (COST) is above its 20-, 50- and 200-day MAs (20-day return +11.19 pp vs the median stock).
Sector peers — Consumer Staples
| Stock | Same-day | 20-day return | RSI percentile | 52-wk position | Next earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costco (COST) | -0.09% | +10.58% | 96th | 59.6% | 2026-12-10 · 51d |
| Walmart (WMT) | -0.72% | +7.02% | 92nd | 52.3% | 2026-11-19 · 30d |
| Coca-Cola (KO) | +0.07% | +5.51% | 96th | 97.7% | 2026-10-27 · 7d |
| Procter & Gamble (PG) | +1.03% | +7.49% | 96th | 73.2% | 2026-10-22 · 2d |
| PepsiCo (PEP) | +0.34% | +2.16% | 75th | 22.0% | — |
Each stock’s own latest readings for 2026-10-20, from the same daily dataset. 52-week position: 0% at the low, 100% at the high.
Full daily summary
At the 2026-10-20 close, Costco (COST) had an RSI(14) of 73.38, in the 96th percentile of its history since 1986. Its 20-day return of +10.58% is in the 91st percentile of its history since 1986. At the 2026-10-20 close, Costco (COST) traded at 59.6% of its 52-week range. RSI above 70 is conventionally termed overbought. The RSI(14) of Costco (COST) last entered the overbought zone 4 days ago (2026-10-16) and the oversold zone 302 days ago (2025-12-22). It is trading above its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of Costco (COST) were 943.35 / 935.58 / 967.49 USD, with price +5.43% / +6.31% / +2.80% against them. Ranked from highest to lowest, its moving averages are the 200-day, 20-day and 50-day. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week range of Costco (COST) was 844.06–1096.5 USD; it closed 9.29% below the high (6.4× its typical daily range) and 17.84% above the low (9.5× its typical daily range). The high was set 154 days ago (2026-05-19) and the low 308 days ago (2025-12-16). At the 2026-10-20 close, Costco (COST) was 9.29% below its all-time intraday high of 1096.5 USD, set 154 days ago (2026-05-19). Its 20-day volatility is 1.086% daily, in the 25th percentile of its history since 1986. Its daily realised volatility is 1.290% over 5 days, 1.086% over 20 days, 1.120% over 60 days and 1.310% over 120 days. Annualised, these are 20.5%, 17.2%, 17.8% and 20.8% respectively. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 15.9 USD, 1.60% of price. It has returned +4.19% (87th percentile since 1986) over 5 days, +6.30% (88th) over 10 days, +10.58% (91st) over 20 days, +4.52% (52nd) over 60 days, -0.41% (31st) over 120 days and +6.22% (33rd) over 252 days. Against the S&P 500, its weekly returns show a beta of -0.01 and a correlation of -0.01 over 52 weeks; over 26 weeks, a beta of -0.49 and a correlation of -0.27. Relative to the S&P 500, it has returned +5.38% (5-day), +7.66% (10-day), +11.26% (20-day), +0.48% (60-day) and -9.51% (252-day). Its weekly-return correlation with changes in the US 10-year TIPS real yield is -0.15 over 52 weeks and +0.08 over 26 weeks. Next earnings are scheduled for 2026-12-10.
Methodology
This page reports market statistics computed from daily closing data. It states figures and their historical context, and adds a Technical Assessment: a transparent, rules-based reading that puts those same statistics into plain language, including a factor sign tally — a count of how many scored factors read positive, negative or mixed, not a composite score or analyst rating. Every reading follows a fixed, published rule and traces back to the metrics on this page. It is informational and educational only — not investment advice, a price target, a forecast or a recommendation to buy or sell.
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