Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)
Costco Wholesale Corporation Beneish M-Score: -2.781
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COST Beneish M-Score Rankings
| Overall | 63rd percentile | 1356 of 3761 |
| Sector | 64th percentile | 275 of 782 in Services |
| Industry | 50th percentile | 5 of 10 in Discount, Variety Stores |
COST Beneish M-Score Range, Past 5 Years
| Minimum | -2.781 | Aug 2011 |
| Maximum | -2.495 | Aug 2007 |
| Average | -2.658 |
About Beneish M Score
The Beneish M Score helps to uncover companies who are likely to be manipulating their reported earnings. Companies with a higher score are more likely to be manipulators. This is a probabilistic model, so it will not detect manipulators with 100% accuracy.
The best cut-off point depends on the costs mistakenly classifying in one of two ways:
1) Classifying firm that is manipulating earnings as a non-manipulator (Type I error), and
2) Classifying a firm as a manipulator when it actually was not manipulating (Type II Error).
Here are optimal cut-offs according to Beneish, presented as the score followed by the cost of Type I error relative to cost of Type II error):
M Score HTML Table:
| Score | Relative Error Costs (Type I:Type II) |
|---|---|
| M Score > -1.49 | (10:1) | M Score > -1.78 | (20:1) | M Score > -1.89 | (40+:1) |
Beneish excluded financial institutions from his sample when calculating the M-Score, so extreme care should be taken when looking at M-Scores of financial firms - their business models are different from the manufacturing and other service firms that Beneish used in his study.
If you want more details, here is the original Beneish M Score Paper, or you can learn about our calculation by clicking "Learn More" below.
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COST News
Barclays Maintains an 'Equalweight' on Costco Wholesale (COST); Slight Bump To FY12 Estimates After Good Qtr
May 25, 3:20PM Street Insider
May 25, 3:20PM Street Insider
Goldman Sachs Maintains Costco Wholesale at Neutral, Raises PT from $90 to $93 $COST
about 4 days ago by johnkelly
about 4 days ago by johnkelly
UPDATE: Goldman Sachs Increases PT to $93 on Costco Wholesale on Sustained EBIT Growth
May 25, 7:11AM Benzinga
May 25, 7:11AM Benzinga
RT @firstadopter: $COST call: we don't price shop Whole Foods (LOL!)
about 4 days ago by ppearlman
about 4 days ago by ppearlman
was long $luv & $cost for a little at market lows over the past few weeks. paying big now!
about 4 days ago by paulwickes3
about 4 days ago by paulwickes3
Listen to $COST Q3 2012 earnings call - live at 11:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3yPt
about 4 days ago by earningscast
about 4 days ago by earningscast
Costco (COST) volatility elevated, shares tick up from four-month lows on results
May 24, 9:02AM Street Insider
May 24, 9:02AM Street Insider
RT @retail_guru: No surprises in $COST #s consistency of model pays off. Selling margin slightly up as biz invested in price to win shoppers
about 4 days ago by ppearlman
about 4 days ago by ppearlman
$COST Mentioned more than normal on StockTwits - Currently at 2 x average daily social activity
about 4 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
about 4 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
Costco up modestly after slight EPS beat - nothing to see here... expecting stock breakdown to continue $COST
about 4 days ago by MercenaryMike
about 4 days ago by MercenaryMike
Trouble of success in a way is is Costco almost never seems cheap & major earnings upside is unusual as invested back into offer. $COST
about 5 days ago by retail_guru
about 5 days ago by retail_guru
Costco retains multiple as consistent investment behind customer = solid comps, new store growth. Both rare in large-cap US #retail $COST
about 5 days ago by retail_guru
about 5 days ago by retail_guru
Notable Option Preview with Earnings Due: $TIF, $COST, $TIVO, $CIEN http://stks.co/3y5t
about 5 days ago by MilionCapital
about 5 days ago by MilionCapital
No surprises in Costco #s as consistency of model pays off. Selling margin only slightly up as biz invested in price to win shoppers $COST
about 5 days ago by retail_guru
about 5 days ago by retail_guru
Notable Option Preview with Earnings Due: $TIF, $COST, $TIVO, $CIEN http://stks.co/3xu2
about 5 days ago by MilionCapital
about 5 days ago by MilionCapital
Notable Option Preview with Earnings Due: $TIF, $COST, $TIVO, $CIEN
about 5 days ago by MilionCapital
about 5 days ago by MilionCapital
Trading Radar for 05/24: Costco (COST), H.J. Heinz (HNZ), Tiffany & Co. (TIF), VeriFone (PAY) Report
May 23, 5:39PM Street Insider
May 23, 5:39PM Street Insider
Top 4 NASDAQ Stocks In The Discount, Variety Stores Industry With The Highest Revenue
May 17, 4:48AM Benzinga
May 17, 4:48AM Benzinga
Costco Wholesale (COST) Raises Quarterly Dividend 14.6% to $0.275; Yields 1.3%
May 09, 5:39PM Street Insider
May 09, 5:39PM Street Insider
Recent Quotes
| Symbol | Price | Chg | Chg % | Market Cap |
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| COST | 84.48 | +0.00 | +0.00% | 36.74B |
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