DJ Costco Wholesale Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Costco Wholesale Corp. $(COST)$ rose 1.66% to $1,094.32 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.67% to 7,353.61 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.65% to 49,363.88.
This was the stock's sixth consecutive day of gains.
Costco Wholesale Corp. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $1,079.83, which the company reached on May 18th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) fell 2.08% to $259.34, Walmart Inc. $(WMT)$ rose 0.64% to $134.20, and Target Corp. (TGT) rose 3.11% to $127.24.
Trading volume (2.6 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 19, 2026.
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May 19, 2026 16:32 ET (20:32 GMT)
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