NASDAQ: COST · Discount Stores
Over the past week, Costco Wholesale (COST) pulled in about 392 mentions across Reddit, X and news plus 3 Polymarket trades, and the read is an Adanos Buy. The crowd averages 64% bullish but is sharply divided: Polymarket runs 100% bullish while Reddit sits at just 26%. Wall Street is more cautious, with 23 of 39 analysts rating COST a buy.
There is steady buzz around COST this week and little agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Buy.
Wall Street’s 59% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from Reddit at 26% to Polymarket at 100%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
39 analysts have weighed in: a Buy consensus: 23 buy calls against 2 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $1,077.31.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits above the neutral line, momentum is improving and the 4 sources disagree sharply, so the read is a Buy.
The crowd runs 5 points hotter than the 59% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: Polymarket reads 100% bullish while Reddit sits at 26%, a 74-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Over the 30-day window, Costco Wholesale (COST) buzz held subdued around 39.7 while the price drifted down 6.2% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 1.9M shares. Updated Sep 11, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, COST lost 4.0%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 48.3 and was relatively stable, swinging between 39.7 and 58.6. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 20 of the 20 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
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| Adanos signal | Buy |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Buy (23 / 14 / 2) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 64% |
| Avg price target | $1,077.31 |
| Most bullish source | Polymarket, 100% |
| Most bearish source | Reddit, 26% |
| Sentiment spread | 74 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 392 + 3 trades |
| Market cap | $410.4B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 46.6 · 41.5 |
| EPS · Beta | $19.87 · 0.9 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $293.59B · 3% margin |
| Industry | Discount Stores |
Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X, News and Polymarket sources, Costco Wholesale (COST) currently carries an Adanos buy signal with 93/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 64% bullish across 4 active sources. Those sources contribute 395 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around Costco Wholesale (COST) is fairly quiet with 27 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 16 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 26% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is rising, suggesting building attention.
The crowd reads bullish on Costco Wholesale (COST), averaging 64% bullish across 4 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are Polymarket at 100% bullish and Reddit at 26%, a 74-point spread. On the professional side, 23 of 39 analysts rate COST a buy.
Of the 39 analysts covering Costco Wholesale (COST), 23 rate it a buy, 14 a hold and 2 a sell, for a buy consensus. The average price target is $1,077.31. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 64%.
Costco Wholesale (COST)'s cross-source average is bullish at 64% bullish. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bullish and 2 sources lean bearish. X reads 35% bullish, News reads 96% bullish, Polymarket reads 100% bullish and reddit coverage is the most negative at 26% bullish. The combined signal points to broad buy-side pressure with 93/100 conviction.
The cross-source average is bullish for Costco Wholesale (COST) at 64% bullish. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bullish and 2 sources lean bearish. The most bearish reading is reddit at 26% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling on News, while reddit and x activity is rising. The buy signal carries 93/100 conviction.
X is the dominant discussion channel with 282 mentions (71% of total volume). News contributes 83 mentions and Reddit contributes 27 mentions and Polymarket contributes 3 mentions. The cross-source average is bullish at 64% bullish, while reddit and x show rising 3-day activity. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bullish and 2 sources lean bearish.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. COST's buy signal at 93/100 conviction reflects a bullish cross-source average at 64% bullish. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bullish and 2 sources lean bearish. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The COST sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
Peers are ranked first by matching the Buy signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
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