NASDAQ: COST · Discount Stores
Over the past week, Costco Wholesale (COST) pulled in about 252 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Hold. The crowd averages 47% bullish but is sharply divided: News runs 63% bullish while Reddit sits at just 39%. Wall Street is more constructive, with 22 of 37 analysts rating COST a buy.
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Wall Street’s 59% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from Reddit at 39% to News at 63%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
37 analysts have weighed in: a Buy consensus: 22 buy calls against 2 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $1,076.91.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits just below the neutral line, momentum is cooling and the 3 sources only partly agree, so the read is Hold rather than a clear buy or sell.
Analysts sit 12 points above the crowd average of 47%, the professionals are more constructive than retail. The split is inside the crowd: News reads 63% bullish while Reddit sits at 39%, a 24-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Over the 30-day window, Costco Wholesale (COST) buzz held elevated around 63.7 while the price drifted down 1.1% 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 2.3M shares. Updated Jul 27, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, COST lost 1.0%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 50.2 and was variable, swinging between 40.4 and 63.7. Recent volume is running below the 30-day average, pointing to quieter participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 18 of the 19 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Buzz, bullish share, the loudest item and the positive / neutral / negative split for every tracked source over the last 7 days.
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Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X and News sources, Costco Wholesale (COST) currently carries an Adanos hold signal with 79/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 47% bullish across 3 active sources. Those sources contribute 252 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 23 mentions across 15 tracked subreddits. The tone is 39% bullish with falling 3-day activity momentum, suggesting cooling attention.
The crowd reads split on Costco Wholesale (COST), averaging 47% bullish across 3 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are News at 63% bullish and Reddit at 39%, a 24-point spread. On the professional side, 22 of 37 analysts rate COST a buy.
Of the 37 analysts covering Costco Wholesale (COST), 22 rate it a buy, 13 a hold and 2 a sell, for a buy consensus. The average price target is $1,076.91. That puts the street ahead of the crowd, which averages 47% bullish.
Costco Wholesale (COST) sentiment is mixed across all 3 tracked sources. X reads 40% bullish, News reads 63% bullish and reddit coverage is the most negative at 39% bullish. The combined signal points to broad mixed pressure with 79/100 conviction.
Social sentiment data shows consistently mixed discussion around Costco Wholesale (COST). All 3 tracked sources lean in different directions, with reddit being the most bearish at 39% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling on Reddit and X, while news activity is rising. The hold signal carries 79/100 conviction.
X is the dominant discussion channel with 210 mentions (83% of total volume). Reddit contributes 23 mentions and News contributes 19 mentions. Sentiment is mixed across all sources, while news is the only source with rising 3-day activity.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. COST's hold signal at 79/100 conviction reflects consistently mixed sentiment across 3 tracked sources. 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.
These stocks share a comparable sentiment profile to Costco Wholesale with similar bullish ratios, signal direction and discussion volume. All 6 peers carry hold signals, pointing to broad mixed pressure rather than an COST-specific issue.
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