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Is a Surprise Coming for Costco Wholesale (COST) This Earnings Season?

Investors are always looking for stocks that are poised to beat at earnings season and Costco Wholesale Corporation COST may be one such company. The firm has earnings coming up pretty soon, and events are shaping up quite nicely for their report.

That is because Costco Wholesale is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity as of late, which is generally a precursor to an earnings beat. After all, analysts raising estimates right before earnings — with the most up-to-date information possible — is a pretty good indicator of some favorable trends underneath the surface for COST in this report.

In fact, the Most Accurate Estimate for the current quarter is currently at $5.07 per share for COST, compared to a broader Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.04 per share. This suggests that analysts have very recently bumped up their estimates for COST,  giving the stock a Zacks Earnings ESP of +0.62%heading into earnings season.

Costco Wholesale Corporation Price and EPS Surprise

Costco Wholesale Corporation Price and EPS Surprise
Costco Wholesale Corporation Price and EPS Surprise

Costco Wholesale Corporation price-eps-surprise | Costco Wholesale Corporation Quote

Why is this Important?

A positive reading for the Zacks Earnings ESP has proven to be very powerful in producing both positive surprises, and outperforming the market. Our recent 10-year backtest shows that stocks that have a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) or better show a positive surprise nearly 70% of the time, and have returned over 28% on average in annual returns (see more Top Earnings ESP stocks here).

Given that COST has a Zacks Rank #3 and an ESP in positive territory, investors might want to consider this stock ahead of earnings. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

Clearly, recent earnings estimate revisions suggest that good things are ahead for Costco Wholesale, and that a beat might be in the cards for the upcoming report.

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