COST earnings & options Costco Wholesale Corporation
Next reportSep 24, 2026
EPS estimate6.55
Options-implied moveThe size of the up-or-down move the options market is pricing for a stock by a given date, read from option prices (the at-the-money straddle). It is a market-implied estimate, not a forecast.
recorded at the close before the report
Hist. avg |reaction|3.1%
Median2.6%
Largest8.0%
Implied vs actual, past reports
Definitions →Solid bars: the actual two-session reaction around each report (signed value printed below). Amber outlines: the move options priced beforehand — recorded from August 2026 onward, so older reports show the actual only.
implied (when recorded)actual reaction
Report-by-report record
| Report date | EPS act / est | Revenue act / est | Reaction | Implied | IV30 before → after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2026 | 4.93 / 5.00 | 70.53B / 69.83B | -4.7% | not recorded | — |
| Mar 05, 2026 | 4.58 / 4.55 | 69.60B / 69.29B | -0.9% | not recorded | — |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 4.34 / 4.27 | 67.31B / 67.14B | +1.1% | not recorded | — |
| Sep 25, 2025 | 5.87 / 5.80 | 86.16B / 86.01B | -3.1% | not recorded | — |
| May 29, 2025 | 4.28 / 4.24 | 63.20B / 63.13B | +2.7% | not recorded | — |
| Mar 06, 2025 | 4.02 / 4.09 | 63.72B / 63.11B | -8.0% | not recorded | — |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.82 / 3.79 | 62.15B / 62.05B | -0.5% | not recorded | — |
| Sep 26, 2024 | 5.15 / 5.08 | 79.70B / 79.91B | -2.5% | not recorded | — |
| May 30, 2024 | 3.78 / 3.70 | 58.52B / 58.02B | +0.4% | not recorded | — |
| Mar 07, 2024 | 3.92 / 3.62 | 58.44B / 59.11B | -6.2% | not recorded | — |
| Dec 14, 2023 | 3.58 / 3.42 | 57.80B / 57.68B | +2.6% | not recorded | — |
| Sep 26, 2023 | 4.86 / 4.79 | 78.94B / 77.86B | +0.9% | not recorded | — |
| May 25, 2023 | 2.93 / 3.29 | 53.65B / 78.02B | +5.1% | not recorded | — |
| Mar 02, 2023 | 3.30 / 3.21 | 55.27B / 55.57B | -0.7% | not recorded | — |
| Dec 08, 2022 | 3.10 / 3.11 | 54.44B / 58.36B | +0.2% | not recorded | — |
| Sep 22, 2022 | 4.20 / 4.17 | 72.09B / 70.80B | -5.4% | not recorded | — |
Reaction = close before the report date to the close of the session after it (report timing is not published by the source; this two-session window contains the reaction either way). Implied moves are recorded live before each report from August 2026 onward — never reconstructed. Earnings data: Financial Modeling Prep.