{"id":3612,"date":"2025-09-22T14:04:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=3612"},"modified":"2025-09-22T14:04:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:04:30","slug":"costcos-cost-best-in-class-merchandising-supports-long-term-growth-says-ubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=3612","title":{"rendered":"Costco\u2019s (COST) Best-in-Class Merchandising Supports Long-Term Growth, Says UBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/COST\" data-ylk=\"slk:COST;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">COST<\/a>) ranks among the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidermonkey.com\/blog\/12-best-fundamental-stocks-to-buy-right-now-1610672\/?singlepage=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:best fundamental stocks to buy right now;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">best fundamental stocks to buy right now<\/a><\/strong>. On September 15, UBS upheld its Buy rating and $1,205 price target for Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST), pointing to a number of growth levers that should support the retailer\u2019s continued momentum.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"article-figure-image\" class=\"yf-8xybrv\">\n<div class=\"image-container yf-1gfnohs loader\" style=\"--max-height: 640px\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper yf-1gfnohs\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 960 \/ 640;--img-max-width: 960px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->omar-abascal-9Um7Huux0as-unsplash<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The firm responded to recent market worries about Costco\u2019s ability to maintain its performance, which were brought on by weaker comparable sales patterns in May and June that made some investors doubt the retailer\u2019s valuation. According to UBS, these worries were interpreting the numbers \u201cin a vacuum,\u201d and they should have been allayed when Costco\u2019s comparable sales and traffic reaccelerated in July and August.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The firm affirmed its optimism about Costco\u2019s future, pointing to the retailer\u2019s \u201cbest-in-class merchandising engine\u201d as a crucial component that will help it maintain its pace in the upcoming months and quarters.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->A membership-based warehouse club, Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) offers bulk discounts on an array of products, including food, electronics, and household products.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->While we acknowledge the potential of COST as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. 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This article is originally published at\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidermonkey.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Insider Monkey;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><strong>Insider Monkey<\/strong><\/a>.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/costco-cost-best-class-merchandising-081134750.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) ranks among the best fundamental stocks to buy right now. On September 15, UBS upheld its Buy rating and $1,205 price target for Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST), pointing to a number of growth levers that should support the retailer\u2019s continued momentum. omar-abascal-9Um7Huux0as-unsplash The firm responded to recent market worries about Costco\u2019s &#8230; <a title=\"Costco\u2019s (COST) Best-in-Class Merchandising Supports Long-Term Growth, Says UBS\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=3612\" aria-label=\"Read more about Costco\u2019s (COST) Best-in-Class Merchandising Supports Long-Term Growth, Says UBS\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Costcos-COST-Best-in-Class-Merchandising-Supports-Long-Term-Growth-Says-UBS.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3614,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3612\/revisions\/3614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}