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Costco Wholesale

Yahoo Finance • 3 hours ago

Target stock drops 5% after controversial Halloween costume recall sparks boycott calls

[Target store, a major American retail chain of discount department stores] Walter Cicchetti Target (TGT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/TGT]) shares fell up to 5% after the retailer pulled a controversial Halloween costume and issued an... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 18 hours ago

Walmart Keeps Cratering: 45% Gains Are Expected From A Respected Wall Street Pro

Quick Read Walmart trades 20% below its $128 consensus target, and Ivan Feinseth's Street-high $155 call implies 45% upside on ad and marketplace growth. Walmart beat Q2 EPS and raised full-year guidance, yet shares fell 6% after 750 basi... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 days ago

Coca-Cola Just Won a Key Consumer Battle

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) has emerged as the strongest growth name among the largest consumer-staples stocks, according to Seeking Alpha's latest quantitative rankings, putting the beverage giant ahead... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 days ago

What's Dollar General's Probability of an Earnings Beat This Season?

Dollar General Corporation DG is set to report second-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings results on Aug. 27, before the opening bell. Investors will closely assess the discount retailer's ability to drive traffic and sales growth in a still-chal... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 days ago

Will Costco's AI Search Growth Become a Meaningful Sales Catalyst?

Costco Wholesale Corporation COST is seeing signs that artificial intelligence could become a meaningful new traffic source for its e-commerce business. In the third quarter of fiscal 2026, traffic from AI search grew at a triple-digit pac... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 days ago

Hormel Foods Q3 Earnings Coming Up: Key Insights for Investors

Hormel Foods Corporation HRL is likely to witness the growth of both top and bottom lines when it reports third-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings on Aug. 27. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues is pegged at $3.05 billion, indicating growt... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 days ago

Can Walmart's Tap to Pay Push Strengthen Customer Engagement?

Walmart Inc. WMT is adding another layer of convenience to its U.S. shopping experience with the introduction of Tap to Pay at select Walmart stores and Sam's Club locations beginning Aug. 24. The contactless payment option is planned for... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 days ago

Is Ulta Beauty Positioned for a Beat in Its Q2 Earnings Release?

Ulta Beauty, Inc. ULTA is likely to witness top- and bottom-line growth when it reports second-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings on Aug. 27. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues is pegged at $2.97 billion, indicating an increase of 6.5% fr... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 days ago

Walmart isn't losing any retail war

Let's call this a teachable investing moment. And I am going to use Walmart (WMT) as the subject. There's nothing fundamentally wrong with Walmart — that's an important point here. I know you saw the stock get dinged on Thursday post-ear... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 4 days ago

Target Stock Has Been Crushed. Here’s Why I’m Not Giving Up on It.

Quick Read Target surged 66% year to date, yet Q2 underlying EPS grew 20% and our $183.19 price target still implies 12% additional upside. Target trades at just 19x forward earnings versus Walmart's 40x and Costco's 42x, despite posting... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 4 days ago

Is Costco Wholesale (COST) Fully Valued On Its New Medicare Push?

Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Costco Wholesale (COST) is adding a new healthcare angle through a partnership with SCAN Group to... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 5 days ago

Global stocks close out a tough week as bond yields, oil stay high

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Wayne Cole LONDON/SYDNEY, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Global stocks were headed for a mostly lower week on Friday, as strain in global bond markets showed little sign of abating and the diplomatic deadlock in the Gulf lifte... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 5 days ago

1 High-Flying Stock to Consider Right Now and 2 We Find Risky

1 High-Flying Stock to Consider Right Now and 2 We Find Risky "You get what you pay for" often applies to expensive stocks with best-in-class business models and execution. While their quality can sometimes justify the premium, they typic... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 5 days ago

BJ's Wholesale Club Fiscal Second-Quarter Results Top Views; Raises Full-Year Earnings Outlook

BJ's Wholesale Club's (BJ) fiscal second-quarter results came in ahead of Wall Street's estimates, p PREMIUM Upgrade to read this MT Newswires article and get so much more. A Silver or Gold subscription plan is required to access premiu... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

Costco Drops 2.3% as Walmart Sounds a Consumer Alarm

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST), the membership-powered warehouse giant, fell approximately 2.2% to $935.47 Thursday as Walmart's ugly sales miss sent a warning shot across the retail sector. Walma... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

Pro-DEI Companies Are Are Doing Just Fine According To New Study

Despite the conservative push to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in corporate America, new research shows that companies that did not heed the "go woke, go broke" warning are flourishing. A study conducted by Jacob... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

Walmart Just Gave Retail Stocks a Fresh Problem

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Walmart shares fell sharply Thursday after weaker-than-expected U.S. sales growth and a soft third-quarter profit outlook overshadowed an earnings beat, raising fresh questions about how much mome... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

Dow Giant Walmart Sinks To A 2026 Low Despite Earnings Beat-And-Raise

Walmart raised guidance for the full year early Thursday after beating earnings and revenue estimates for its second quarter. But WMT stock plunged to a multi-month low. Walmart is the world's largest retailer by 2025 sales, according to t... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

Walmart Stock Sinks To A 2026 Low Despite Earnings Beat-And-Raise

Walmart raised guidance for the full year early Thursday after beating earnings and revenue estimates for its second quarter. But WMT stock plunged to a multi-month low. Walmart is the world's largest retailer by 2025 sales, according to t... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

Walmart Earnings Accelerate, But WMT Stock Sinks To A 2026 Low

Walmart raised guidance for the full year early Thursday after beating earnings and revenue estimates for its second quarter. But WMT stock plunged to a multi-month low. Walmart is the world's largest retailer by 2025 sales, according to t... Full story