COST Expected Earnings Move

Costco Wholesale Corporation · Updated 2026-09-11 after market close

As of 2026-09-11, the options market prices an expected move of about ±4.7% for Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) around its 2026-09-24 earnings report. COST's median reaction across its last 8 reports is 2.6%. Source: hirethequant.com.

Next report
2026-09-24
13 days away
Options-implied move
±4.7%
ATM straddle, nearest expiry
Median reaction (8)
2.6%
Largest reaction
6.1%

The market is pricing this report at 1.81x COST's own historical median reaction.

Last 8 earnings reactions

Close-to-close move around each report date. Red bars exceeded today's implied move.

Report dateReactionRelative size
2026-05-283.9%
2026-03-052.4%
2025-12-111.2%
2025-09-252.9%
2025-05-293.1%
2025-03-066.1%
2024-12-120.6%
2024-09-261.8%
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