The Best Options Trade for Costco (COST) Earnings

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On Thursday, September 29th, Costco (COST - Free Report) will release its Q4 earnings results after the bell. The company is a Zacks Rank 3 (Hold), and they were upgraded within the last 30 days due to upward revisions in their earnings estimates.

Dave will investigate Costco’s past earnings, look at what is currently going on with the company, and give us his thoughts on their upcoming earnings announcement.

Furthermore, Dave will uncover some potential options trades for investors looking to make a play on Costco ahead of earnings.

Costco Inc. in Focus

Costco Wholesale Corp. operates membership warehouses based on the concept that offering members’ very low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and selected private label products in a wide range of merchandise categories will produce high sales volumes and rapid inventory turnover. This rapid inventory turnover enables Costco to operate profitably at significantly lower gross margins than traditional wholesalers, discount retailers and supermarkets.

Costco is expected to report earnings at $1.73 per share according to the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Last quarter they reported an earnings at $1.24 per share beating the Zack’s Consensus Estimate of $1.21 per share, and they have an average surprise of -1.91% over the last four quarters.

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