Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)

Terrific management team.

Mad Money - Cramer Pick

They have BIG CEREAL BOXES!!! And I LOVE CEREAL!!!! Cinnamon Toast Crunch (with fiber) is what I'm working on now!

Good recession/depression stock. Stock up!! ;-)

MF loves this stock because of ownership; strong sales growth; 23.14 percent dividends in five years; defied the crash.

Gap down to 51

This company will outrun Wal-Mart in everything they do because they take care of their employees. They gain market share and the respect of the customers. Wal-Mart is a leach on society and treats their employees as third class citizens.

Still Score Leader! Woot.

Great business model. Very low margin on the actual goods sold - great value for the customers/members. Almost the entire income is from membership dues. Hard to beat that + the solid reputation they have.

Not particularly a wholesale price for this stock right now, but, I got a great treadmill from there a few years ago, and it's holding up great!

The company pays employees a livable wage, offers health care options, is efficient, clean and quick, and the CEO believes in accepting only decent compensation, nothing exorbitant. It's a company that values customers, employees AND shareholders, and unbeatable combination.

Great sales record, and gaining ground over competitors. This is certainly a stable business, and a one which still has great potential.

Costco looks very good.

Costco will grow as fast as the top fortune 500 firms!
thump up we will reach several new all-time highs this and next year.

if the sales and earnings keep rising through out next year 2010 then we could reach 100 plus bucks

Did quite well through the recession. Continues to expand and each store rakes in the bucks growing larger and large same store sales the first five years. A great well loved merchandising concept that people really like. Limited product lines of higher than average quality. Steadily she grows.

Costco is one of the only retailers having earned above average ROIC which hasn't saturated its market. The company has amazing inventory turns(greater than Walmart even) helping show how well the company has been run. The company expects to more than double the number of stores(over roughly 10 years) which, when combined with same store sales growth, should help it grow earnings greater than the S&P for the forseeable future. As an added bonus, it should be able to pursue this growth irregardless of the overall economy as the company is a low cost provider of products; even if the economy takes 10 full years to recover this should perform well. Its selling at a fair price for these future gains.

This is just a guess, but I think that people will still want to celebrate the holidays; even if it's just to have a good meal with family. Costco is a proven winner in good times and bad and head to head with Sam's Club, I'd have to give them the edge.

Costco is a well-run company with a broad customer base. Once the US economy starts to exit the worst of the current crisis, Costco should swing up nicely.

Just a feeling. Nothing concrete.

People have made it a part of life, most people I know have a monthly or bi-monthly "Costco Run" planned not to mention going there fo software, books, art, Christmas presents, clothing....practically everything you can imagine for a reasonable price. Somethimes they fall off the "reasonable" wagon, but mostly they keep prices low so middle class people don't have to go to the dreaded "Wal-Mart" to support their lifestyles and families needs. It's a staple.