Short interest in Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ:COST) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 6.30M to 6.55M. This put 1.48% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 1.92M shares traded per day, it would take 3.42 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.