Costco Wholesale Corp COST shares are trading lower Wednesday following the retailer's quarterly results. Several analysts adjusted price targets following the print.
What Happened: Costco said fourth-quarter net sales increased 9.4% year-over-year to $77.43 billion. It's important to note that all year-over-year comparisons include one extra week in the current year: Costco's fiscal fourth-quarter in 2022 spanned 16 weeks and its most recent quarter consisted of 17 weeks.
Total revenues came in at $78.939 billion, which beat the consensus estimate of $77.9 billion. Net sales for the full year came in at $237.71 billion, up 6.7% year-over-year.
The membership-based retailer reported quarterly earnings of $4.86 per share, which beat analyst estimates of $4.79 per share.
Comparable sales in the fourth quarter were up 0.2% in the U.S., up 1.8% in Canada and up 5.5% in the Other International segment. Total comps climbed 1.1% year-over-year, while total e-commerce sales fell 0.8%.
Membership fees came in at $1.509 billion, up from $1.327 billion on a year-over-year basis. Costco said it operates 861 warehouses, up from 853 at the end of the third quarter.
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On the conference call, the company said traffic, shopping frequency was up 5.2% worldwide and 5% in the U.S. Average transaction was down 3.9% worldwide and down 4.5% in the U.S., driven by weak big-ticket discretionary spending.
The company also said it ended the quarter with a membership renewal rate of 92.7% in the U.S. and Canada. Paid household members grew 7.9% compared to the previous year.
Analyst Changes:
- Telsey Advisory Group analyst Joseph Feldman reiterated Costco with an Outperform and maintained a $575 price target.
- Raymond James analyst Bobby Griffin maintained Costco with an Outperform and raised the price target from $570 to $580.
- JPMorgan analyst Christopher Horvers maintained Costco with an Overweight and raised the price target from $525 to $571.
- Deutsche Bank analyst Krisztina Katai maintained Costco with a Buy and raised the price target from $651 to $652.
COST Price Action: Costco shares were down 1.62% at $544.01 at the time of publication, according to Benzinga Pro.
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