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One of the largest subscription-based retailers could be raising prices for its members soon. Here’s what Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ: COST) investors need to know. 

Over the past 3 months, 11 analysts have published their opinion on Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) stock. These analysts are typically employed by large Wall Street banks and tasked with understanding a company's business to predict how a stock will trade over the upcoming year.

Investors who have owned stocks in the past year have generally experienced some big gains. In fact, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) total return over the past 12 months is 16.3%. But there is no question some big-name stocks performed better than others along the way.

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 7.26% on an annualized basis.

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Thursday, 2022-03-03. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement. Analysts estimate that Costco Wholesale will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $2.73.

Analysts and brokerage firms often use ratings when they issue stock recommendations to stock traders. Analysts arrive at stock ratings by researching public financial statements, communicating with executives and customers and following industry trends.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Amid increasing inflation, supply chain issues, and a decline in consumer spending, it may be profitable to invest in discount store stocks with high dividend yields. So, here are the three dividend-paying store companies—Walmart (WMT), Costco (COST), and Target (TGT)—that we think are safe bets now. Read on.

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Costco Wholesale. Looking at options history for Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) we detected 11 strange trades.