Costco runs 900+ membership warehouses worldwide, earning most operating profit from membership fees rather than razor-thin merchandise margins. Beta ~1.0, yield just ~0.5%, but extreme business consistency supports a premium valuation. Tight option spreads and persistent uptrend make it a quality put-selling candidate despite the low yield.
Discount & Warehouse Retail
Market Cap
$435.7B
P/E Ratio
49.4
Dividend
0.60%
Beta
0.87
52-Week RangeCurrent: $982.35
$844.06$1096.5
COST — no single dimension flags an extreme. Balanced configurations in our screening have historically rewarded sizing discipline over tactical entry timing.
COST ranks #1 of 32 Consumer Staples tickers by put-selling score (622 total screened)
Position Size & Yield Calculator
Live model for COST — drag any slider to recalculate. Strike defaults to ~5% OTM, snapped to typical exchange increments.
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⚠️ Single-name concentration. Consider diversifying across multiple tickers — or use a Bull Put Spread to commit less collateral per trade.
Calculator assumptions
Cash-secured puts require holding cash equal to strike × 100 shares as collateral. Strike defaults to ~5% OTM, snapped to typical exchange increments. Premium defaults to ~2% of strike — adjust to your real expected fill. Annualized ROC = (premium ÷ collateral) × (365 ÷ DTE). CSP risk is single-name concentration: experienced put-sellers typically diversify across 4–6 underlyings rather than committing the whole account to one ticker. Continuous-rolling projections assume capital can be re-deployed after each expiration and that comparable premiums remain available — actual results vary with market conditions, assignments, and rolls.
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