COST correlations (Costco)
COST measured against 4756 US stocks and ETFs: closest co-movers on one side, the best offsets on the other, all from weekly returns.
Data as of 2026-08-27 · refreshed every trading day · Consumer Staples · Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail
Volatility (ann.)
19.8%
3y weekly
Beta vs S&P 500
0.45
3y weekly
1-year return
-1.0%
price, adjusted
5-year return
+116.3%
price, adjusted
Market cap
$414.5B
latest
P/E ratio
48.1
trailing
Dividend yield
0.56%
trailing
Max drawdown
-20.7%
3y, daily closes
COST over the last 12 months, weekly closes indexed to 100 at the start.
Stocks and ETFs most correlated with COST
| Asset | Correlation (3Y) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WMT | Walmart | 0.57 | |
| XLP | Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund | 0.53 | |
| CTAS | Cintas | 0.43 | |
| CLH | Clean Harbors, Inc. | 0.42 | |
| UDR | UDR, Inc. | 0.41 | |
| QUAL | iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF | 0.41 | |
| RSG | Republic Services | 0.40 | |
| USMV | iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF | 0.40 | |
| CAVA | CAVA Group, Inc. | 0.40 | |
| VIG | Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF | 0.40 | |
| BCPC | Balchem Corporation | 0.40 | |
| TJX | TJX Companies | 0.38 | |
| CPRT | Copart | 0.38 | |
| AIT | Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. | 0.38 | |
| GFL | GFL Environmental Inc. Subordinate voting shares, no par | 0.37 |
Best diversifiers for COST
If the goal is offsetting COST, these tracked assets have historically moved the most on their own terms.
| Asset | Correlation (3Y) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| VXZ | iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN | -0.28 | |
| FNGD | MicroSectors FANG Index -3X Inverse Leveraged ETNs due | -0.28 | |
| SSP | E.W. Scripps Company (The) | -0.25 | |
| LICN | Lichen International Limited - Class A | -0.25 | |
| RETO | ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc. - Class A Shares | -0.23 | |
| VXX | iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -0.23 | |
| ASTC | Astrotech Corporation | -0.21 | |
| SUNE | SUNation Energy, Inc. | -0.21 | |
| FCAP | First Capital, Inc. | -0.21 | |
| ABTS | Abits Group Inc | -0.20 |
COST vs benchmarks
COST vs its peers
Get COST data as JSON
$ curl https://www.pairbook.io/api/v1/symbols/cost.jsonCorrelations, diversifiers, beta and volatility for COST, plus one endpoint per pair. API documentation.
COST inside major ETFs
| ETF | COST weight | |
|---|---|---|
| XLP | Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund | 8.92% |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust | 1.88% |
| QQQM | Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | 1.88% |
| VIG | Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF | 1.83% |
| SPYV | SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF | 1.4% |
| VUG | Vanguard Growth ETF | 1.19% |
| QUAL | iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF | 1.09% |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 0.66% |
| IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 0.64% |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 0.64% |
