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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
$965.08
+1.1%
$988.67
$697.27
$1,078.24
$428.19B0.821.95 million shs1.70 million shs
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
$112.83
+1.0%
$112.69
$104.45
$130.55
$40.39B1.281.54 million shs1.69 million shs
Waste Management, Inc. stock logo
WM
Waste Management
$234.64
+0.4%
$225.85
$196.59
$235.81
$94.35B0.751.62 million shs1.41 million shs
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Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
+0.91%+2.59%-8.98%+4.16%+32.33%
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
-0.06%-2.29%-2.93%-5.76%-3.94%
Waste Management, Inc. stock logo
WM
Waste Management
+0.91%+2.90%+0.44%+15.89%+9.83%
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CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.33 of 5 stars
2.44.03.31.53.42.51.3
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.9198 of 5 stars
3.14.03.33.63.62.52.5
Waste Management, Inc. stock logo
WM
Waste Management
4.5511 of 5 stars
2.33.04.23.23.92.51.3
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
2.72
Moderate Buy$1,029.006.62% Upside
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
2.15
Hold$126.0811.74% Upside
Waste Management, Inc. stock logo
WM
Waste Management
2.65
Moderate Buy$236.650.86% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest WM, COST, and PRU Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
4/2/2025
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
UBS Group
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$130.00 ➝ $122.00
4/2/2025
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
Piper Sandler
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$124.00 ➝ $122.00
4/2/2025
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$128.00 ➝ $126.00
3/20/2025
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
Stifel Nicolaus
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$1,075.00 ➝ $1,035.00
3/11/2025
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
Evercore ISI
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$1,050.00 ➝ $1,070.00
3/10/2025
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$940.00 ➝ $980.00
3/7/2025
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
Cowen
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Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Buy
3/7/2025
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
Sanford C. Bernstein
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Reiterated RatingOutperform ➝ Outperform
3/7/2025
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
Loop Capital
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$1,150.00 ➝ $1,135.00
3/7/2025
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
Truist Financial
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Boost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$935.00 ➝ $995.00
3/7/2025
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$1,065.00 ➝ $1,070.00
(Data available from 4/2/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
$264.09B1.62$19.78 per share48.79$53.28 per share18.11
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
$70.65B0.57$14.17 per share7.96$78.74 per share1.43
Waste Management, Inc. stock logo
WM
Waste Management
$22.06B4.28$13.56 per share17.30$20.53 per share11.43
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
$7.37B$17.1356.6749.016.152.93%32.31%10.55%5/29/2025 (Estimated)
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
$2.73B$7.4715.107.400.984.01%15.86%0.64%4/29/2025 (Estimated)
Waste Management, Inc. stock logo
WM
Waste Management
$2.75B$6.8034.5126.792.7112.45%37.93%7.99%4/28/2025 (Estimated)

Latest WM, COST, and PRU Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
4/29/2025N/A
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
$3.37N/AN/AN/A$14.76 billionN/A
4/28/2025N/A
Waste Management, Inc. stock logo
WM
Waste Management
$1.68N/AN/AN/A$6.14 billionN/A
3/6/2025Q2 2025
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
$4.09$4.02-$0.07$4.02$63.02 billion$63.72 billion
2/4/2025Q4 2024
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
$3.36$2.96-$0.40-$0.17$14.47 billionN/A
1/29/2025Q4 2024
Waste Management, Inc. stock logo
WM
Waste Management
$1.79$1.70-$0.09$1.92$5.90 billionN/A
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
$4.640.48%+13.59%27.09%21 Years
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
$5.404.79%+4.17%72.29%N/A
Waste Management, Inc. stock logo
WM
Waste Management
$3.301.41%+9.26%48.53%22 Years

Latest WM, COST, and PRU Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
2/17/2025
Waste Management, Inc. stock logo
WM
Waste Management
quarterly$0.82501.3%3/14/20253/14/20253/28/2025
2/4/2025
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
quarterly$1.354.8%2/18/20252/18/20253/13/2025
1/23/2025
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
quarterly$1.160.49%2/7/20252/7/20252/21/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
0.23
0.98
0.43
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
0.68
0.16
0.16
Waste Management, Inc. stock logo
WM
Waste Management
2.73
0.76
0.85

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
68.48%
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
56.83%
Waste Management, Inc. stock logo
WM
Waste Management
80.40%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
0.18%
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
0.31%
Waste Management, Inc. stock logo
WM
Waste Management
0.18%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
333,000443.68 million443.10 millionOptionable
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
39,900358.00 million356.89 millionOptionable
Waste Management, Inc. stock logo
WM
Waste Management
49,500402.12 million400.64 millionOptionable

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Costco Wholesale stock logo

Costco Wholesale NASDAQ:COST

$965.08 +10.68 (+1.12%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$935.50 -29.58 (-3.07%)
As of 07:59 PM Eastern
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Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. It offers merchandise, such as sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, garden and patio products, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal products, office supplies, automotive care products, postages, tickets, apparel, small appliances, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. The company also operates gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers; and offers business delivery, travel, grocery, and various other services online. It also operates e-commerce websites. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.

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Prudential Financial NYSE:PRU

$112.83 +1.14 (+1.02%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$109.36 -3.47 (-3.07%)
As of 08:00 PM Eastern
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Prudential Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services in the United States and internationally. It operates through PGIM, Retirement Strategies, Group Insurance, Individual Life, and International Businesses segments. The PGIM segment offers investment management services and solutions related to public fixed income, public equity, real estate debt and equity, private credit and other alternatives, and multi-asset class strategies to institutional and retail clients, as well as its general account. The Retirement Strategies segment provides a range of retirement investment, and income products and services to retirement plan sponsors in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors; develops and distributes individual variable and fixed annuity products. The Group Insurance segment offers various group life, and long-term and short-term group disability, as well as group corporate-, bank-, and trust-owned life insurance in the United States primarily for institutional clients for use in connection with employee and membership benefits plans; sells accidental death and dismemberment, and other supplemental health solutions; and plan administration services in connection with its insurance coverages. The Individual Life segment develops and distributes variable life, universal life, and term life insurance products. The International Businesses segment develops and distributes life insurance, retirement products, investment products, and certain accident and health products; and advisory services. The company provides its products and services to individual and institutional customers through its proprietary and third-party distribution networks. Prudential Financial, Inc. was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.

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Waste Management NYSE:WM

$234.64 +0.85 (+0.36%)
Closing price 03:58 PM Eastern
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$229.82 -4.82 (-2.06%)
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Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of environmental solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, material recovery facility (MRF), or disposal site; and owns and operates transfer stations, as well as owns, develops, and operates landfill facilities that produce landfill gas used as renewable natural gas for generating electricity. As of December 31, 2022, the company owned or operated 254 solid waste landfills, five secure hazardous waste landfills, 97 MRFs, and 337 transfer stations. It also provides materials processing and commodities recycling services at its MRFs, where cardboard, paper, glass, metals, plastics, construction and demolition materials, and other recycling commodities are recovered for resale or redirected for other purposes; recycling brokerage services, such as managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions. In addition, the company offers construction and remediation services; services related with the disposal of fly ash, and residue generated from the combustion of coal and other fuel stocks; in-plant services comprising full-service waste management solutions and consulting services; and specialized disposal services for oil and gas exploration and production operations. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.