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The Pod/COST

Master framework · Consumer Staples

Costco Wholesale

NASDAQ:COST · Retail · IPO 1985 · 40 years on the market. Dossier is loading — this symbol's full event database is still being populated.

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Price CAGR

+19.4%

Earnings beat

70%

Max drawdown

-32%

Recovery

0m

01 · Company DNA

Static facts

Where the company comes from, how it's organized, who runs it, and where the money comes from.

ExchangeNASDAQ
IndustryRetail
SectorConsumer Staples
IPO year198540y listed
Founder-ledNO
FounderSol Price (Price Club)
Current CEORon Vachris
CEO historySol Price → Jim Sinegal → Craig Jelinek → Ron Vachris
HeadquartersIssaquah, WA
Business model

Membership-warehouse club. ~75% margin from membership fees.

Revenue streams

  • Membership fees 73% margin
  • Merchandise 11% margin

Geographic exposure

  • USA73%
  • Canada13%
  • Other14%

02 · Financial DNA

Built from every SEC filing

Revenue, margins, EPS, FCF, balance sheet, capital returns, growth derived from all of it.

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03 · Market DNA

How institutions treated the stock

Beyond price: how the market behaved around this ticker — drawdowns, beta, ownership, splits.

IPO perf

+0.0%

Max drawdown

-32%

Recovery

0m

Beta

0.86

30d vol

16.7%

RS vs SPY (12m)

+0.0%

Institutional

0.0%

Insider

0.0%

Short interest

0.0%

Float

0M

Stock splits

  • No splits on record

Index inclusion

04 · Earnings DNA

Every release is an event

Actual vs forecast vs prior-year for EPS and revenue. Beat %, miss %, surprise %, gap, 1d / 5d / 20d returns.

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05 · Macro DNA

When does this ticker actually outperform?

Macro snapshot around every earnings event: rates, CPI, PPI, NFP, oil, DXY, VIX. Conditional returns by regime.

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06 · Fundamental events

Every major event is another feature.

CEO change · acquisition · share offering · split · product launch · regulatory · factory opening · legal case.

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07 · Behavioural DNA

Personality layer.

Probe questions, answered YES / NO / MIXED with sample size and evidence. Where the long-term edge lives.

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