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3 Reasons Costco Stock Deserves the Premium

By Demitri Kalogeropoulos - Apr 14, 2013 at 9:45AM

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NASDAQ: COST

Costco Wholesale Corporation

Market Cap

$187B

Today's Change

(-1.54%) -$6.50

Current Price

$416.43

Price as of May 20, 2022, 4:00 p.m. ET

With this expensive stock, you get what you pay for.

Warehouse retailer Costco's (COST -1.54%) stock is sitting, along with much of the market, at close to record highs. It's also valued at a hefty premium when compared with its rivals. But there are good reasons for investors to be bullish on the company's prospects from here. Fool contributor Demitrios Kalogeropoulos discusses the reasons he thinks Costco deserves its premium valuation.

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