After-hours trading runs 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET.
COST last traded at $902.29 after hours, down $2.48 (0.27%) from its regular-session close of $904.77.
📅 COST is scheduled to report earnings on Sep 24, 2026 after the close (confirmed), with an estimated EPS of $6.56. COST earnings details →
Over the past 5 years, COST has had 1 qualifying gap-down event (5%+ at the open) and no qualifying gap-ups. Gap-downs averaged -6.2%, 100% have fully filled, median time to fill 11 trading days. Most recent: a -6.2% gap down on May 18, 2022, which filled in 11 trading days. Average 20-trading-day return after a COST gap down: -1.79%.
| 1 day | 1 week | 2 week | 4 week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fills 25% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| fills 50% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| fills 75% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| fills 100% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| Date | Gap From | Gap % | Status | Days to 50% | Days to Fill | % of Gap Filled After | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | 1 week | 2 week | 4 week | ||||||
| 2022-05-18 | $490.47 | -6.21% | Filled | 11d | 11d | 13% | 13% | 100% | 100% |
Costco Wholesale (COST) is trading at $902.29 after hours, down $2.48 (0.27%) from its regular-session close of $904.77.
COST is down 0.27% in after-hours trading. Moves in this session almost always follow something released after the 4:00 PM ET close — an earnings report, guidance, a filing, or news — and trade on far thinner volume than the regular session, so the size of the move can overstate what the market will settle on at the next open.
After-hours trading in COST on the NASDAQ runs from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET on trading days, immediately after the regular session closes. Not every broker offers the full window, and liquidity thins sharply after about 6:30 PM ET.
An after-hours move that carries into the next session becomes an opening gap, and COST's gap history is the best guide to what happens next: 100% of gap-downs have filled over the past 5 years. Fill rates this high mean a large after-hours move is more often faded than extended.
COST is scheduled to report earnings on Sep 24, 2026 after the close (confirmed), with an estimated EPS of $6.56. Earnings are the most common cause of a large after-hours move, since most companies report after the close.