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Is Costco a Buy, Sell, or Hold in 2025?

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Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST ) generated $62.5 billion in revenue and $1.8 billion in net income in its most recent quarter .

The company ended the quarter with 78.4 million paid household members, up 6.8% versus last year , and 140.6 million cardholders.

Costco is known for its long history of paying special cash dividends, with five over the past 13 years .

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