{"id":664,"date":"2026-03-06T13:46:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/?p=664"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:46:30","slug":"costco-safety-stock-that-can-hurt-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/costco-safety-stock-that-can-hurt-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"Costco &#8211; safety stock that can hurt investors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Costco attracts investors that want to own a well run company that is a very popular place to shop.  The investing thesis is simple, but the intrinsic value of $COST is much lower than the stock price.  This stock is too expensive and there are stocks in other sectors that provide a better opportunity for long term investors.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-053814-1024x458.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-053814-1024x458.png 1024w, https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-053814-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-053814-768x344.png 768w, https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-053814-1536x687.png 1536w, https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-053814.png 1857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-053844-1024x511.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-053844-1024x511.png 1024w, https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-053844-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-053844-768x383.png 768w, https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-053844.png 1298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-050040-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-050040-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-050040-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-050040-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-050040-1536x859.png 1536w, https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-06-050040.png 1891w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Costco attracts investors that want to own a well run company that is a very popular place to shop. The investing thesis is simple, but the intrinsic value of $COST is much lower than the stock price. This stock is too expensive and there are stocks in other sectors that provide a better opportunity for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668,"href":"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions\/668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rationalstocks.com\/valuations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}