Analyst Upgrade, Price Targets, and What to Watch Before the Market Opens Dec. 26, 2025
U.S. equity markets are closed today, Thursday, December 25, for Christmas, which means there’s no “closing bell” session to react to fresh headlines. Instead, Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) investors are heading into Friday’s reopen (December 26) digesting the last trading action from the holiday-shortened Christmas Eve session—and a cluster of analyst commentary and valuation debates that surfaced on December 25. [1]
Costco stock price check: where COST stands “after hours”
Because the market didn’t trade today (Dec. 25), the most current pricing is still tied to Wednesday, Dec. 24:
- Regular session close (Dec. 24, early close at 1:00 p.m. ET):$871.86, up $17.07 (+2.00%)
- After-hours (Dec. 24, ~4:59 p.m….
