COST vs TGT

A side-by-side look at COST and TGT, updated throughout the trading session.

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Performance, normalized

Z-scored closes: both paths on one scale, price levels aside.

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COST vs TGT: how they differ

Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) and Target Corporation (TGT) are both in the Consumer Defensive sector, in the same Discount Stores industry. COST trades on NASDAQ and TGT on NYSE.

COST trades about 2.2 million shares a day on average, against 4.1 million for TGT. TGT has the higher beta (0.98 against 0.87 for COST), meaning it has historically moved more with the broad market. Over the trailing twelve months, COST paid $5.54 per share in dividends and TGT paid $4.58 per share.

Figures as of October 25, 2026.

The chart Z-score-normalizes each closing series, computing (close − mean) ÷ standard deviation over the window, so both paths share one scale regardless of price level, and correlation is computed on daily returns. Figures update throughout the trading session. Nothing on this page is financial advice.