Golf carts, saunas and sofas with price tags running into the thousands of dollars are now as common at Costco as the $1.50 hot dog, and the company said on its Thursday earnings call that shoppers ...

Years of notable Costco underperformance relative to the S&P resulted in returns in the years that followed: After 2002: 2003 delivered 6.12 pp outperformance. After 2009: 2010 showed 9.26 pp. After ...