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Squawk on the Street

Cramer's Morning Take: Costco 9/20/24

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

Business, News, Investing

4.1567 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Cramer says he won’t sell this ‘well-run’ wholesale retailer. Become a CNBC Investing Club member to go behind the scenes with Jim Cramer and Jeff Marks as they talk candidly about the market’s biggest headlines. Signup here: cnbc.com/morningtake CNBC Investing Club Disclaimer

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0:00.0

I'm Jim Kramer, and you're about to hear a sample taken directly from today's CBC Investing Club

0:07.6

Morning meeting.

0:09.7

Another stock that we own that a lot of people that I talk, a lot of club members out here,

0:14.4

that people have just said over and over again, how did you know not to sell it, is Costco.

0:19.4

And I think that Costco is always expensive, sells it

0:23.0

55 times earnings, but it is well run and people want to know, do I get off of Costco? And I have

0:28.4

told people, Jeff, no, I want to be in. Yeah, they report earnings next Thursday after the close.

0:36.0

I mean, look, we already got the special cash

0:38.3

dividend and we got the membership fee increase, right? So maybe in terms of, you know,

0:45.1

outside of earnings catalysts not really there. Also keep in mind, we generally know what the sales

0:50.5

picture looks like. They report on a monthly basis. And the monthly sales have been

0:54.6

absolutely fantastic, not only just in fresh, but also in non-foods as well, which is a good

1:01.3

indicator that they're picking up share versus some others in retail. Stock's been an absolute horse.

1:08.2

But yeah, I mean, you raise a good point. The criticism is the multiple,

1:12.9

but, you know, it's hard to find such quality like that is Costco. You know, the other one that

1:21.0

people obviously want to criticize the mold for is Apple. People feel, well, listen, it's never had

1:26.4

this kind of multiple. In the mid-30s, how can it have it now? And I keep coming back to saying, guys, it, listen, it's never had this kind of multiple. In the mid-30s,

1:28.7

how can it have it now? And I keep coming back to saying, guys, it's a changed Apple. All right,

1:33.7

the more phones they sell, the more phones that are used phones that go to use phones to other people.

1:39.8

It's a force multiplier when you have a new phone because it then starts a lot of people

1:44.4

on a service revenue stream, which keeps getting bigger and bigger and there are no defaults.

1:49.7

You get the note that you paid for it in the middle of the night.

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