Discount, Variety Stores: Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT), Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST), Big Lots (NYSE:BIG)

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (NYSE:WMT) saw some unusual options trading activity on Thursday. Investors bought 27,946 call options on the company, AnalystRatings.Net reports. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) shares after opening at $77.08 moved to $77.75 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $77.66. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 0.53 and price to cash ratio as 37.84. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) showed a positive weekly performance of 1.00%.

Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) is taking aim at rival Amazon by expanding a service that regularly delivers products to shoppers’ homes. Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) shares advanced 0.15% in last trading session and ended the day on $60.00. TGT return on equity ratio is recorded as 12.10 % and its return on assets is 4.40%. Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) yearly performance is -9.87%.

Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) Director James Sinegal sold 4,000 shares of Costco Wholesale stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 15th. Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) shares moved up 0.01% in last trading session and was closed at $113.50 while trading in range of $113.12 – $114.03 – Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) year to date (YTD) performance is -4.38%.

Big Lots Inc (NYSE:BIG) has been given an average rating of “Buy” by the fifteen analysts that are covering the stock, Analyst Ratings News reports. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and six have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE:BIG) weekly performance is 0.68%. On last trading day company shares ended up $38.72. Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE:BIG) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 16.11%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $41.00.