Shares of Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ:COST) rose in early trading on Friday, after the company Thursday reported upbeat fiscal second-quarter revenues.

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Telsey Advisory Group: Costco saw total sales grow by 9.2% to $69.6 billion. The wholesale retailer topped the consensus of $69.3 billion. It also recorded a comp of 7.4%, beating the consensus of 6.3%.

“The retail gross margin expanded 17 bps to 11%, with the core-on-core product margin up 22 bps, fueled by all categories, especially Food & Sundries and Non-Foods,” …

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