Sept 25 - Costco Wholesale ( COST ) beat fourth-quarter

revenue estimates on Thursday, as Americans hunting for bargains

flocked to the membership-only retail chain to snap up

lower-priced essentials.

The company posted quarterly revenue of $86.16 billion

compared with analysts' average estimate of $86.06 billion, as

per data compiled by LSEG.

(Reporting by Anuja Bharat Mistry in Bengaluru; Editing by

Shinjini Ganguli)