Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports June Sales Results and Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
Rhea-AI Summary
Costco (Nasdaq:COST) reported June net sales of $29.24 billion for the five weeks ended July 5, 2026, up 10.6% from $26.44 billion. Net sales for the first 44 weeks were $250.43 billion, an increase of 10.1%.
Comparable sales for the 5-week period rose 8.8% company-wide and 20.9% for digitally-enabled sales; excluding gasoline price and foreign exchange impacts, total comparable sales increased 7.0% and digitally-enabled 21.5%.
The Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.47 per share, payable August 7, 2026, to shareholders of record on July 24, 2026.
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Positive
- June net sales up 10.6% to $29.24 billion
- Year-to-date net sales up 10.1% to $250.43 billion
- Total company 5-week comparable sales up 8.8%
- Digitally-enabled comparable sales up 20.9% for 5 weeks
- Quarterly dividend of $1.47 per share declared
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News Market Reaction – COST
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ISSAQUAH, Wash., July 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: COST) today reported net sales of
Net sales for the first 44 weeks were
Comparable sales for the periods ended July 5, 2026, were as follows:
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Comparable sales excluding the impacts from changes in gasoline prices and foreign exchange were as follows:
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Additional discussion of these results is available in a pre-recorded message. It can be accessed by visiting investor.costco.com (click on “Events & Presentations”). This message will be available through 4:00 p.m. (PT) on Wednesday, July 15, 2026.
The Company also announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on Costco common stock of
Costco currently operates 933 warehouses, including 641 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 115 in Canada, 43 in Mexico, 37 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom, 20 in Korea, 15 in Australia, 14 in Taiwan, seven in China, five in Spain, three in France, two in Sweden, and one each in Iceland, and New Zealand. Costco also operates e-commerce sites in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, and China.
Certain statements contained in this document and the pre-recorded message constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For these purposes, forward-looking statements are statements that address activities, events, conditions or developments that the Company expects or anticipates may occur in the future. In some cases forward-looking statements can be identified because they contain words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “likely,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results or performance to differ materially from those indicated by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, domestic and international economic conditions, including exchange rates, inflation or deflation, the effects of competition and regulation, uncertainties in the financial markets, consumer and small business spending patterns and debt levels, breaches of security or privacy of member or business information, conditions affecting the acquisition, development, ownership or use of real estate, capital spending, actions of vendors, rising costs associated with employees (generally including health-care costs and wages), workforce interruptions, energy and certain commodities, geopolitical conditions (including tariffs and global conflicts), the ability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, regulatory and other impacts related to environmental and social matters, public-health related factors, and other risks identified from time to time in the Company’s public statements and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company does not undertake to update these statements, except as required by law. Comparable sales and comparable sales excluding impacts from changes in gasoline prices and foreign exchange are intended as supplemental information and are not a substitute for net sales presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
| CONTACTS: | Costco Wholesale Corporation Josh Dahmen, 425/313-8254 Andrew Yoon, 425/313-6305 Bryan Starnes, 425/427-7403 |
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