Costco declares $1.47 quarterly cash dividend
The $1.47-per-share dividend is payable November 13, 2026, to holders of record at close of business October 30, 2026.
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Form Type
8-K
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Costco Wholesale Corporation declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.47 per common share on October 14, 2026. The dividend is payable November 13, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 30, 2026.
8-K Event Classification
2 items: 8.01, 9.01
2 items
Item 8.01
Other Events
Other
Voluntary disclosure of events the company deems important to shareholders but not covered by other items.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibits
Financial statements, pro forma financial information, or exhibit attachments filed with this report.
Key Figures
Quarterly cash dividend: $1.47 per common share
Shareholder record date: October 30, 2026
Dividend payment date: November 13, 2026
3 metrics
Quarterly cash dividend
$1.47 per common share
Declared October 14, 2026
Shareholder record date
October 30, 2026
Shareholders of record at close of business are eligible for the dividend
Dividend payment date
November 13, 2026
Payment date for the quarterly cash dividend
Key Terms
quarterly cash dividend, shareholders of record, forward-looking statements
3 terms
quarterly cash dividend financial
"declared a quarterly cash dividend on Costco common stock"
A quarterly cash dividend is a payment made by a company to its shareholders four times a year, usually based on its profits. It is like a regular bonus or reward for owning the company's stock, providing shareholders with income. Many investors see these payments as a sign of the company's stability and its ability to generate consistent profits.
forward-looking statements regulatory
"constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning"
Forward-looking statements are predictions or plans that companies share about what they expect to happen in the future, like estimating sales or profits. They matter because they help investors understand a company's outlook, but since they are based on guesses and assumptions, they can sometimes be wrong.
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What is COST's dividend and when will it be paid?
Costco declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.47 per common share. It is payable November 13, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 30, 2026.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): October 14, 2026
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File No.) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||||||||||
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 425 -313-8100
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 8.01. Other Events
The Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on the Company's common stock of $1.47 per share. The dividend was declared on October 14, 2026, and is payable November 13, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 30, 2026.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
99.1. Press release dated October 14, 2026.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION | |||||||||||
| Dated: October 14, 2026 | By: | /s/ Gary Millerchip | |||||||||
| Gary Millerchip | |||||||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||
Exhibit 99.1
Press Release
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND
ISSAQUAH, Wash., October 14, 2026 - Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: COST) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on Costco common stock of $1.47 per share. The quarterly dividend is payable November 13, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 30, 2026.
Costco currently operates 939 warehouses, including 647 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 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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