Costco Wholesale Corporation filings document the formal disclosures of a Nasdaq-listed warehouse club operator, including operating results, monthly sales releases, comparable sales by geography, digitally enabled sales and updates to its global warehouse and e-commerce footprint.
Recent SEC filings for COST include Form 8-K reports covering quarterly and fiscal-year results, cash dividends on common stock, annual meeting voting outcomes, director elections, auditor ratification, executive compensation votes and shareholder proposals. The filings also record executive bonus-plan criteria, environmental and social performance metrics used in compensation arrangements, and management succession disclosures.
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.
Costco Wholesale Corp. officer William Richard Wilcox gave notice of a proposed sale of 1,100 common shares, with an aggregate market value of $1,054,025.28 and an approximate sale date of October 13, 2026, through Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC. NASDAQ is listed as the exchange. The shares are described as restricted stock vesting from the issuer on September 10, 2026, with compensation listed as the payment nature.
Costco Wholesale Corporation reported fiscal 2026 net sales of $297.247 billion, up 10% from $269.912 billion, and net income of $9.226 billion, up 14% from $8.099 billion. Membership-fee revenue increased 11% to $5.907 billion. Comparable sales rose 8%, reflecting a 5% increase in average ticket and 3% in shopping frequency. Gross-margin percentage decreased three basis points to 11.09%; excluding gasoline-price inflation, it was 11.22%, up 10 basis points.
Costco ended the year with 939 warehouses after opening 28, including three relocations, for 25 net additions. It plans to open up to 33 warehouses in fiscal 2027, including five relocations, and has a current intention to spend approximately $7.5 billion on capital expenditures that year. The quarterly cash dividend rose in April 2026 from $1.30 to $1.47 per share; cash dividends declared for the year were $5.54 per share. Operating cash flow was $15.817 billion, compared with $13.335 billion in fiscal 2025.
Costco Wholesale Corp. Sr. Executive Vice President Caton Frates reported selling 801 shares of common stock on September 29, 2026, at $915.93 per share, in an open market or private transaction. The sale was direct, and Frates reported 7,912 shares afterward. No Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported.
Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) Executive Vice President Claudine Adamo sold 2,200 shares of common stock on September 29, 2026, at $915.93 per share. Her reported direct holdings after the sale were 7,134 shares. The transaction description allows for an open-market or private transaction. No Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported for the sale.
Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) amended Executive Vice President Adam Webb’s initial ownership report to add 2.52 shares inadvertently omitted from his Form 3 filed September 10, 2026. The amended report lists 3,529 shares of Costco common stock held directly on August 31, 2026.
Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) lists Claudine Adamo, an officer, as proposing to sell 2,200 common shares with an aggregate market value of $2,015,046, at an approximate sale date of September 29, 2026, through Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC on NASDAQ. Daniel Tucci signed as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and attorney-in-fact for Claudine Adamo.
Costco Wholesale Corp. officer Caton Frates Jr reported a proposed sale of 801 common shares, with an aggregate market value of $733,328.36. The listed securities include 800 shares from restricted stock vesting on September 10, 2026, and one share from restricted stock vesting on October 22, 2025; both acquisitions are identified as compensation from the issuer.
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 net sales of $93.9 billion, up 11.2%, for the 16 weeks ended August 30, 2026; fiscal-year net sales were $297.2 billion, up 10.1%, for the 52 weeks. Fourth-quarter comparable sales rose 9.4%, or 6.7% excluding gasoline-price and foreign-exchange effects. Digitally enabled comparable sales increased 19.5%, or 19.8% adjusted for foreign exchange.
Fourth-quarter net income was $2.998 billion and diluted earnings per share were $6.75, compared with $2.610 billion and $5.87 a year earlier. Results included a non-recurring $0.15-per-share benefit from IEEPA tariff refunds, less partial reinvestment in member values; excluding that benefit, net income grew 12.3% and EPS 12.4%. Fiscal-year net income was $9.226 billion, with diluted EPS of $20.76.
Membership income grew 7.3% (7.7% excluding foreign exchange), and the worldwide renewal rate was 89.8%. Costco operated 939 warehouses at fiscal year-end. Operating cash flow was $15.825 billion for the year, while cash and equivalents were $20.207 billion as of August 30, 2026.
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW (COST) reported that Executive Vice President William Richard Wilcox received an equity award tied to fiscal 2026 performance on September 10, 2026. The award relates to Restricted Stock Units granted October 22, 2025 that vest 20% annually over five years, with potential accelerated vesting under the 2019 Incentive Plan.