---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000909832-23-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COST"
cik: "0000909832"
company_name: "COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW"
filed_at: "2023-01-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T13:43:21.939398+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Costco reauthorizes $4B stock buyback and declares $0.90 quarterly dividend

## Summary
- Board reauthorized up to $4B in share repurchases, expiring Jan 2027, replacing prior $4B program with ~$1.4B remaining.
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.90 per share declared, payable Feb 17, 2023 to holders of record Feb 3, 2023.
- Company operated 847 warehouses globally as of Jan 2023 (583 in U.S., 107 in Canada, rest international).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000909832-23-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COST
- cik: 0000909832
- company_name: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
- filed_at: 2023-01-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983223000004/0000909832-23-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983223000004/cost-20230119.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-23-000004.txt

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