---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000909832-23-000062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COST"
cik: "0000909832"
company_name: "COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW"
filed_at: "2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T13:16:24.045349+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Costco Q1 net sales $56.72B (+6.1%), EPS $3.58; announces $15 special dividend

## Summary
- Q1 net sales $56.72B (+6.1% YoY); total company comparable sales +3.8% (adjusted +3.9%).
- Net income $1.589B, diluted EPS $3.58 vs $3.07 last year; includes $0.10/share tax benefit.
- Special cash dividend of $15/share declared; payable Jan 12, 2024 to holders of record Dec 28, 2023; aggregate ~$6.7B.
- Operates 871 warehouses; e-commerce sites in US, Canada, UK, Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Australia.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000909832-23-000062
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COST
- cik: 0000909832
- company_name: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
- filed_at: 2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983223000062/0000909832-23-000062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983223000062/cost-20231213.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-23-000062.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW reported first quarter (twelve weeks) of fiscal 2024, ended November 26, 2023 results: revenue net sales of $56.72 billion, net income $1,589 million, EPS $3.58 per diluted share.
  - Period: first quarter (twelve weeks) of fiscal 2024, ended November 26, 2023
  - Revenue: net sales of $56.72 billion
  - Net income: $1,589 million
  - EPS: $3.58 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the first quarter the Company reported net sales of $56.72 billion, an increase of 6.1 percent from $53.44 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, ended November 20, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983223000062/0000909832-23-000062-index.htm

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