secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW (COST)
CIK:        0000909832
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000909832-23-000062
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983223000062/0000909832-23-000062-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983223000062/cost-20231213.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-23-000062

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