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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000909832-24-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COST"
cik: "0000909832"
company_name: "COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW"
filed_at: "2024-04-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T00:42:13.029073+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Costco raises quarterly dividend to $1.16 from $1.02; March sales +9.4% to $23.48B

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend increased to $1.16/share ($4.64 annualized), payable May 10 to holders of record Apr 26.
- March net sales $23.48B, up 9.4% vs $21.46B last year; first 31 weeks sales $146.64B (+6.4%).
- Total comparable sales +7.7% (5 wks); U.S. +7.3%, Canada +8.9%, e-commerce +28.3%.
- Easter timing shift positively impacted total comparable sales by ~0.5% for the month.
- Costco now operates 876 warehouses globally, including 604 in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000909832-24-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COST
- cik: 0000909832
- company_name: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
- filed_at: 2024-04-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983224000020/0000909832-24-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983224000020/cost-20240410.htm

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