---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000909832-26-000096"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COST"
cik: "0000909832"
company_name: "COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW"
filed_at: "2026-10-14T20:16:05+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-14T20:17:03.465226+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Costco declares $1.47/share quarterly dividend, payable Nov 13 to holders of record Oct 30

## Summary
- Board declared quarterly cash dividend of $1.47 per share on Costco common stock on October 14, 2026.
- Dividend is payable November 13, 2026 to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 30, 2026.
- Costco reports 939 warehouses, including 647 in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, 115 in Canada and 43 in Mexico.
- Press release signed by CFO Gary Millerchip; no change to dividend frequency or buyback was disclosed.
- Filing gives no comparison to the prior quarter's dividend rate, so any increase is not quantified.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000909832-26-000096
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COST
- cik: 0000909832
- company_name: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
- filed_at: 2026-10-14T20:16:05+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983226000096/0000909832-26-000096-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983226000096/cost-20261014.htm

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