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Issuer:     COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW (COST)
CIK:        0000909832
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-14T20:16:05+00:00
Accession:  0000909832-26-000096
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983226000096/0000909832-26-000096-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983226000096/cost-20261014.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000909832-26-000096

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