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Costco Wholesale (COST) Dividends Paid - Common (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale (COST) has disclosed Dividends Paid - Common for 18 consecutive years, with $577.0 million as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Dividends Paid - Common changed N/A year-over-year to $577.0 million, compared with a TTM value of $2.8 billion through Feb 2026, up 82.77%, and an annual FY2025 reading of $2.2 billion, down 75.85% over the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common was $577.0 million for Q1 2026 at Costco Wholesale, roughly flat from $577.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Dividends Paid - Common topped out at $7.1 billion in Q1 2024 and bottomed at -$493.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • Average Dividends Paid - Common over 5 years is $963.4 million, with a median of $515.0 million recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Dividends Paid - Common skyrocketed 191.68% in 2023, then crashed 43.09% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Dividends Paid - Common stood at $400.0 million in 2022, then soared by 126.25% to $905.0 million in 2023, then plummeted by 43.09% to $515.0 million in 2024, then increased by 12.04% to $577.0 million in 2025, then changed by 0.0% to $577.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Dividends Paid - Common for COST at $577.0 million in Q1 2026, $577.0 million in Q4 2025, and $1.2 billion in Q3 2025.