Costco Wholesale (COST) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale (COST) posted Dividends Paid - Common of $577.0 million for Q1 2026, little changed on a QoQ basis from $577.0 million in Q4 2025.

Costco Wholesale (COST) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Costco Wholesale's Dividends Paid - Common history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $577.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Dividends Paid - Common changed N/A year-over-year to $577.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $2.8 billion (up 82.77% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $2.2 billion, down 75.85% from 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 $141.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $1.0 billion and a median of $515.0 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Dividends Paid - Common.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Dividends Paid - Common soared 220.57% — and 2024, when it sank 43.09%.
  • Costco Wholesale's Dividends Paid - Common stood at $400.0 million in 2022, then soared by 126.25% to $905.0 million in 2023, then sank 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 COST's Dividends Paid - Common at $577.0 million in Q1 2026, $577.0 million in Q4 2025, and $1.2 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Dividends Paid - Common (Qtr)
1 Walmart 891.13 Bn 880.41 Bn 42.63 Bn 1.97 Bn
2 Costco Wholesale 422.22 Bn 403.98 Bn 8.88 Bn 577.00 Mn
3 Target 63.70 Bn 60.17 Bn 7.38 Bn 516.00 Mn
4 Dollar General 27.14 Bn 26.00 Bn 3.32 Bn 129.93 Mn
5 Dollar Tree 24.65 Bn 23.65 Bn 1.83 Bn -
6 BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings 12.22 Bn 12.20 Bn 1.03 Bn -
7 Pricesmart 5.70 Bn 5.57 Bn 262.22 Mn -
8 Bbb Foods 4.74 Bn 4.14 Bn 210.92 Mn -
9 Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings 4.11 Bn 3.81 Bn 310.92 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 15, 2026 577.00 Mn
Feb 15, 2026 577.00 Mn
Nov 23, 2025 577.00 Mn
Nov 23, 2025 577.00 Mn
Aug 31, 2025 1.15 Bn
Aug 31, 2025 1.15 Bn
May 11, 2025 515.00 Mn
May 11, 2025 515.00 Mn
Nov 24, 2024 515.00 Mn
Nov 24, 2024 515.00 Mn
Sep 1, 2024 514.00 Mn
Sep 1, 2024 514.00 Mn
May 12, 2024 515.00 Mn
May 12, 2024 515.00 Mn
Feb 18, 2024 7.11 Bn
Feb 18, 2024 7.11 Bn
Nov 26, 2023 905.00 Mn
Nov 26, 2023 905.00 Mn
Sep 3, 2023 452.00 Mn
Sep 3, 2023 452.00 Mn