Costco Wholesale Corporation
COSTDividend Contender • 21yrsAutomated dividend-safety read-out from payout, leverage, yield, profitability and track record. See the Financials tab for the full per-statement Financial Investigation. Educational only — not investment advice.
At a glance
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) operates in the Discount Stores industry and is based in the United States. It pays a quarterly dividend of $5.87 a year, a yield of 0.59% at the current price of $1003.32. Costco Wholesale has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years, which makes it a Dividend Contender. Over the last five years the dividend has grown by an average of 13.0% a year. It paid out 27% of its earnings as dividends, leaving most of its profit in the business. 40 analysts cover it; their average 12-month price target of $1066.06 is 6.3% above the current price.
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About Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Sweden, Iceland, and New Zealand. It offers merchandise, including sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, liquor, and tobacco; non-food merchandise comprising consumer electronics, appliances, small electrics, health and beauty aids, hardware, lawn and garden, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal, automotive, stamps, tickets, apparel, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and fresh food, such as meat, produce, deli, and bakery products. The company is also involved in warehouse ancillary operations, which include gasoline, pharmacies, food courts, optical, hearing aids, and tire installation centers.
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