COST Dividend: Yield, Ex-Date & Payout History

Costco (COST) dey pay quarterly dividend. As of the time wey im last declare am, COST pay $1.47 per share, wey be annual rate of $5.88, and e give dividend yield of about 0.63% when di recent price bi $939.94. Di last ex-dividend date be Jul 24, 2026, and di next one na Jul 24, 2026. This page dey track COST dividend, and dem dey refresh am every week from di exchange record.

WITH d AS (
    SELECT argMax(cash_amount, ex_dividend_date) AS latest,
           argMax(frequency, ex_dividend_date) AS freq,
           max(ex_dividend_date) AS last_ex,
           maxIf(ex_dividend_date, ex_dividend_date > today()) AS nxt
    FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
    WHERE ticker = 'COST' AND frequency IN (1, 2, 4, 12) AND ex_dividend_date >= today() - 900
),
p AS (
    SELECT argMax(toFloat64(close), window_start) AS price
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'COST' AND window_start >= now() - INTERVAL 8 DAY
)
SELECT round(d.latest, 3) AS latest_dividend,
       multiIf(d.freq = 12, 'monthly', d.freq = 4, 'quarterly', d.freq = 2, 'semi-annual', 'annual') AS frequency,
       round(d.latest * d.freq, 2) AS annual_dividend,
       round(p.price, 2) AS recent_price,
       round(d.latest * d.freq / p.price * 100, 2) AS dividend_yield_pct,
       formatDateTime(d.last_ex, '%b %e, %Y') AS last_ex_date,
       if(d.nxt > today(), formatDateTime(d.nxt, '%b %e, %Y'), 'not yet declared') AS next_ex_date
FROM d CROSS JOIN p

COST dividend yield and payout

To collect dividend, you must own di shares before di ex-dividend date. The dividend yield wey dey for COST up there na di annual rate divided by di recent price; e dey move opposite to di share price, so one yield figure only mean something when you put am beside di date dem take measure am. The per-share amounts wey dey here na di cash dividends wey dem declare, no be any special or one-time distributions.

COST dividend history

The most recent regular dividends wey COST don pay, di newest one first:

SELECT toDate(ex_dividend_date) AS date,
       round(cash_amount, 4) AS dividend_per_share
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker = 'COST' AND frequency IN (1, 2, 4, 12) AND ex_dividend_date >= today() - 1100
ORDER BY ex_dividend_date DESC
LIMIT 10

The rhythm of di payments dey show di schedule: a quarterly payer dey send check for that cadence, and di per-share amount na wetin dey step up (or hold, or dem cut am) as time dey go.

COST dividend growth by year

If you total all di regular dividends inside each calendar year, you go turn di individual payments into one growth picture.

SELECT toString(toYear(ex_dividend_date)) AS year,
       round(sum(cash_amount), 2) AS dividends_paid_per_share
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker = 'COST' AND frequency IN (1, 2, 4, 12)
  AND ex_dividend_date >= toDate('2019-01-01') AND ex_dividend_date < toDate(concat(toString(toYear(today())), '-01-01'))
GROUP BY year
ORDER BY year

For 2019, COST pay $2.52 per share across di year; by 2025 di annual total don reach $5.06. When di line dey rise e mean say di company dey lift im payout year after year; flat line mean say dividend just dey hold; fall mean say dem cut am. Di year-by-year record na di single most useful thing to check before you treat any stock as income holding, and na di part of dividend wey one screener single yield number dey hide.

Whether COST be good dividend stock

Two numbers dey frame that question, and both of dem dey for this page: di yield (0.63%) and di direction of di annual payout wey dey up there. Yield wey fall below di broad-market average plus payout wey dey rise steadily na di profile of dividend-growth name, where di appeal na small check today wey go compound. High yield next to flat or falling payout na income-now profile, and e need you to look well whether earnings dey cover di payment. COST record wey dey up there dey show which of di two e look like. Wetin dividend history no fit show on im own na safety: dat one rest on earnings and free cash flow, no be for di run of past payments, so if payout ratio don stretch, cut fit come before history don record am.

When COST ex-dividend date go be

Di ex-dividend date na di cutoff: buy COST before am and di dividend wey dey come go be your own, buy am on that day and di dividend go go the seller. On ex-date di stock go open lower by roughly di dividend amount, since di cash dey comot from di company. COST most recent ex-dividend date be Jul 24, 2026. Di record date dey follow one business day later under T+1 settlement, and pay date go come few weeks after that. Upcoming ex-dates across di market dey for di ex-dividend calendar.

FAQ

Whether Costco dey pay dividend?

Yes. COST dey pay quarterly dividend, most recently $1.47 per share, wey annualize to about $5.88 a share.

Wetin be COST dividend yield?

COST dividend yield dey around 0.63%, wey dem calculate as di $5.88 annual dividend divided by recent price of $939.94. Yield go rise when price fall and e go fall when price rise, so na snapshot e be, no be fixed number.

When COST next ex-dividend date go be?

COST most recent ex-dividend date be Jul 24, 2026, and di next na Jul 24, 2026. As quarterly payer, COST dey set new ex-date for that cadence; di date go show here as declared once di company announce am.

How much be COST dividend?

Di most recent regular dividend be $1.47 per share. For quarterly cadence, e go annualize to about $5.88 per share.

Every figure wey dey up there na stored, inspectable query, wey dem dey refresh every week. Open di SQL under any panel to audit am, or pull any ticker dividend record for di Strasmore terminal.