{"slug":"cost-dividend","qid":"by_year","label":"COST total dividends paid per year (regular dividends)","post_title":"COST Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates","post_url":"/blog/cost-dividend#q-by_year","columns":["year","dividends_paid_per_share"],"rows":[{"year":"2019","dividends_paid_per_share":2.52},{"year":"2020","dividends_paid_per_share":2.75},{"year":"2021","dividends_paid_per_share":3.07},{"year":"2022","dividends_paid_per_share":3.49},{"year":"2023","dividends_paid_per_share":3.96},{"year":"2024","dividends_paid_per_share":4.5},{"year":"2025","dividends_paid_per_share":5.06}],"shape":"ranking","sql":"SELECT toString(toYear(ex_dividend_date)) AS year,\n       round(sum(cash_amount), 2) AS dividends_paid_per_share\nFROM global_markets.stocks_dividends\nWHERE ticker = 'COST' AND frequency IN (1, 2, 4, 12)\n  AND ex_dividend_date >= toDate('2019-01-01') AND ex_dividend_date < toDate(concat(toString(toYear(today())), '-01-01'))\nGROUP BY year\nORDER BY year","computed_at":"2026-08-22T04:04:13.832064+00:00","elapsed":0.056931163}