Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Dividends
Dividend Yield and Dividend History Highlights
- Over the past 6 years of historical data, COST has returned more capital to shareholders through its dividend issuances than 94.78% of other dividend-paying US stocks.
- COST's trailing 12 month dividends has averaged an annual growth rate of 30.53%.
- In terms trailing twelve months of dividends issued, COST has returned $5,669,000,000 US dollars -- more than 96.22% of public US dividend stocks.
- If you want to include this stock in your dividend portfolio, here are some dividend stocks that are NOT correlated with COST that may be suitable potential portfolio mates: RXN, PRI, TCPC, DLNG and VET.
COST Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model
| Current Price | DDM Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $610.78 | $166.74 | -69.9% |
A technique commonly used by dividend investors to value dividend-issuing stocks is the Dividend Discount Model (DDM), which seeks to determine a fair share price based on the dividend provided by the company relative to a number of other company-specific factors. As for COST, the DDM model generated by StockNews estimates a return of negative 69.9% in comparison to its current price. Some interesting points we thought investors may wish to consider regarding the dividend discount model forecast for Costco Wholesale Corp are:
- As for its position relative to other Consumer Defensive stocks that issue dividends, Costco Wholesale Corp offers a higher dividend yield than 3.57% of them.
- In comparison to other US listed dividend yielding stocks in the Consumer Defensive sector, the expected return of -69.9%, based on the stock's current share price and target price based on a dividend discount model, is greater than 5.95% of the DDM-forecasted return of its its sector peers.
- Compared to all dividend issuing stocks in our set, Costco Wholesale Corp bears a discount rate, according to our calculations, lower than 5.95% of them (lower discount rates are generally perceived as positive, and a sign of lower risk).
- Costco Wholesale Corp has annual revenue of approximately $210 billion; this classifies the stock in the mega-sized revenue class -- and relative to other dividend issuers in this class, the growth rate of its dividend is greater than that of merely 0% of them.
COST Dividend History
| Ex-Dividend Date | Type | Payout Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-02 | Dividend | $1.02 | -- |
| 2023-08-24 | Dividend | $1.02 | -- |
| 2023-05-04 | Dividend | $1.02 | +13.33% |
| 2023-02-02 | Dividend | $0.90 | -- |
| 2022-10-27 | Dividend | $0.90 | -- |
| 2022-07-28 | Dividend | $0.90 | -- |
| 2022-04-28 | Dividend | $0.90 | +13.92% |
| 2022-02-03 | Dividend | $0.79 | -- |
| 2021-10-28 | Dividend | $0.79 | -- |
| 2021-07-29 | Dividend | $0.79 | -- |
| 2021-04-29 | Dividend | $0.79 | +12.86% |
| 2021-02-04 | Dividend | $0.70 | -- |
| 2020-10-29 | Dividend | $0.70 | -- |
| 2020-07-30 | Dividend | $0.70 | -- |
| 2020-04-30 | Dividend | $0.70 | +7.69% |
| 2020-02-06 | Dividend | $0.65 | -- |
| 2019-10-31 | Dividend | $0.65 | -- |
| 2019-08-29 | Dividend | $0.65 | -- |
| 2019-05-09 | Dividend | $0.65 | +14.04% |
| 2019-02-07 | Dividend | $0.57 | -- |
| 2018-11-08 | Dividend | $0.57 | -- |
| 2018-08-30 | Dividend | $0.57 | -- |
| 2018-05-10 | Dividend | $0.57 | +14.00% |
| 2018-02-15 | Dividend | $0.50 | -- |
| 2017-11-16 | Dividend | $0.50 | -- |
| 2017-08-16 | Dividend | $0.50 | -- |
| 2017-05-10 | Dividend | $0.50 | -92.86% |
| 2017-05-08 | Dividend | $7.00 | +1,455.56% |
| 2017-02-08 | Dividend | $0.45 | -- |
| 2016-11-02 | Dividend | $0.45 | -- |
| 2016-08-10 | Dividend | $0.45 | -- |
| 2016-04-27 | Dividend | $0.45 | +12.50% |
| 2016-02-10 | Dividend | $0.40 | -- |
| 2015-11-10 | Dividend | $0.40 | -- |
| 2015-08-12 | Dividend | $0.40 | -- |
| 2015-04-29 | Dividend | $0.40 | +12.68% |
| 2015-02-11 | Dividend | $0.36 | -92.90% |
| 2015-02-05 | Dividend | $5.00 | +1,308.45% |
| 2014-11-12 | Dividend | $0.36 | -- |
| 2014-07-09 | Dividend | $0.36 | -- |
| 2014-05-14 | Dividend | $0.36 | +14.52% |
| 2014-02-12 | Dividend | $0.31 | -- |
| 2013-11-13 | Dividend | $0.31 | -- |
| 2013-08-07 | Dividend | $0.31 | -- |
| 2013-05-15 | Dividend | $0.31 | +12.73% |
| 2013-02-06 | Dividend | $0.28 | -96.07% |
| 2012-12-06 | Dividend | $7.00 | +2,445.45% |
| 2012-11-14 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
| 2012-08-08 | Dividend | $0.28 | -- |
| 2012-05-23 | Dividend | $0.28 | +14.58% |
| 2012-02-08 | Dividend | $0.24 | -- |
| 2011-11-08 | Dividend | $0.24 | -- |
| 2011-08-03 | Dividend | $0.24 | -- |
| 2011-05-11 | Dividend | $0.24 | +17.07% |
| 2011-02-09 | Dividend | $0.21 | -- |
| 2010-10-27 | Dividend | $0.21 | -- |
| 2010-08-04 | Dividend | $0.21 | -- |
| 2010-05-05 | Dividend | $0.21 | +13.89% |
| 2010-02-10 | Dividend | $0.18 | -- |
| 2009-10-21 | Dividend | $0.18 | -- |
| 2009-08-12 | Dividend | $0.18 | -- |
| 2009-05-13 | Dividend | $0.18 | +12.50% |
| 2009-02-11 | Dividend | $0.16 | -- |
| 2008-11-12 | Dividend | $0.16 | -- |
| 2008-08-06 | Dividend | $0.16 | -- |
| 2008-05-14 | Dividend | $0.16 | +10.34% |
| 2008-02-13 | Dividend | $0.15 | -- |
| 2007-11-28 | Dividend | $0.15 | -- |
| 2007-07-25 | Dividend | $0.15 | -- |
| 2007-04-25 | Dividend | $0.15 | +11.54% |
| 2007-02-12 | Dividend | $0.13 | -- |
| 2006-11-15 | Dividend | $0.13 | -- |
| 2006-07-28 | Dividend | $0.13 | -- |
| 2006-05-08 | Dividend | $0.13 | +13.04% |
| 2006-02-07 | Dividend | $0.12 | -- |
| 2005-11-16 | Dividend | $0.12 | -- |
| 2005-08-03 | Dividend | $0.12 | -- |
| 2005-05-04 | Dividend | $0.12 | +15.00% |
| 2005-02-04 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2004-11-03 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2004-07-21 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2004-05-06 | Dividend | $0.10 | -- |
| 2000-01-14 | Split | ||
| 1993-10-22 | Split |
COST Dividends vs. Peers
COST's dividend yield currently ranks #14 of 49 vs. its peers in the Grocery/Big Box Retailers category.
Looking for More Information on COST dividends?
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