Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Dividends
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)
Today's Latest Price: $337.45 USD
Updated Aug 14 11:58am
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Ranked of 18 in Grocery/Big Box Retailers
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Dividend Yield and Dividend History Highlights
- COST has issued more total dividends (as measured in absolute US dollars) over the past six years than 93.99% of other US stocks currently paying dividends.
- Over the past 5.75 years, COST has averaged an annual trailing twelve month dividend growth rate of 30.41%.
- If you're seeking price stability while collecting dividends, note that COST has less volatility in its price than 99.39% of US stocks in our dividend set.
- To help you reduce price risk in your dividend portfolio, here are the dividend stocks that are least correlated with COST's price: CVEO, TRTN, HMC, LAMR and SC.
COST Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model
| Current Price | DDM Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $337.45 | $398.65 | 16.94% |
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, as implemented by StockNews, implies a positive return of 16.94% relative to its current price. To help understand and contextualize the model's evaluation of COST, investors may wish to consider are:
- In comparison to other stocks in the Consumer Defensive sector, Costco Wholesale Corp offers a higher dividend yield than 6.25% of them.
- Beta is a measure of how volatile a stock is relative to the S&P 500; when evaluated against its peers in the large-sized revenue class, Costco Wholesale Corp has a beta lower than 96.47% of such peers.
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COST Dividend History
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COST Dividends vs. Peers
| Rank | Symbol | Name | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VLGEA | Village Super Market, Inc. - | 4.05% |
| 2 | BIG | Big Lots, Inc. | 2.68% |
| 3 | WMK | Weis Markets, Inc. | 2.54% |
| 4 | TGT | Target Corporation | 2.05% |
| 5 | CNCO | Cencosud S.A. American Depositary Shares (Each representing three ) | 1.88% |
| 6 | KR | Kroger Company (The) | 1.83% |
| 7 | NGVC | Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. | 1.74% |
| 8 | WFM | Whole Foods Market, Inc. | 1.72% |
| 9 | WMT | Walmart Inc. | 1.67% |
| 10 | IMKTA | Ingles Markets, Incorporated - | 1.62% |
| 11 | PSMT | PriceSmart, Inc. | 1.07% |
| 12 | CBD | Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao ADS | 0.87% |
| 13 | COST | Costco Wholesale Corporation | 0.82% |
| 14 | DG | Dollar General Corporation | 0.75% |
| 15 | CASY | Caseys General Stores, Inc. | 0.75% |
| 16 | CST | CST Brands, Inc. | 0.13% |
| 17 | SFM | Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. | 0.00% |
| 18 | SFS | Smart & Final Stores, Inc. | 0.00% |
| 19 | GO | Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. | 0.00% |
| 20 | BJ | BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. | 0.00% |
| 21 | SVU | SuperValu Inc. | 0.00% |
| 22 | DLTR | Dollar Tree, Inc. | 0.00% |
| 23 | ACI | Albertsons Companies, Inc. | 0.00% |
| 24 | FRED | Fred's, Inc. | 0.00% |
Looking for More Information on COST dividends?
Want to do more research on Costco Wholesale Corp's dividends? Try the links below:Costco Wholesale Corp Common Stock (COST) Dividend History | Nasdaq
Dividend History for Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) - Dividend Investor
Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) Dividend History - Seeking Alpha