Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) operating KPIs

COSTNasdaqRetail-Variety StoresFiscal year ends August 30

Financials through Q4 FY2026, quarter ended Aug 30, 2026Last filing: 10-K on Oct 7, 2026Score 17/3057% above fair value

$1012.28+16.20 (+1.63%)

Close on Oct 30, 2026Market cap $448.93BP/E 48.8Yield 0.55%

Costco Wholesale total cash dividends paid ($M)

Form 10-Q / 10-K Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Quarterly Annual

Latest, Q4 FY26

1,304

Period ended Aug 30, 2026

Change on a year earlier

+13.1%

1,153 in Q4 FY25

History

67 quarters

Since Q1 FY09

Sources

Documents cited below

Quarterly history

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Period	Ended	Total cash dividends paid ($M)	Year on year	Source
Q4 FY26	Aug 30, 2026	1,304	+13.1%	Form 10-K (filed 2026-10-07) ↗
Q3 FY26	May 10, 2026	0	-100.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2026-06-03) ↗
Q2 FY26	Feb 15, 2026	577	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2026-03-11) ↗
Q1 FY26	Nov 23, 2025	577	+12.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2025-12-17) ↗
Q4 FY25	Aug 31, 2025	1,153	+124.3%	Form 10-K (filed 2025-10-08) ↗
Q3 FY25	May 11, 2025	515	0.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2025-06-05) ↗
Q2 FY25	Feb 16, 2025	0	-100.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2025-03-13) ↗
Q1 FY25	Nov 24, 2024	515	-43.1%	Form 10-Q (filed 2024-12-19) ↗
Q4 FY24	Sep 1, 2024	514	+13.7%	Form 10-K (filed 2024-10-09) ↗
Q3 FY24	May 12, 2024	515	+29.1%	Form 10-Q (filed 2024-06-06) ↗
Q2 FY24	Feb 18, 2024	7,107	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2024-03-13) ↗
Q1 FY24	Nov 26, 2023	905	+126.3%	Form 10-Q (filed 2023-12-20) ↗
Q4 FY23	Sep 3, 2023	452	-43.3%	Form 10-K (filed 2023-10-11) ↗
Q3 FY23	May 7, 2023	399	+13.7%	Form 10-Q (filed 2023-06-01) ↗
Q2 FY23	Feb 12, 2023	0	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2023-03-09) ↗
Q1 FY23	Nov 20, 2022	400	+14.3%	Form 10-Q (filed 2022-12-29) ↗
Q4 FY22	Aug 28, 2022	797	+14.2%	Form 10-K (filed 2022-10-05) ↗
Q3 FY22	May 8, 2022	351	+13.2%	Form 10-Q (filed 2022-06-02) ↗
Q2 FY22	Feb 13, 2022	0	-100.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2022-03-10) ↗
Q1 FY22	Nov 21, 2021	350	+12.9%	Form 10-Q (filed 2021-12-22) ↗
Q4 FY21	Aug 29, 2021	698	+12.8%	Form 10-K (filed 2021-10-06) ↗
Q3 FY21	May 9, 2021	310	+8.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2021-06-03) ↗
Q2 FY21	Feb 14, 2021	4,430	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2021-03-10) ↗
Q1 FY21	Nov 22, 2020	310	-45.9%	Form 10-Q (filed 2020-12-16) ↗
Q4 FY20	Aug 30, 2020	619	+116.4%	Form 10-K (filed 2020-10-07) ↗
Q3 FY20	May 10, 2020	287	+14.3%	Form 10-Q (filed 2020-06-04) ↗
Q2 FY20	Feb 16, 2020	0	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2020-03-12) ↗
Q1 FY20	Nov 24, 2019	573	+14.4%	Form 10-Q (filed 2019-12-23) ↗
Q4 FY19	Sep 1, 2019	286	+14.4%	Form 10-K (filed 2019-10-11) ↗
Q3 FY19	May 12, 2019	251	+14.6%	Form 10-Q (filed 2019-06-06) ↗
Q2 FY19	Feb 17, 2019	0	-100.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2019-03-13) ↗
Q1 FY19	Nov 25, 2018	501	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2018-12-20) ↗
Q4 FY18	Sep 2, 2018	250	-92.9%	Form 10-K (filed 2018-10-26) ↗
Q3 FY18	May 13, 2018	219	+10.6%	Form 10-Q (filed 2018-06-07) ↗
Q2 FY18	Feb 18, 2018	220	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2018-03-15) ↗
Q1 FY18	Nov 26, 2017	0	-100.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2017-12-21) ↗
Q4 FY17	Sep 3, 2017	3,508	+790.4%	Form 10-K (filed 2017-10-18) ↗
Q3 FY17	May 7, 2017	198	+12.5%	Form 10-Q (filed 2017-06-01) ↗
Q2 FY17	Feb 12, 2017	0	-100.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2017-03-09) ↗
Q1 FY17	Nov 20, 2016	198	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2016-12-16) ↗
Q4 FY16	Aug 28, 2016	394	+12.3%	Form 10-K (filed 2016-10-12) ↗
Q3 FY16	May 8, 2016	176	-92.5%	SEC Filing ↗
Q2 FY16	Feb 14, 2016	176	-92.5%	Form 10-Q (filed 2016-12-16) ↗
Q1 FY16	Nov 22, 2015	0	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2016-12-16) ↗
Q4 FY15	Aug 30, 2015	351	+12.9%	Form 10-K (filed 2015-10-14) ↗
Q3 FY15	May 10, 2015	2,358	+1,633.8%	Form 10-Q (filed 2015-06-04) ↗
Q2 FY15	Feb 15, 2015	2,358	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2015-03-11) ↗
Q4 FY14	Aug 31, 2014	311	+14.8%	Form 10-K (filed 2014-10-15) ↗
Q3 FY14	May 11, 2014	136	+13.3%	Form 10-Q (filed 2014-06-05) ↗
Q4 FY13	Sep 1, 2013	271	+14.3%	Form 10-K (filed 2013-10-16) ↗
Q3 FY13	May 12, 2013	120	+15.4%	Form 10-Q (filed 2013-06-11) ↗
Q4 FY12	Sep 2, 2012	237	+12.9%	Form 10-K (filed 2012-10-19) ↗
Q3 FY12	May 6, 2012	104	+15.6%	Form 10-Q (filed 2012-06-06) ↗
Q2 FY12	Feb 12, 2012	105	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2012-03-15) ↗
Q1 FY12	Nov 20, 2011	0	-100.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2011-12-16) ↗
Q4 FY11	Aug 28, 2011	210	+16.7%	Form 10-K (filed 2011-10-14) ↗
Q3 FY11	May 8, 2011	90	+13.9%	Form 10-Q (filed 2011-06-09) ↗
Q2 FY11	Feb 13, 2011	0	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2011-03-17) ↗
Q1 FY11	Nov 21, 2010	89	+12.7%	Form 10-Q (filed 2010-12-17) ↗
Q4 FY10	Aug 29, 2010	180	+14.6%	Form 10-K (filed 2010-10-18) ↗
Q3 FY10	May 9, 2010	79	+12.9%	Form 10-Q (filed 2010-06-10) ↗
Q2 FY10	Feb 14, 2010	0	-100.0%	Form 10-Q (filed 2010-03-17) ↗
Q1 FY10	Nov 22, 2009	79	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2009-12-18) ↗
Q4 FY09	Aug 30, 2009	157	–	Form 10-K (filed 2010-10-18) ↗
Q3 FY09	May 10, 2009	70	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2010-06-10) ↗
Q2 FY09	Feb 15, 2009	69	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2010-03-17) ↗
Q1 FY09	Nov 23, 2008	0	–	Form 10-Q (filed 2009-12-18) ↗

Cite this data

StockData. (2026). Costco Wholesale Total cash dividends paid ($M), quarterly Q1 FY09–Q4 FY26 [Data set]. Compiled from Costco Wholesale SEC filings and investor materials. https://stockdatahq.com/stocks/cost/kpis/dividends-paid-total

See every metric in the Costco Wholesale KPI table. Data updated Oct 24, 2026.

Where these numbers come from

Parsed from the XBRL in Costco Wholesale's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC
Per-share figures adjusted for the 2-for-1 split on Jan 14, 2000
Fourth quarters derived from the annual report minus nine months
Every figure in the statements links to its source filing

Against peers

Trailing twelve months. Peers are matched on business description, industry and size. Ticks are peers, the dot is COST.

Compare: COST vs WMT · COST vs TGT · COST vs BJ · COST vs PSMT · COST vs DG

Revenue growth10.1% · median 6.2%

Gross margin12.8% · median 25.2%

Operating margin3.9% · median 4.5%

Net margin3.0% · median 3.0%

Company	Revenue	Growth
WMT	$735.84B	+6.2%
COST	$303.15B	+10.1%
TGT	$107.71B	+2.0%
DG	$43.64B	+4.8%
BJ	$22.81B	+9.1%
PSMT	$5.69B	+10.2%

Company

Next earnings (est.): Dec 10, 2026, after close
Exchange: Nasdaq
Industry: Retail-Variety Stores
Fiscal year ends: August 30
Employees: 355,000
Held by institutions: 72.9%
Auditor: KPMG LLP
SEC CIK: 909832

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