Costco Declares $30 Special Cash Dividend, Payable Dec. 4
The payout totals about $13.3 billion, and the company also reauthorized a $4 billion buyback program.
Key terms
- Special cash dividend: $30 per share, about $13.3 billion in total
- Record date: Nov. 24, 2026; payment date: Dec. 4, 2026
- Company did not give an ex-dividend date or compare it with the regular dividend
- Board reauthorized up to $4 billion buyback, expiring November 2030
Costco Wholesale (Nasdaq: COST) declared a special cash dividend of $30 per share, the company said in an 8-K filed Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026.
The dividend is payable Dec. 4, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Nov. 24, 2026. The company did not give an ex-dividend date.
The total payment is approximately $13.3 billion. The company's market value before the filing was about $472.44 billion, based on 443.1 million shares as of Sept. 29, 2026.
How the payment compares
The filing does not say how the dividend will be funded. The company did not compare it with its regular dividend.
Buyback program
In a press release attached to the filing, Costco said its board reauthorized a common-stock repurchase program of up to $4 billion. The new program expires in November 2030 and replaces a $4 billion program adopted in 2023 that was scheduled to expire in January 2027. Under the 2023 program, $3.1 billion had been purchased.
The same filing reports that director Helena B. Foulkes resigned from the board and its committees, effective Nov. 7, 2026. The company said her resignation was not due to any disagreement with the company.
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