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COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW

Retail-Variety Stores

Listing type has not been classified. Company financial ratios are not specific to a share class. CIK 0000909832

Dividend overview

Latest reported dividend

Not available

No event collected.

Next announced payment

Not available

No future payment is present in our collected records.

Ex-dividend date

Not reported

For the next collected payment. An unreported date is not inferred from the record date.

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Cash flow & dividend coverage

Cash payout ratio

26.6%

Annual cash dividends ÷ net income.

FCF payout ratio

26.2%

Annual cash dividends ÷ (operating cash flow − PP&E expenditures).

Company-level · annual period Sep 1, 2025 – Aug 30, 2026. Metric date: Oct 21, 2026. Calculated: 2026-10-21T11:56:56.226Z (UTC). Underlying filing

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Cash-dividend numerator: Common-stock cash dividends. Total cash dividends may include more than the common-share distribution.

Dividend history

No matching dividend events have been collected. This does not establish that the company pays no dividend.

Financial context

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Annual net income

20222023202420252026

Reported annual periods; USD. Negative values extend below the baseline.

Selected annual US-GAAP cash-flow and earnings facts · USD
Reporting periodMeasureUSD millionsFiling
Aug 30, 2026From Sep 1, 2025Operating cash flow15,817.0SEC filingOct 7, 2026
Aug 30, 2026From Sep 1, 2025Net income9,226.0SEC filingOct 7, 2026
Aug 30, 2026From Sep 1, 2025Common-stock cash dividends2,458.0SEC filingOct 7, 2026
Aug 30, 2026From Sep 1, 2025Capital expenditures (PP&E)6,435.0SEC filingOct 7, 2026
Aug 31, 2025From Sep 2, 2024Operating cash flow13,335.0SEC filingOct 7, 2026
Aug 31, 2025From Sep 2, 2024Net income8,099.0SEC filingOct 7, 2026
Aug 31, 2025From Sep 2, 2024Common-stock cash dividends2,183.0SEC filingOct 7, 2026
Aug 31, 2025From Sep 2, 2024Capital expenditures (PP&E)5,498.0SEC filingOct 7, 2026
Sep 1, 2024From Sep 4, 2023Operating cash flow11,339.0SEC filingOct 7, 2026
Sep 1, 2024From Sep 4, 2023Net income7,367.0SEC filingOct 7, 2026
Sep 1, 2024From Sep 4, 2023Common-stock cash dividends9,041.0SEC filingOct 7, 2026
Sep 1, 2024From Sep 4, 2023Capital expenditures (PP&E)4,710.0SEC filingOct 7, 2026
Sep 3, 2023From Aug 29, 2022Operating cash flow11,068.0SEC filingOct 8, 2025
Sep 3, 2023From Aug 29, 2022Net income6,292.0SEC filingOct 8, 2025
Sep 3, 2023From Aug 29, 2022Common-stock cash dividends1,251.0SEC filingOct 8, 2025
Sep 3, 2023From Aug 29, 2022Capital expenditures (PP&E)4,323.0SEC filingOct 8, 2025
Aug 28, 2022From Aug 30, 2021Operating cash flow7,392.0SEC filingOct 9, 2024
Aug 28, 2022From Aug 30, 2021Net income5,844.0SEC filingOct 9, 2024
Aug 28, 2022From Aug 30, 2021Common-stock cash dividends1,498.0SEC filingOct 9, 2024
Aug 28, 2022From Aug 30, 2021Capital expenditures (PP&E)3,891.0SEC filingOct 9, 2024

Latest filed value per tag and exact annual period, within the last seven years. Common-stock and total cash dividends are separate measures; do not add them together. These selected facts are not a complete financial statement.

Read the numbers in context

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Sources & corrections

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