Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST ) has declared its first quarterly dividend for the new year. The company is to pay $0.275 to shareholders of its common stock on Feb. 22. Shareholders of record as of the end of Feb. 8 will be eligible to receive the disbursement.
The payout matches that of the previous three quarters. Prior to that, the retailer had awarded $0.24 per share. This past December, it also paid a one-time, special dividend of $7 per share.
The just-announced payout represents a yield of just over 1% on the company's current stock price.
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Report this Comment On January 26, 2013, at 7:26 PM, Ecirb wrote:
More reports like this one - it is good to have a concise to the point report about earnings. The snapshot - in fact you could call it an "Earnings Snapshot" .
I would appreciate over the "fill in the company" same as usually charts and mumbo that really doesn't change - it's just easy to fill in.
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