Costco Increases Dividend

By Eric Volkman – Apr 30, 2013 at 6:46PM

NASDAQ: COST

Costco Wholesale

Market Cap

$321B

Today's Change

(0.17%) $1.21

Current Price

$722.73

Price as of April 24, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ET

The big retailer hikes its distribution by almost 13%.

Costco Wholesale (COST 0.17%) might be a bargain shopping destination, but the company is going to open its wallet a bit wider for its upcoming dividend. It's announced a new distribution of $0.31 per share of its common stock, which will be handed out on May 31 to shareholders of record as of May 17. That amount is nearly 13% higher than the firm's previous regular quarterly payout of $0.275 per share dispensed in February.

Prior to that, Costco paid $0.24 per share. It also distributed a special dividend of $7.00 in December.

The new payout annualizes to $1.24 per share. That yields 1.1% at Costco's current stock price of $108.43.

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