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NASDAQ:COST

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Price: 987.21 USD 0.25% Market Closed
Market Cap: $438B

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Apr 16, 2026
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Over the past 5 years, dividends per share for COST have decreased by 70%.
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Buybacks

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Debt Paydown

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Price Appreciation

COST Price
Costco Wholesale Corp

Annual Price Range
987.21
52w Low
850
52w High
1 056.85
Price Metrics
Average Annual Return 30.96%
Standard Deviation of Annual Returns 33.98%
Max Drawdown -21%
Shares Statistics
Market Capitalization 436.9B USD
Shares Outstanding 443 650 000
Percentage of Shares Shorted 1.42%

COST Return Decomposition
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Stock Splits

COST's latest stock split occurred on Jan 14, 2000

The company executed a 2-for-1 stock split, meaning that for every share held, investors received 2 new shares.

The adjusted shares began trading on Jan 14, 2000. This was COST's 2nd stock split, following the previous one in Oct 22, 1993.

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Post-Split Price
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