Should You Buy Costco After Its 14% Dividend Hike? [Yahoo! Finance]
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)
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On the heels of issuing a huge $15 per share special cash dividend late in 2023, the retailer announced this month that it will boost its regular quarterly dividend payout. The new $1.16 per-share quarterly dividend will hit shareholders' accounts in May, and it's a modest raise when compared to the company's sporadic (the last one was in 2020) special dividends. Let's take a closer look at whether this latest dividend news makes the stock a more compelling buy today. The new dividend Costco hiked its quarterly dividend payment by $0.14 per share up to $1.16, which translates into a 13.7% boost. That pace was a bit faster than peer Walmart , which raised its dividend in February by 9%. Yet Costco remains far stingier than its national peers when it comes to the yield on its dividend payments. The stock yields just 0.6% today compared to Walmart's 1.3% payout and Target 's 2.6%. You could earn a 1.3% yield by owning an index fund that tracks the wider S&P 500 Sure, Costco dis
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- 4/18/24 - Form 4
- 4/17/24 - Form 144
- 4/10/24 - Form 8-K
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