Costco Wholesale Corporation announced on November 10, 2026, that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend of $30 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable on December 4, 2026, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 24, 2026. The total amount of the payment is approximately $13.3 billion.
In addition to the dividend, the Board has reauthorized a common-stock repurchase program of up to $4 billion. This new authorization replaces the previous program adopted in 2023, which had a scheduled expiration date of January 2027. Under the previous program, Costco purchased $3.1 billion in stock. The new repurchase program is set to expire in November 2030.
The company also disclosed its current operational footprint, consisting of 945 warehouses located across various regions. These include 653 warehouses in the United States and Puerto Rico, 115 in Canada, 43 in Mexico, 37 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom, 20 in Korea, 15 in Australia, 14 in Taiwan, seven in China, five in Spain, three in France, two in Sweden, and one each in Iceland and New Zealand. Costco also operates e-commerce sites in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, and China.
