Costco Is Paying Out $13 Billion in Special Dividends This Year. Is the Stock a Buy?
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This report does not map to a usual set of affected companies.
Directly affected
- COST Costco Wholesale+18.6% 30d
Named in this report.
Indirectly affected
- XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR+5.7% 30d
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR holds the consumer sector that Costco Wholesale belongs to, so it often moves with news about it.
- WMT Walmart+18.8% 30d
Walmart is a peer of Costco Wholesale in variety stores; rivals often move on the same news.
- TGT Target-1.0% 30d
Target is a peer of Costco Wholesale in variety stores; rivals often move on the same news.
- DG Dollar General+12.5% 30d
Dollar General is a peer of Costco Wholesale in variety stores; rivals often move on the same news.
- DLTR Dollar Tree+25.9% 30d
Dollar Tree is a peer of Costco Wholesale in variety stores; rivals often move on the same news.
- BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings+14.6% 30d
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings is a peer of Costco Wholesale in variety stores; rivals often move on the same news.
Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
| Ticker | T-5 | T-3 | T-1 | T0 | T+1 | T+2 | T+3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COST | -3.62% | -1.75% | base | after close | after close | after close | after close |
| XLY | +0.82% | +0.83% | base | after close | after close | after close | after close |
| WMT | -1.96% | -1.88% | base | after close | after close | after close | after close |
| TGT | +2.76% | +0.77% | base | after close | after close | after close | after close |
| DG | +1.89% | +2.45% | base | after close | after close | after close | after close |
| DLTR | -0.64% | +3.47% | base | after close | after close | after close | after close |
| BJ | -0.41% | +0.42% | base | after close | after close | after close | after close |
Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.
Costco Is Paying Out $13 Billion in Special Dividends This Year. Is the Stock a Buy? Yahoo Finance
Source: Yahoo Finance
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| Company | When | Move | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJ | three days earlier | +0.42% | final price |
| BJ | five days earlier | -0.41% | final price |
| COST | three days earlier | -1.75% | final price |
| COST | five days earlier | -3.62% | final price |
| DG | three days earlier | +2.45% | final price |
| DG | five days earlier | +1.89% | final price |
| DLTR | three days earlier | +3.47% | final price |
| DLTR | five days earlier | -0.64% | final price |
| TGT | three days earlier | +0.77% | final price |
| TGT | five days earlier | +2.76% | final price |
| WMT | three days earlier | -1.88% | final price |
| WMT | five days earlier | -1.96% | final price |
| XLY | three days earlier | +0.83% | final price |
| XLY | five days earlier | +0.82% | final price |
Congressional trades in the stocks in this story
- Rep. Pete Sessions sold Costco Wholesale (COST), worth $100,001 - $250,000 on 13 Oct 2026. That is 33 days before publication. Filed 27 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna bought Costco Wholesale (COST) (held by a spouse), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 12 Oct 2026. That is 34 days before publication. Filed 5 Nov 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna bought Costco Wholesale (COST) (held by a spouse), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 7 Oct 2026. That is 39 days before publication. Filed 5 Nov 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna bought Walmart (WMT) (held by a dependent child), worth $15,001 - $50,000 on 13 Oct 2026. That is 33 days before publication. Filed 5 Nov 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna sold Walmart (WMT) (held by a spouse), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 7 Oct 2026. That is 39 days before publication. Filed 5 Nov 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Pete Sessions sold Walmart (WMT) (held by a spouse), worth $50,001 - $100,000 on 2 Oct 2026. That is 44 days before publication. Filed 27 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna sold Target (TGT) (held by a spouse), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 4 Sep 2026. That is 72 days before publication. Filed 7 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna sold Dollar General (DG) (held by a spouse), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 24 Aug 2026. That is 83 days before publication. Filed 4 Sep 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Gilbert Cisneros sold Dollar Tree (DLTR), worth $15,001 - $50,000 on 19 Aug 2026. That is 88 days before publication. Filed 10 Sep 2026. View the filing.
Public disclosure filings, not a recommendation. The filing link is the source document. News use of these reports still sits under 5 U.S.C. § 13107(c).
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