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COST
Description
Description
Costco Wholesale Corp. engages in the provision of operation of membership warehouses through wholly owned subsidiaries. The company is headquartered in Issaquah, Washington and currently employs 355,000 full-time employees. The firm buys the majority of its merchandise directly from suppliers and route it to cross-docking consolidation points (depots) or directly to its warehouses. The company operates 891 warehouses, including 614 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 108 in Canada, 40 in Mexico, 35 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom, 19 in ...
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NYSE/NASDAQ
Consumer
High Price Growth
Performance
Performance
$1,092.21
USD
▲ $964.61 (689.44%)
12th November 2026, 05:00 a.m.
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* US price history does not take into account stock splits
Quick facts
Quick facts
▲ 113.48% Growth
5 years capital growth
▲ 0.61% Dividends
5 year average dividend yield
$15 AUD minimum investment
Due to minimum AUD to USD conversion
$511.75 USD median portfolio
Median amount held by the community
Distributions
Distributions
Annual dividend yield
0.54%
Average franked amount
0%
5yr avg. dividend yield
0.61%
Dividend reinvestment
Highest franked amount
N/A
Payout dates
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Costs
Costs
PURCHASE FEE
$6.50 AUD (or $5.50 with Pearler Prepay)
MANAGEMENT FEE
N/A
ESG
ESG
80.15
Environmental score
46.61
Social score
85.02
Governance score
Pearler community insights
Pearler community insights
General statistics
122 investors hold COST
36 weeks average time between investments
$925 average holding per investor
13 hours since last community investment
Demographics
Income of investors
50k - 100k
38%
Less than 50k
34%
100k - 150k
21%
150k - 200k
6%
More than 200k
2%
Age of investors
35-90 years old
59%
26-34 years old
27%
18-25 years old
14%
Legal gender of investors
46% male
54% female
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