COST Ex-Dividend Date

As of Oct 25, 2026, the next COST ex-dividend date on record is Oct 30, 2026, with a pay date of Nov 13, 2026. To receive the dividend you must own COST shares before this date.

The ex-dividend date is the cut-off for owning a stock in time to receive its next dividend. If you buy COST on or after the ex-dividend date, the seller — not you — receives the upcoming payment. Buy before it and you're entitled to the dividend.

You must own COST before the ex-dividend date — i.e. buy at least one trading day earlier. Since the move to T+1 settlement, the record date and ex-dividend date now fall on the same day, so the ex-date is the deadline that matters.

As of Oct 25, 2026, COST's most recent dividend was $1.4700 per share, paid on a quarterly basis — about $5.88 per share annually, a forward yield of roughly 0.59%.