Costco Just Sent Shareholders a $13 Billion Signal It Has More Cash Than It Can Use. Here's What 200 Shares Collect
Danielle Liverance's November 10, 2026 article for 247wallst.com reports Costco's $30-a-share special dividend — about $13.3 billion, its largest ever, payable December 4 to holders of record November 24 — alongside a $4 billion buyback reauthorization running to November 2030. Through a scenario of a retired Washington couple whose 200 shares, bought for $12,110 in 2010, collect $6,000, she walks through the tax outcomes by account type and argues the check is best spent, not reinvested, since buying the stock for the dividend does not work.
