Costco Wholesale (COST) Buyback Yield % : 0.22 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)

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What is Costco Wholesale Buyback Yield %?

Buyback yield is the net repurchase of shares outstanding over the market capital of the company. It is a measure of shareholder return.

Costco Wholesale's current buyback yield was 0.22%.

Costco Wholesale Buyback Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Costco Wholesale's Buyback Yield % can be seen below:

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Costco Wholesale Buyback Yield % Chart

Costco Wholesale Annual Data

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0.19

0.13

0.25

0.19

0.28

Costco Wholesale Quarterly Data
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Buyback Yield %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.27	0.29	0.38	0.25	0.19

Competitive Comparison of Costco Wholesale's Buyback Yield %

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Costco Wholesale's Buyback Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Buyback Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Costco Wholesale's Buyback Yield % Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Costco Wholesale's Buyback Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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Costco Wholesale Buyback Yield % Calculation

Buyback yield is a measure of shareholder return.

Costco Wholesale's Buyback Yield for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Buyback Yield	=	Net Issuance of Stock			/	Market Cap
	=	- (Repurchase of Stock	+	Issuance of Stock)	/	Market Cap
	=	- (-676	+	0)	/	243217.33904
	=	0.28%

Costco Wholesale's annualized Buyback Yield for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Buyback Yield	=	Net Issuance of Stock		(Annualized)			/	Market Cap
	=	- (Repurchase of Stock	+	Issuance of Stock)	*	Annualized Factor	/	Market Cap
	=	- (-160	+	0)	*	4	/	329918.19056
	=	0.19%

In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the Repurchase of Stock and Issuance of Stock data used here is four times the quarterly (Feb. 2024) data.

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Costco Wholesale (COST) Business Description

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Address

999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, WA, USA, 98027

Website

https://www.costco.com

Costco operates a membership-based, no-frills retail model, predicated on offering a select product assortment in bulk quantities at bargain prices. The firm avoids maintaining costly product displays by keeping inventory on pallets and limits distribution expenses by storing its inventory at point of sale in the warehouse. Given Costco's frugal cost structure, the firm is able to price its merchandise below competing retailers, driving high sales volume per warehouse and allowing the retailer to generate strong profits on thin margins. Costco operates nearly 600 warehouses in the United States and boasts over 60% market share in the domestic warehouse club industry. Internationally, Costco operates another 270 warehouses, primarily in markets such as Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the U.K.

Executives

W Craig Jelinek	officer: Executive VP	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Yoram Rubananko	officer: Executive VP	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Caton Frates	officer: Executive Vice President	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Daniel M. Hines	other: Principal Acctg Officer	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Richard A Galanti	director, officer: Executive VP and CFO	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Pierre Riel	officer: EVP	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Russell D Miller	officer: Executive Vice President	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Claudine Adamo	officer: Executive Vice President	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
James C Klauer	officer: Executive Vice President	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Patrick J Callans	officer: Executive VP	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Helena Foulkes	director	ONE CVS DRIVE, WOONSOCKET RI 02895
Susan L Decker	director	C/O YAHOO INC, 701 FIRST AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Roland Michael Vachris	officer: Executive VP	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
James P. Murphy	officer: Executive VP	999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Kenneth D Denman	director