Costco Wholesale is principally engaged in the operation of membership warehouses. Co. operates membership warehouses and e-commerce websites based on the concept that providing its members low prices on a selection of branded and private-label products in a range of categories. Co. provides merchandise and services, which include food and sundries, non-foods, fresh foods, warehouse ancillary, and other business. Co.'s other businesses sell products and services that complement its warehouse operations (main and warehouse ancillary businesses). Co. provides other services online in certain countries such as business delivery, travel, same-day grocery, and various other services. The COST stock yearly return is shown above.
The yearly return on the COST stock yearly return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the annual return over the calendar year 2022 for the given stock.
When performing this calculation it is important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's annual return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon.
One way to factor dividends into the return is simply to count them as cash — we don't do
that here. Instead, our website aims to empower investors
by performing the COST annual return calculation with any dividends reinvested as applicable (on ex-dates).
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