Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) March 2025 price plunge allows investors to buy into this industry-leading membership club at a discount ahead of an expected special dividend payment. The company is still a few quarters away from being able to issue another special but is on track, increasing its cash by 25% YTD in Q2 and 35% compared to the prior year.
At this pace, about $3.2 billion annually, it will only be six more quarters until the balance sheet cash equals the $17 billion reported before the last special distribution payment. That was in late 2023 and worth $15 to investors, about 2.25% in yield then, and central to the stock’s parabolic price increase since.
