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Costco Bucks Dividend Suspension Trend With Near 8% Raise

By Dayeeta Das
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Costco Bucks Dividend Suspension Trend With Near 8% Raise

Costco Wholesale Corp has said it would raise its quarterly dividend by 7.7% to 70 cents per share, at a time when several major companies have suspended cash returns to shareholders to shore up liquidity.

Unlike the rest of corporate America, which has been hammered by the coronavirus crisis, grocery retailers and some packaged-food companies have seen sales surge in recent weeks, as consumers stockpile household essentials to weather strict lockdowns across the United States.

Costco, which last week reported a 9.6% jump in March comparable sales, joins Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson which also raised their dividends earlier this week.

Costco's dividend is payable on 15 May.

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