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Costco's Last Stock Split Was in 2000. Is Its Board Close to Another?

Just after the 2-for-1 split, the shares sold for about $49. Now one share costs roughly $994 as of this writing, or about what 20 shares cost back then. Even after a dip, that's only about 9% off the warehouse club's all-time closing high of $1,094. 32, hit in May. Investors have noticed. An analyst asked about a split on an earnings call, shareholders asked at both of the past two annual meetings, and Costco hasn't announced one.

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