Costco Wholesale (COST) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's Capital Expenditures history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$1.3 billion for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Capital Expenditures fell 158.76% year-over-year to -$1.3 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was -$2.0 billion (down 180.2% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $193.0 million, down 4.93% from the prior year.
• Capital Expenditures was -$1.3 billion for Q1 2026 at Costco Wholesale, down from $1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Capital Expenditures topped out at $2.2 billion in Q1 2025 and bottomed at -$3.3 billion in Q3 2025.
• A 5-year average of -$5.8 million and a median of $203.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Capital Expenditures.
• Peak annual rise in Capital Expenditures reached 3823.73% in 2025, while the deepest fall reached 15277.27% in 2025.
• Costco Wholesale's Capital Expenditures stood at $1.1 billion in 2022, then plunged by 80.79% to $203.0 million in 2023, then grew by 0.49% to $204.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 648.04% to $1.5 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 184.6% to -$1.3 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows COST's Capital Expenditures at -$1.3 billion in Q1 2026, $1.5 billion in Q4 2025, and -$3.3 billion in Q3 2025.