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Costco Wholesale (COST) Capital Expenditures (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale filings provide 18 years of Capital Expenditures readings, the most recent being $2.6 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Capital Expenditures rose 332.45% to $2.6 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was $8.1 billion, a 578.23% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $5.5 billion, up 2608.37% from a year prior.
  • Capital Expenditures hit $2.6 billion in Q1 2026 for Costco Wholesale, up from $258.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Capital Expenditures ranged from a high of $5.4 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of -$2.9 billion in Q3 2024.
  • Median Capital Expenditures over the past 5 years was $723.0 million (2022), compared with a mean of $702.4 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Capital Expenditures: tumbled 244.67% in 2023 and later surged 931.07% in 2024.
  • Costco Wholesale's Capital Expenditures stood at $1.1 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 80.79% to $203.0 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 522.66% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then tumbled by 79.59% to $258.0 million in 2025, then soared by 891.09% to $2.6 billion in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Capital Expenditures were $2.6 billion (Q1 2026), $258.0 million (Q4 2025), and $5.4 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.