Costco Wholesale (COST) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale (COST) has 18 years of Cash from Investing Activities data on file, last reported at -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Cash from Investing Activities fell 14.48% year-over-year to -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was -$5.9 billion (down 25.9% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$5.3 billion, down 20.46% from the prior year.
• Cash from Investing Activities improved to -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026, from -$1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Cash from Investing Activities ranged from a high of -$366.0 million in Q4 2023 to a low of -$2.0 billion in Q3 2025.
• A 5-year average of -$1.2 billion and a median of -$1.2 billion in 2026 frame the typical range for Cash from Investing Activities.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Cash from Investing Activities soared 65.37% — and 2024, when it slumped 169.13%.
• Tracing COST's Cash from Investing Activities over 5 years: stood at -$1.1 billion in 2022, then jumped by 65.37% to -$366.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 169.13% to -$985.0 million in 2024, then sank by 41.93% to -$1.4 billion in 2025, then increased by 16.31% to -$1.2 billion in 2026.
• The last three Cash from Investing Activities figures came in at -$1.2 billion (Q1 2026), -$1.4 billion (Q4 2025), and -$2.0 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.