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Costco Wholesale (COST) Cash from Investing Activities (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale (COST) has disclosed Cash from Investing Activities for 18 consecutive years, with -$1.2 billion as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Cash from Investing Activities fell 14.48% year-over-year to -$1.2 billion, compared with a TTM value of -$5.9 billion through Feb 2026, down 25.9%, and an annual FY2025 reading of -$5.3 billion, down 20.46% over the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities was -$1.2 billion for Q1 2026 at Costco Wholesale, up from -$1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cash from Investing Activities topped out at -$366.0 million in Q4 2023 and bottomed at -$2.0 billion in Q3 2025.
  • Average Cash from Investing Activities over 5 years is -$1.2 billion, with a median of -$1.2 billion recorded in 2026.
  • The sharpest move saw Cash from Investing Activities skyrocketed 65.37% in 2023, then tumbled 169.13% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Cash from Investing Activities stood at -$1.1 billion in 2022, then soared by 65.37% to -$366.0 million in 2023, then crashed by 169.13% to -$985.0 million in 2024, then tumbled by 41.93% to -$1.4 billion in 2025, then grew by 16.31% to -$1.2 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Cash from Investing Activities for COST at -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026, -$1.4 billion in Q4 2025, and -$2.0 billion in Q3 2025.