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

Costco Wholesale filings provide 18 years of Cash from Investing Activities readings, the most recent being -$1.2 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Cash from Investing Activities fell 14.48% to -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was -$5.9 billion, a 25.9% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$5.3 billion, down 20.46% from a year prior.
  • Cash from Investing Activities hit -$1.2 billion in Q1 2026 for Costco Wholesale, up 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.
  • Median Cash from Investing Activities over the past 5 years was -$1.2 billion (2026), compared with a mean of -$1.2 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Cash from Investing Activities: surged 65.37% in 2023 and later crashed 169.13% in 2024.
  • Costco Wholesale's 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.
  • The last three reported values for Cash from Investing Activities were -$1.2 billion (Q1 2026), -$1.4 billion (Q4 2025), and -$2.0 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.