Costco Wholesale (COST) Cash from Operations (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale (COST) has reported Cash from Operations for 18 consecutive years, with $3.4 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Cash from Operations changed 0.32% year-over-year to $3.4 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 stood at $15.0 billion (up 20.71% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $13.3 billion, up 17.6% from the prior year.
• Cash from Operations improved to $3.4 billion in Q2 2026 per COST's latest filing, from $3.0 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Cash from Operations topped out at $4.7 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $401.0 million in Q1 2022.
• Historically, Cash from Operations has averaged $2.8 billion across 5 years, with a median of $3.0 billion in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Cash from Operations soared 955.26% in 2022, then tumbled 77.1% in 2024.
• Over 5 years, Cash from Operations stood at $2.6 billion in 2022, then surged by 78.2% to $4.7 billion in 2023, then declined by 29.91% to $3.3 billion in 2024, then soared by 43.8% to $4.7 billion in 2025, then retreated by 26.43% to $3.4 billion in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Cash from Operations over the past three periods registered $3.4 billion, $3.0 billion, and $4.7 billion for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.