Growth Metrics

Costco Wholesale (COST) Change in Account Payables (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale filings provide 18 years of Change in Account Payables readings, the most recent being -$3.1 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Account Payables fell 0.92% to -$3.1 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was $1.6 billion, a 7.93% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $404.0 million, down 79.15% from a year prior.
  • Change in Account Payables hit -$3.1 billion in Q1 2026 for Costco Wholesale, down from $3.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Account Payables ranged from a high of $3.8 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of -$3.1 billion in Q1 2026.
  • Median Change in Account Payables over the past 5 years was $490.0 million (2023), compared with a mean of $70.2 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Account Payables: skyrocketed 486.04% in 2023 and later tumbled 135.84% in 2025.
  • Costco Wholesale's Change in Account Payables stood at $487.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 486.04% to $2.9 billion in 2023, then fell by 8.86% to $2.6 billion in 2024, then skyrocketed by 46.79% to $3.8 billion in 2025, then plummeted by 180.85% to -$3.1 billion in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Change in Account Payables were -$3.1 billion (Q1 2026), $3.8 billion (Q4 2025), and -$200.0 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.