Costco Wholesale (COST) Change in Account Payables (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale (COST) has 18 years of Change in Account Payables data on file, last reported at -$3.1 billion in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Change in Account Payables fell 0.92% year-over-year to -$3.1 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $1.6 billion (up 7.93% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $404.0 million, down 79.15% from the prior year.
• Change in Account Payables eased to -$3.1 billion in Q1 2026, 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.
• A 5-year average of $70.2 million and a median of $490.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Change in Account Payables.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Change in Account Payables surged 486.04% — and 2025, when it tumbled 135.84%.
• Tracing COST's Change in Account Payables over 5 years: stood at $487.0 million in 2022, then surged by 486.04% to $2.9 billion in 2023, then dropped by 8.86% to $2.6 billion in 2024, then surged by 46.79% to $3.8 billion in 2025, then slumped by 180.85% to -$3.1 billion in 2026.
• The last three Change in Account Payables figures came in at -$3.1 billion (Q1 2026), $3.8 billion (Q4 2025), and -$200.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.