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

Costco Wholesale's Change in Account Payables history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$3.1 billion for 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 was -$3.1 billion for Q1 2026 at Costco Wholesale, down from $3.8 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Change in Account Payables topped out at $3.8 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$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 slumped 135.84%.
• Costco Wholesale's Change in Account Payables stood at $487.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 486.04% to $2.9 billion in 2023, then fell by 8.86% to $2.6 billion in 2024, then jumped by 46.79% to $3.8 billion in 2025, then plunged by 180.85% to -$3.1 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows COST's Change in Account Payables at -$3.1 billion in Q1 2026, $3.8 billion in Q4 2025, and -$200.0 million in Q3 2025.