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Costco Wholesale (COST) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale filings provide 18 years of Change in Inventory readings, the most recent being -$2.4 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Inventory fell 8.95% to -$2.4 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was -$138.0 million, a 106.88% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$559.0 million, down 127.03% from a year prior.
  • Change in Inventory hit -$2.4 billion in Q1 2026 for Costco Wholesale, down from $3.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $3.2 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of -$2.6 billion in Q1 2023.
  • Median Change in Inventory over the past 5 years was $368.0 million (2023), compared with a mean of $135.7 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Inventory: surged 2470.59% in 2022 and later tumbled 490.41% in 2023.
  • Costco Wholesale's Change in Inventory stood at $737.0 million in 2022, then soared by 87.79% to $1.4 billion in 2023, then soared by 83.6% to $2.5 billion in 2024, then increased by 24.24% to $3.2 billion in 2025, then plummeted by 175.2% to -$2.4 billion in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Change in Inventory were -$2.4 billion (Q1 2026), $3.2 billion (Q4 2025), and -$584.0 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.