Costco Wholesale (COST) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's Change in Inventory history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$2.4 billion for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Change in Inventory fell 8.95% year-over-year to -$2.4 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was -$138.0 million (down 106.88% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$559.0 million, down 127.03% from the prior year.
• Change in Inventory was -$2.4 billion for Q1 2026 at Costco Wholesale, down from $3.2 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Change in Inventory topped out at $3.2 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$2.6 billion in Q1 2023.
• A 5-year average of $135.7 million and a median of $368.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Change in Inventory.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Change in Inventory soared 2470.59% — and 2023, when it sank 490.41%.
• 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 slumped by 175.2% to -$2.4 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows COST's Change in Inventory at -$2.4 billion in Q1 2026, $3.2 billion in Q4 2025, and -$584.0 million in Q3 2025.