Costco Wholesale COST
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Costco Wholesale (COST) Current Debt (2009 - 2022)

Updated

Costco Wholesale's Current Debt came in at -$89 million for fiscal Q3 2022 (quarter ended May 8, 2022), compared with $68 million a year earlier.

Analysis

Costco Wholesale (COST) Current Debt (2009 - 2022) Analysis & Trends

Over the trailing twelve months to May 8, 2022, Costco Wholesale reported Current Debt of $88 million, down 68.9% year-over-year; for FY2021 (ended Aug 29, 2021), it was $188 million, up 37.2% from FY2020.

  • Current Debt carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 18.3% (FY2016 to FY2021).
  • Going back by fiscal year, Current Debt was $137 million in FY2020 (-34.8%), $210 million in FY2019 (+162.5%), $80 million in FY2018 and -$236 million in FY2017.
  • The fiscal Q3 2022 figure represents the lowest quarterly Current Debt since fiscal Q2 2021.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in Current Debt over five years came in fiscal Q4 2020 (growth of 540.9%), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2017 (a decline of 96.6%).
  • Business Quant data shows COST's Current Debt at $36 million (Q2 2022), -$46 million (Q1 2022) and $187 million (Q4 2021) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2022.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Current Debt (Qtr)
1 Walmart 862.64 Bn 825.34 Bn 49.13 Bn -207.00 Mn
2 Costco Wholesale 409.33 Bn 338.62 Bn 9.01 Bn -
3 Sysco 37.65 Bn 31.90 Bn 4.13 Bn -514.00 Mn
4 Kroger 35.26 Bn 21.42 Bn 7.86 Bn -
5 Dollar General 27.43 Bn 22.11 Bn 3.68 Bn -
6 Caseys General Stores 22.41 Bn 20.40 Bn 1.24 Bn -
7 Dollar Tree 21.77 Bn 18.40 Bn 2.10 Bn -
8 US Foods Holding 20.27 Bn 20.06 Bn 1.92 Bn -
9 Tractor Supply 16.74 Bn 15.90 Bn 1.68 Bn -
10 Performance Food 14.36 Bn 14.14 Bn 2.17 Bn -112.50 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 8, 2022 -89.00 Mn
Feb 13, 2022 36.00 Mn
Nov 21, 2021 -46.00 Mn
Aug 29, 2021 187.00 Mn
May 9, 2021 68.00 Mn
Feb 14, 2021 -107.00 Mn
Nov 22, 2020 40.00 Mn
Aug 30, 2020 282.00 Mn
May 10, 2020 -128.00 Mn
Feb 16, 2020 -139.00 Mn
Nov 24, 2019 122.00 Mn
Sep 1, 2019 44.00 Mn
May 12, 2019 -96.00 Mn
Feb 17, 2019 69.00 Mn
Nov 25, 2018 193.00 Mn
Sep 2, 2018 103.00 Mn
May 13, 2018 10.00 Mn
Feb 18, 2018 -410.00 Mn
Nov 26, 2017 377.00 Mn
Sep 3, 2017 7.00 Mn
API Access

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