Costco Wholesale (COST) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's Debt Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.07 for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 13.47% year-over-year to 0.07 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 0.07 (down 13.47% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.07, down 12.25% from the prior year.
• Debt Ratio was 0.07 for Q1 2026 at Costco Wholesale, down from 0.07 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.11 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.07 in Q1 2026.
• A 5-year average of 0.09 and a median of 0.09 in 2023 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Debt Ratio increased 6.35% — and 2025, when it slipped 25.57%.
• Costco Wholesale's Debt Ratio stood at 0.1 in 2022, then retreated by 4.92% to 0.09 in 2023, then retreated by 16.91% to 0.08 in 2024, then dropped by 12.58% to 0.07 in 2025, then fell by 0.63% to 0.07 in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows COST's Debt Ratio at 0.07 in Q1 2026, 0.07 in Q4 2025, and 0.07 in Q3 2025.