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Costco Wholesale (COST) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's FCF Margin history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.63% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 541.0% year-over-year to 0.63%; the TTM value through Feb 2026 reached 2.4%, down 278.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 2.85%, 153.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin reached 0.63% in Q1 2026 per COST's latest filing, down from 6.58% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 7.7% in Q4 2023 to a low of 1.95% in Q1 2024.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 3.31%, with a median of 3.21% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: soared 829bps in 2023, then crashed -961bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 2.85% in 2022, then soared by 170bps to 7.7% in 2023, then crashed by -58bps to 3.21% in 2024, then surged by 105bps to 6.58% in 2025, then tumbled by -90bps to 0.63% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for COST's FCF Margin are 0.63% (Q1 2026), 6.58% (Q4 2025), and 1.76% (Q3 2025).