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

Costco Wholesale (COST) has disclosed FCF Margin for 18 consecutive years, with 6.16% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 530.0% year-over-year to 6.16%, compared with a TTM value of 5.93% through Feb 2026, up 404.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 4.77%, up 217.0% over the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 6.16% for Q1 2026 at Costco Wholesale, up from 4.7% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 8.36% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 1.97% in Q3 2024.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 3.47%, with a median of 3.68% recorded in 2025.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Margin crashed -472bps in 2024, then soared 1034bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 2.85% in 2022, then soared by 170bps to 7.7% in 2023, then plummeted by -36bps to 4.92% in 2024, then decreased by -4bps to 4.7% in 2025, then surged by 31bps to 6.16% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for COST at 6.16% in Q1 2026, 4.7% in Q4 2025, and 8.36% in Q3 2025.