Costco Wholesale (COST) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's FCF Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 6.16% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly FCF Margin rose 530.0% year-over-year to 6.16% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 5.93% (up 233.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 4.77%, up 40.0% from 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 0.62% in Q1 2022.
• A 5-year average of 4.2% and a median of 4.65% in 2023 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Margin plunged 438 bps — and 2023, when it soared 558 bps.
• Costco Wholesale's FCF Margin stood at 2.85% in 2022, then soared by 170 bps to 7.7% in 2023, then sank by 36 bps to 4.92% in 2024, then decreased by 4 bps to 4.7% in 2025, then surged by 31 bps to 6.16% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows COST's FCF Margin at 6.16% in Q1 2026, 4.7% in Q4 2025, and 8.36% in Q3 2025.