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

Costco Wholesale filings provide 18 years of FCF Margin readings, the most recent being 0.63% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin fell 541.0% to 0.63% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was 2.4%, a 278.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 2.85%, down 153.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin hit 0.63% in Q1 2026 for Costco Wholesale, 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.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 3.21% (2024), compared with a mean of 3.31%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: skyrocketed 829bps in 2023 and later plummeted -961bps in 2024.
  • Costco Wholesale's FCF Margin 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.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 0.63% (Q1 2026), 6.58% (Q4 2025), and 1.76% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.