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

Costco Wholesale (COST) has reported FCF Margin for 18 consecutive years, with 2.89% the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q2 2026, FCF Margin fell 80.0% year-over-year to 2.89%; the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 stood at 3.0% (up 28.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 2.85%, up 24.0% from the prior year.
• FCF Margin rose to 2.89% in Q2 2026 per COST's latest filing, from 2.45% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 6.25% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 0.62% in Q1 2022.
• Historically, FCF Margin has averaged 2.52% across 5 years, with a median of 2.64% in 2023.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: FCF Margin surged 479 bps in 2023, then tumbled 468 bps in 2024.
• Over 5 years, FCF Margin stood at 2.85% in 2022, then jumped by 119 bps to 6.25% in 2023, then sank by 49 bps to 3.21% in 2024, then surged by 46 bps to 4.7% in 2025, then slumped by 39 bps to 2.89% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods registered 2.89%, 2.45%, and 4.7% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.