Costco Wholesale (COST) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.13 for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio changed N/A year-over-year to 0.13 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 0.17 (up 2.29% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.17, down 79.54% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.13 for Q1 2026 at Costco Wholesale, down from 0.18 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 9.0 in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 0.03 in Q3 2022.
• A 5-year average of 0.85 and a median of 0.17 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio jumped 599.69% — and 2023, when it slumped 87.43%.
• Costco Wholesale's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.26 in 2022, then declined by 21.01% to 0.2 in 2023, then slipped by 17.17% to 0.17 in 2024, then advanced by 8.28% to 0.18 in 2025, then slipped by 26.24% to 0.13 in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows COST's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.13 in Q1 2026, 0.18 in Q4 2025, and 0.16 in Q3 2025.