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Costco Wholesale (COST) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's FCF Payout Ratio history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 1.31 for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio changed N/A year-over-year to 1.31; the TTM value through Feb 2026 reached 0.41, up 264.08%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.28, 65.69% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 1.31 in Q1 2026 per COST's latest filing, up from 0.13 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.31 in Q1 2026 to a low of 6.25 in Q1 2024.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.28, with a median of 0.18 recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: surged 599.69% in 2022, then tumbled 971.23% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.26 in 2022, then decreased by 21.01% to 0.2 in 2023, then increased by 26.81% to 0.26 in 2024, then plummeted by 49.52% to 0.13 in 2025, then surged by 909.11% to 1.31 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for COST's FCF Payout Ratio are 1.31 (Q1 2026), 0.13 (Q4 2025), and 0.76 (Q3 2025).