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Costco Wholesale (COST) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Historic FCF Payout Ratio for Costco Wholesale (COST) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.18.

  • Costco Wholesale's FCF Payout Ratio fell 2927.59% to 0.18 in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Nov 2025 it was 0.25, marking a year-over-year decrease of 8554.74%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.28 for FY2025, which is 7957.63% down from last year.
  • Costco Wholesale's FCF Payout Ratio amounted to 0.18 in Q4 2025, which was down 2927.59% from 0.61 recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Costco Wholesale's FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.94 in Q2 2022 and a low of 23.69 during Q1 2024
  • In the last 5 years, Costco Wholesale's FCF Payout Ratio had a median value of 0.26 in 2022 and averaged 1.56.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Costco Wholesale's FCF Payout Ratio skyrocketed by 59969.3% in 2022 and then crashed by 6739.48% in 2023.
  • Costco Wholesale's FCF Payout Ratio (Quarter) stood at 0.16 in 2021, then surged by 62.12% to 0.26 in 2022, then dropped by 2.7% to 0.25 in 2023, then grew by 2.95% to 0.26 in 2024, then dropped by 29.28% to 0.18 in 2025.
  • Its FCF Payout Ratio was 0.18 in Q4 2025, compared to 0.61 in Q3 2025 and 0.22 in Q2 2025.