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

Costco Wholesale (COST) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.13 as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio changed N/A year-over-year to 0.13, compared with a TTM value of 0.17 through Feb 2026, down 46.21%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.17, down 87.82% over 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 0.33 in Q3 2024.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.84, with a median of 0.19 recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Payout Ratio surged 599.69% in 2022, then crashed 257.0% in 2024.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.26 in 2022, then decreased by 21.01% to 0.2 in 2023, then fell by 17.17% to 0.17 in 2024, then increased by 8.28% to 0.18 in 2025, then fell by 26.24% to 0.13 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for COST at 0.13 in Q1 2026, 0.18 in Q4 2025, and 0.16 in Q3 2025.