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

Costco Wholesale's (COST) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.13 in Q1 2026, down 26.24% on a QoQ basis from 0.18 in Q4 2025.

Costco Wholesale (COST) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Costco Wholesale (COST) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.13 in 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 fell to 0.13 in Q1 2026, from 0.18 in the prior quarter.
In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 9.0 in Q1 2024 to a low of 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 tumbled 87.43%.
Tracing COST's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.26 in 2022, then slipped by 21.01% to 0.2 in 2023, then retreated by 17.17% to 0.17 in 2024, then rose by 8.28% to 0.18 in 2025, then retreated by 26.24% to 0.13 in 2026.
The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.13 (Q1 2026), 0.18 (Q4 2025), and 0.16 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	FCF Cover (Qtr)
1	Walmart	824.27 Bn	813.54 Bn	44.69 Bn	-1.01
2	Costco Wholesale	420.42 Bn	400.43 Bn	9.01 Bn	-
3	Target	74.99 Bn	71.45 Bn	7.38 Bn	-1.65
4	Dollar General	27.11 Bn	25.76 Bn	3.41 Bn	0.36
5	Dollar Tree	25.75 Bn	24.74 Bn	1.83 Bn	-
6	BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings	12.37 Bn	12.34 Bn	1.03 Bn	-
7	Bbb Foods	6.05 Bn	5.36 Bn	250.62 Mn	-
8	Pricesmart	5.24 Bn	4.92 Bn	262.22 Mn	-
9	Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings	4.63 Bn	4.38 Bn	275.96 Mn	-

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