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Costco Wholesale (COST) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale filings provide 18 years of Free Cash Flow readings, the most recent being $439.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow fell 88.59% to $439.0 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was $6.9 billion, a 49.8% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $7.8 billion, down 29.62% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $439.0 million in Q1 2026 for Costco Wholesale, down from $4.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $5.9 billion in Q3 2024 to a low of -$1.5 billion in Q3 2025.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $1.9 billion (2024), compared with a mean of $2.1 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: surged 1416.15% in 2023 and later tumbled 126.83% in 2024.
  • Costco Wholesale's Free Cash Flow stood at $1.6 billion in 2022, then soared by 186.41% to $4.4 billion in 2023, then plummeted by 55.13% to $2.0 billion in 2024, then soared by 121.94% to $4.4 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 90.09% to $439.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $439.0 million (Q1 2026), $4.4 billion (Q4 2025), and -$1.5 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.