Costco Wholesale (COST) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's Free Cash Flow history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $4.3 billion for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 678.04% year-over-year to $4.3 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $17.0 billion (up 78.68% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $13.1 billion, up 18.01% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow was $4.3 billion for Q1 2026 at Costco Wholesale, up from $3.2 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $7.2 billion in Q3 2025 and bottomed at -$322.0 million in Q1 2022.
• A 5-year average of $2.8 billion and a median of $3.0 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Free Cash Flow sank 83.82% — and 2023, when it soared 814.91%.
• 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 sank by 31.29% to $3.1 billion in 2024, then increased by 3.47% to $3.2 billion in 2025, then jumped by 35.58% to $4.3 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows COST's Free Cash Flow at $4.3 billion in Q1 2026, $3.2 billion in Q4 2025, and $7.2 billion in Q3 2025.