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Costco Wholesale (COST) Other Working Capital Changes (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale filings provide 18 years of Other Working Capital Changes readings, the most recent being -$766.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Other Working Capital Changes rose 29.01% to -$766.0 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was -$970.0 million, a 34.28% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$801.0 million, down 8.1% from a year prior.
  • Other Working Capital Changes hit -$766.0 million in Q1 2026 for Costco Wholesale, up from -$873.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Other Working Capital Changes ranged from a high of $999.0 million in Q2 2023 to a low of -$1.1 billion in Q1 2025.
  • Median Other Working Capital Changes over the past 5 years was -$324.0 million (2024), compared with a mean of -$212.9 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Other Working Capital Changes: crashed 2122.73% in 2022 and later soared 373.46% in 2023.
  • Costco Wholesale's Other Working Capital Changes stood at -$415.0 million in 2022, then decreased by 27.71% to -$530.0 million in 2023, then rose by 26.23% to -$391.0 million in 2024, then crashed by 123.27% to -$873.0 million in 2025, then rose by 12.26% to -$766.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Other Working Capital Changes were -$766.0 million (Q1 2026), -$873.0 million (Q4 2025), and $34.0 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.