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Costco Wholesale (COST) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale filings provide 18 years of Retained Earnings readings, the most recent being -$1.6 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings fell 108.12% to -$1.6 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was -$1.6 billion, a 108.12% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$1.8 billion, up 3.17% from a year prior.
  • Retained Earnings hit -$1.6 billion in Q1 2026 for Costco Wholesale, down from $23.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $23.9 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of -$2.2 billion in Q4 2024.
  • Median Retained Earnings over the past 5 years was -$1.6 billion (2022), compared with a mean of $6.9 billion.
  • The widest YoY moves for Retained Earnings: up 1470.71% in 2022, down 115.31% in 2022.
  • Costco Wholesale's Retained Earnings stood at -$1.9 billion in 2022, then skyrocketed by 1164.88% to $20.5 billion in 2023, then crashed by 110.5% to -$2.2 billion in 2024, then soared by 1209.15% to $23.9 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 106.73% to -$1.6 billion in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Retained Earnings were -$1.6 billion (Q1 2026), $23.9 billion (Q4 2025), and -$1.8 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.