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Costco Wholesale (COST) Return on Assets (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Assets for Costco Wholesale (COST) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.1%.

  • Costco Wholesale's Return on Assets changed 0.0% to 0.1% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Nov 2025 it was 0.1%, marking a year-over-year change of 0.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.11% for FY2025, which is 0.0% changed from last year.
  • Latest data reveals that Costco Wholesale reported Return on Assets of 0.1% as of Q4 2025, which was down 0.0% from 0.11% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • Costco Wholesale's Return on Assets' 5-year high stood at 0.11% during Q3 2024, with a 5-year trough of 0.08% in Q1 2021.
  • Over the past 5 years, Costco Wholesale's median Return on Assets value was 0.09% (recorded in 2022), while the average stood at 0.09%.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Costco Wholesale's Return on Assets changed by 0bps in 2021, and later surged by 200bps in 2024.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Costco Wholesale's Return on Assets stood at 0.08% in 2021, then increased by 7bps to 0.09% in 2022, then increased by 0bps to 0.09% in 2023, then grew by 16bps to 0.11% in 2024, then fell by -2bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 0.1% in Q4 2025, 0.11% for Q3 2025, and 0.11% during Q2 2025.