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Costco Wholesale (COST) Return on Assets (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's Return on Assets history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.1% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Assets changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.1%; the TTM value through Feb 2026 reached 0.1%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.11%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Assets reached 0.1% in Q1 2026 per COST's latest filing, down from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Assets ranged from a high of 0.11% in Q3 2024 to a low of 0.09% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Return on Assets over 5 years is 0.1%, with a median of 0.1% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Assets: changed 0bps in 2022, then increased 2bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Assets shows it stood at 0.09% in 2022, then grew 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, then decreased by -1bps to 0.1% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for COST's Return on Assets are 0.1% (Q1 2026), 0.1% (Q4 2025), and 0.11% (Q3 2025).