Costco Wholesale (COST) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2025)

Costco Wholesale's Return on Invested Capital history runs 15 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.12% for Q2 2025.

• Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 10.0% year-over-year to 0.12% in Q2 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2025 was 0.12% (up 10.0% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at 0.12%, up 1.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital was 0.12% for Q2 2025 at Costco Wholesale, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.23% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q2 2024.
• A 5-year average of 0.07% and a median of 0.04% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Invested Capital rose 20 bps — and 2024, when it fell 21 bps.
• Costco Wholesale's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.04% in 2021, then soared by 175 bps to 0.1% in 2022, then slumped by 65 bps to 0.04% in 2023, then retreated by 27 bps to 0.03% in 2024, then jumped by 358 bps to 0.12% in 2025.
• Business Quant data shows COST's Return on Invested Capital at 0.12% in Q2 2025, 0.04% in Q1 2025, and 0.03% in Q4 2024.