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Costco Wholesale (COST) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's Return on Invested Capital history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.26% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.26%; the TTM value through Feb 2026 reached 0.26%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.29%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.26% in Q1 2026 per COST's latest filing, down from 0.27% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.3% in Q2 2024 to a low of 0.21% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.26%, with a median of 0.27% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: rose 8bps in 2022, then dropped -4bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.28% in 2022, then dropped by -15bps to 0.24% in 2023, then grew by 28bps to 0.3% in 2024, then dropped by -11bps to 0.27% in 2025, then decreased by -2bps to 0.26% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for COST's Return on Invested Capital are 0.26% (Q1 2026), 0.27% (Q4 2025), and 0.28% (Q3 2025).