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Costco Wholesale (COST) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale filings provide 18 years of Share-based Compensation readings, the most recent being $166.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation rose 9.93% to $166.0 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was $898.0 million, a 5.4% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $860.0 million, up 5.13% from a year prior.
  • Share-based Compensation hit $166.0 million in Q1 2026 for Costco Wholesale, down from $486.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $486.0 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $90.0 million in Q2 2022.
  • Median Share-based Compensation over the past 5 years was $136.0 million (2024), compared with a mean of $202.4 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: grew 14.84% in 2023 and later fell 7.48% in 2024.
  • Costco Wholesale's Share-based Compensation stood at $402.0 million in 2022, then grew by 10.45% to $444.0 million in 2023, then increased by 4.28% to $463.0 million in 2024, then rose by 4.97% to $486.0 million in 2025, then crashed by 65.84% to $166.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Share-based Compensation were $166.0 million (Q1 2026), $486.0 million (Q4 2025), and $140.0 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.