Costco Wholesale (COST) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's Share-based Compensation history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $166.0 million for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Share-based Compensation rose 9.93% year-over-year to $166.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $759.0 million (up 5.12% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $393.0 million, up 24.76% from the prior year.
• Share-based Compensation was $166.0 million for Q1 2026 at Costco Wholesale, down from $486.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $486.0 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $1.0 million in Q3 2023.
• A 5-year average of $193.4 million and a median of $136.0 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Share-based Compensation sank 99.73% — and 2024, when it surged 100.0%.
• Costco Wholesale's Share-based Compensation stood at $402.0 million in 2022, then gained by 10.45% to $444.0 million in 2023, then advanced by 4.28% to $463.0 million in 2024, then rose by 4.97% to $486.0 million in 2025, then slumped by 65.84% to $166.0 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows COST's Share-based Compensation at $166.0 million in Q1 2026, $486.0 million in Q4 2025, and $1.0 million in Q3 2025.