Costco Wholesale COST
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Costco Wholesale (COST) Short term Debt (2009 - 2024)

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Costco Wholesale's Short term Debt was $103 million in fiscal Q4 2024 (quarter ended Sep 1, 2024), down 90.5% from $1.08 billion a year earlier.

Analysis

Costco Wholesale (COST) Short term Debt (2009 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

From fiscal Q4 2009 onward, Costco Wholesale has reported Short term Debt for 41 quarters.

  • Short term Debt shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -42.9% (FY2019 to FY2024).
  • In earlier fiscal years, Short term Debt was $1.08 billion in FY2023, $73 million in FY2022 (-90.9%), $799 million in FY2021 (+741.1%) and $95 million in FY2020 (-94.4%).
  • The fiscal Q4 2024 figure marks the lowest quarterly Short term Debt since fiscal Q2 2023.
  • The best year-over-year quarter for Short term Debt over five years was fiscal Q4 2021 (growth of 741.1%); the worst was fiscal Q4 2020 (a decline of 94.4%).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Walmart 847.32 Bn 810.03 Bn 49.13 Bn
2 Costco Wholesale 410.07 Bn 339.37 Bn 9.01 Bn
3 Sysco 37.60 Bn 31.85 Bn 4.13 Bn
4 Kroger 35.90 Bn 22.05 Bn 7.86 Bn
5 Dollar General 27.06 Bn 21.73 Bn 3.68 Bn
6 Caseys General Stores 22.17 Bn 20.17 Bn 1.24 Bn
7 Dollar Tree 21.26 Bn 17.89 Bn 2.10 Bn
8 US Foods Holding 20.27 Bn 20.07 Bn 1.92 Bn
9 Tractor Supply 16.44 Bn 15.61 Bn 1.68 Bn
10 Performance Food 14.36 Bn 14.14 Bn 2.17 Bn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 1, 2024 103.00 Mn
May 12, 2024 1.08 Bn
Feb 18, 2024 1.08 Bn
Nov 26, 2023 1.08 Bn
Sep 3, 2023 1.08 Bn
Feb 12, 2023 76.00 Mn
Nov 20, 2022 71.00 Mn
Aug 28, 2022 73.00 Mn
May 8, 2022 77.00 Mn
Nov 21, 2021 799.00 Mn
Aug 29, 2021 799.00 Mn
May 9, 2021 92.00 Mn
Feb 14, 2021 95.00 Mn
Nov 22, 2020 96.00 Mn
Aug 30, 2020 95.00 Mn
May 10, 2020 1.50 Bn
Feb 16, 2020 500.00 Mn
Nov 24, 2019 1.70 Bn
Sep 1, 2019 1.70 Bn
May 12, 2019 1.70 Bn
API Access

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