Costco Wholesale (COST) Short-Term Debt repayments (2009 - 2026)
Costco Wholesale (COST) posted Short-Term Debt repayments of $187 million for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Aug 30, 2026), down 17.6% from $227 million a year earlier.
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Costco Wholesale (COST) Short-Term Debt repayments (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Aug 30, 2026), Costco Wholesale's Short-Term Debt repayments came in at $577 million, down 33.1% from FY2025.
- Annual Short-Term Debt repayments has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, though with a four-year compound annual growth rate of 213.2% (FY2022 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Costco Wholesale's Short-Term Debt repayments was $862 million in FY2025 (-6.3%), $920 million in FY2024 (-1.6%), $935 million in FY2023 and $6 million in FY2022.
- Quarterly Short-Term Debt repayments has run from a low of -$189 million in fiscal Q4 2022 to a high of $443 million in fiscal Q2 2023 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Short-Term Debt repayments increased in three of the last seven quarters, with an average decline of 9.9%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Short-Term Debt repayments in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2023, with growth of 842.6%; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2026, with a decline of 66.7%.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ST Debt Repayment (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart | 944.30 Bn | 900.73 Bn | 49.13 Bn | - |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale | 442.04 Bn | 365.32 Bn | 12.19 Bn | 187.00 Mn |
| 3 | Sysco | 39.13 Bn | 33.38 Bn | 4.13 Bn | - |
| 4 | Kroger | 38.19 Bn | 24.34 Bn | 7.86 Bn | - |
| 5 | Dollar General | 29.40 Bn | 24.07 Bn | 3.68 Bn | - |
| 6 | Caseys General Stores | 25.66 Bn | 23.65 Bn | 1.24 Bn | - |
| 7 | Dollar Tree | 23.48 Bn | 20.11 Bn | 2.10 Bn | - |
| 8 | US Foods Holding | 22.05 Bn | 21.85 Bn | 1.92 Bn | - |
| 9 | Tractor Supply | 17.20 Bn | 16.36 Bn | 1.68 Bn | - |
| 10 | Performance Food | 14.93 Bn | 14.71 Bn | 2.17 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | 187.00 Mn |
| May 10, 2026 | 325.00 Mn |
| Feb 15, 2026 | 65.00 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 227.00 Mn |
| May 11, 2025 | 246.00 Mn |
| Feb 16, 2025 | 195.00 Mn |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 194.00 Mn |
| Sep 1, 2024 | 283.00 Mn |
| May 12, 2024 | 228.00 Mn |
| Feb 18, 2024 | 236.00 Mn |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 173.00 Mn |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 237.00 Mn |
| May 7, 2023 | 178.00 Mn |
| Feb 12, 2023 | 443.00 Mn |
| Nov 20, 2022 | 77.00 Mn |
| Aug 28, 2022 | -189.00 Mn |
| May 8, 2022 | 108.00 Mn |
| Feb 13, 2022 | 47.00 Mn |
| Nov 21, 2021 | 40.00 Mn |
| Aug 28, 2016 | 4.00 Mn |
API Access
Costco Wholesale Short-Term Debt repayments API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-debt-repayments&ticker=COST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "short-term-debt-repayments", "ticker": "COST", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-debt-repayments&ticker=COST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();