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Costco Wholesale (COST) Short-term Investments (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale filings provide 18 years of Short-term Investments readings, the most recent being $857.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Short-term Investments rose 6.86% to $857.0 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was $857.0 million, a 6.86% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $1.1 billion, down 9.29% from a year prior.
  • Short-term Investments hit $857.0 million in Q1 2026 for Costco Wholesale, down from $966.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Short-term Investments ranged from a high of $1.5 billion in Q3 2023 to a low of $477.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • Median Short-term Investments over the past 5 years was $920.0 million (2024), compared with a mean of $962.1 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Short-term Investments: soared 90.44% in 2023 and later crashed 34.58% in 2025.
  • Costco Wholesale's Short-term Investments stood at $817.0 million in 2022, then increased by 4.41% to $853.0 million in 2023, then rose by 7.85% to $920.0 million in 2024, then rose by 5.0% to $966.0 million in 2025, then fell by 11.28% to $857.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Short-term Investments were $857.0 million (Q1 2026), $966.0 million (Q4 2025), and $1.1 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.