Costco Wholesale (COST) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale (COST) has 18 years of Short-term Investments data on file, last reported at $857.0 million in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Short-term Investments rose 6.86% year-over-year to $857.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $857.0 million (up 6.86% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.1 billion, down 9.29% from the prior year.
• Short-term Investments slipped to $857.0 million in Q1 2026, 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.
• A 5-year average of $962.1 million and a median of $920.0 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Short-term Investments.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Short-term Investments jumped 90.44% — and 2025, when it plunged 34.58%.
• Tracing COST's Short-term Investments over 5 years: stood at $817.0 million in 2022, then rose by 4.41% to $853.0 million in 2023, then gained by 7.85% to $920.0 million in 2024, then gained by 5.0% to $966.0 million in 2025, then dropped by 11.28% to $857.0 million in 2026.
• The last three Short-term Investments figures came in at $857.0 million (Q1 2026), $966.0 million (Q4 2025), and $1.1 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.