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

Costco Wholesale's Short-term Investments history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $857.0 million for 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 was $857.0 million for Q1 2026 at Costco Wholesale, down from $966.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Short-term Investments topped out at $1.5 billion in Q3 2023 and bottomed at $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 tumbled 34.58%.
• Costco Wholesale's Short-term Investments stood at $817.0 million in 2022, then advanced by 4.41% to $853.0 million in 2023, then climbed by 7.85% to $920.0 million in 2024, then climbed by 5.0% to $966.0 million in 2025, then fell by 11.28% to $857.0 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows COST's Short-term Investments at $857.0 million in Q1 2026, $966.0 million in Q4 2025, and $1.1 billion in Q3 2025.