Costco Wholesale COST Cash Flow Statement (2009-2026)

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At close: Oct 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT
Reported Financials

Costco Wholesale Quarterly Cash Flow Statement

Periods 71 quarters
Latest Aug 2026

Costco Wholesale reported cash from operations of $4.68B and free cash flow of $2.48B for the quarter ended Aug 2026, up 21.1% year over year. This cash flow statement covers 71 quarters of results from Feb 2009 through Aug 2026, standardized by Business Quant from the company’s SEC filings.

Cash Flow StatementCash Flow Feb2009 May2009 Aug2009 Nov2009 Feb2010 May2010 Aug2010 Nov2010 Feb2011 May2011 Aug2011 Nov2011 Feb2012 May2012 Sep2012 Nov2012 Feb2013 May2013 Sep2013 Nov2013 Feb2014 May2014 Aug2014 Nov2014 Feb2015 May2015 Aug2015 Nov2015 Feb2016 May2016 Aug2016 Nov2016 Feb2017 May2017 Sep2017 Nov2017 Feb2018 May2018 Sep2018 Nov2018 Feb2019 May2019 Sep2019 Nov2019 Feb2020 May2020 Aug2020 Nov2020 Feb2021 May2021 Aug2021 Nov2021 Feb2022 May2022 Aug2022 Nov2022 Feb2023 May2023 Sep2023 Nov2023 Feb2024 May2024 Sep2024 Nov2024 Feb2025 May2025 Aug2025 Nov2025 Feb2026 May2026 Aug2026
Operating Activities
Net Income
1,345.00M1,320.00M1,372.00M1,878.00M1,364.00M1,466.00M1,302.00M2,160.00M1,589.00M1,743.00M1,681.00M2,354.00M1,798.00M1,788.00M1,903.00M2,610.00M2,001.00M2,035.00M2,192.00M2,998.00M
Depreciation, Depletion & Amortization
Depreciation & Amortization (CF)Dep. & Amort.
432.00M436.00M431.00M601.00M447.00M470.00M472.00M688.00M501.00M514.00M516.00M706.00M548.00M552.00M552.00M774.00M597.00M597.00M597.00M883.00M
Share-based CompensationStock Comp.
388.00M128.00M90.00M118.00M402.00M147.00M94.00M131.00M444.00M136.00M106.00M132.00M463.00M151.00M106.00M140.00M486.00M166.00M119.00M153.00M
Deferred Taxes
-2.00M-13.00M13.00M-35.00M-2.00M-16.00M-4.00M
Gains from Equity InvestmentsGains Equity
Other non-cash itemsOther Non-Cash
183.00M66.00M-71.00M238.00M-10.00M81.00M-212.00M1,048.00M117.00M24.00M44.00M181.00M-72.00M130.00M135.00M101.00M70.00M145.00M42.00M110.00M
Change in Working Capital
Change in InventoryChange Inventory
2,760.00M-438.00M1,311.00M370.00M737.00M-2,586.00M253.00M368.00M1,384.00M-959.00M406.00M1,237.00M2,541.00M-2,179.00M-337.00M-584.00M3,157.00M-2,374.00M457.00M-87.00M
Change in Account PayablesChange Payables
3,389.00M-2,419.00M796.00M125.00M487.00M-1,904.00M545.00M490.00M2,854.00M-2,850.00M1,376.00M558.00M2,601.00M-3,059.00M1,062.00M-200.00M3,818.00M-3,087.00M1,767.00M257.00M
Other Working Capital ChangesOther WC Changes
283.00M445.00M-211.00M32.00M415.00M298.00M-999.00M458.00M530.00M205.00M-318.00M324.00M391.00M1,079.00M-635.00M-34.00M873.00M766.00M-811.00M-110.00M
Cash from OperationsCash from Ops.
3,258.00M401.00M1,227.00M2,506.00M2,610.00M3,192.00M1,541.00M3,725.00M4,651.00M731.00M2,999.00M2,958.00M3,260.00M2,748.00M3,460.00M3,867.00M4,688.00M2,996.00M3,449.00M4,684.00M
Investing Activities
Capital ExpendituresCapex
1,055.00M723.00M854.00M1,259.00M1,057.00M890.00M820.00M1,556.00M1,040.00M1,031.00M1,062.00M1,577.00M1,264.00M1,137.00M1,131.00M1,966.00M1,526.00M1,289.00M1,413.00M2,207.00M
Sales of Property, Plant and EquipmentPP&E (Sale)
Change in Property, Plant and EquipmentChange in PP&E
-1,055.00M-723.00M-854.00M-1,259.00M-1,057.00M-890.00M-820.00M-1,556.00M-1,040.00M-1,031.00M-1,062.00M-1,577.00M-1,264.00M-1,137.00M-1,131.00M-1,966.00M-1,526.00M-1,289.00M-1,413.00M-2,207.00M
Acquisitions
Net of Acquisitions & DivestmentsNet Acquisitions
Purchase of InvestmentsInvestments Purchased
258.00M67.00M263.00M533.00M253.00M143.00M551.00M675.00M200.00M519.00M288.00M463.00M247.00M98.00M228.00M455.00M195.00M55.00M230.00M308.00M
Sale and Maturity of InvestmentsInvestments Sold
444.00M309.00M87.00M305.00M274.00M238.00M82.00M343.00M878.00M151.00M412.00M349.00M541.00M211.00M34.00M355.00M340.00M170.00M34.00M267.00M
Other Investing ActivitiesOther investing
-43.00M-5.00M-21.00M-13.00M7.00M63.00M-4.00M13.00M-16.00M-12.00M-15.00M2.00M-11.00M98.00M-17.00M4.00M17.00M30.00M
Cash from Investing ActivitiesCash from Investing
-912.00M-481.00M-1,035.00M-1,487.00M-1,057.00M-808.00M-1,282.00M-1,825.00M-366.00M-1,386.00M-954.00M-1,703.00M-985.00M-1,022.00M-1,336.00M-1,968.00M-1,398.00M-1,170.00M-1,592.00M-2,218.00M
Financing Activities
Debt Issuance and Repayment
Long-Term Debt IssuancesLT Debt Issuance
498.00M
Long-Term Debt RepaymentsLT Debt Repayment
60.00M98.00M121.00M-204.00M84.00M12.00M17.00M964.00M21.00M77.00M20.00M-15.00M23.00M14.00M89.00M-57.00M
Non-Current Debt
-60.00M-98.00M-121.00M204.00M414.00M-12.00M-17.00M-964.00M-21.00M-77.00M-20.00M15.00M-23.00M-14.00M-89.00M57.00M
Short-Term Debt issuancesST Debt Issuance
95.00M-122.00M29.00M450.00M188.00M250.00M144.00M239.00M245.00M300.00M133.00M237.00M246.00M200.00M136.00M323.00M94.00M
Short-Term Debt repaymentsST Debt Repayment
40.00M47.00M108.00M-189.00M77.00M443.00M178.00M237.00M173.00M236.00M228.00M283.00M194.00M195.00M246.00M227.00M65.00M325.00M187.00M
Current Debt
-46.00M36.00M-89.00M67.00M-48.00M7.00M10.00M13.00M-29.00M3.00M17.00M17.00M-61.00M42.00M-27.00M71.00M-2.00M-93.00M
Net Debt Issuances and RepaymentsNet Debt Issuance
-46.00M36.00M-89.00M67.00M-108.00M-91.00M-111.00M217.00M385.00M-9.00M-947.00M-82.00M-35.00M-20.00M-12.00M-23.00M57.00M-91.00M-36.00M
Change in Capital Stock
Common Stock IssuedStock Issued
Shares Repurchased
37.00M78.00M139.00M185.00M141.00M143.00M162.00M230.00M162.00M160.00M162.00M216.00M207.00M205.00M211.00M280.00M210.00M209.00M184.00M245.00M
Net Shares Issued and RepurchasedNet Shares Issued
-37.00M-78.00M-139.00M-185.00M-141.00M-143.00M-162.00M-230.00M-162.00M-160.00M-162.00M-216.00M-207.00M-205.00M-211.00M-280.00M-210.00M-209.00M-184.00M-245.00M
Net Equity Issued and RepurchasedNet Equity Issued
-37.00M-78.00M-139.00M-185.00M-141.00M-143.00M-162.00M-230.00M-162.00M-160.00M-162.00M-216.00M-207.00M-205.00M-211.00M-280.00M-210.00M-209.00M-184.00M-245.00M
Dividend Payments
Dividends Paid - Common and PrefferdDiv Paid (Total)
350.00M351.00M797.00M400.00M399.00M452.00M905.00M7,107.00M515.00M514.00M515.00M515.00M1,153.00M577.00M577.00M1,304.00M
Other financing activitiesOther financing
-452.00M57.00M-173.00M-1,025.00M-214.00M-118.00M-63.00M-199.00M-292.00M-21.00M-139.00M-389.00M-1.00M-2.00M-148.00M-357.00M-1.00M-3.00M-91.00M
Cash from Financing ActivitiesCash from Financing
-839.00M-828.00M-676.00M-1,940.00M-863.00M-352.00M-735.00M-664.00M-974.00M-7,276.00M-698.00M-1,816.00M-1,193.00M-241.00M-748.00M-1,593.00M-1,167.00M-730.00M-278.00M-1,180.00M
Additional items
Exchange Rate EffectFX Effect
-14.00M-24.00M-142.00M-69.00M-37.00M82.00M-1.00M-29.00M15.00M-38.00M63.00M-81.00M-36.00M104.00M19.00M-67.00M70.00M-16.00M-25.00M
Change in Cash
1,493.00M-932.00M-626.00M-990.00M653.00M2,114.00M-477.00M1,207.00M3,311.00M-7,916.00M1,309.00M-498.00M1,001.00M1,449.00M1,480.00M325.00M2,056.00M1,166.00M1,563.00M1,261.00M
Ending Cash Balance
12,751.00M11,819.00M11,193.00M10,203.00M10,856.00M12,970.00M12,493.00M13,700.00M17,011.00M9,095.00M10,404.00M9,906.00M10,907.00M12,356.00M13,836.00M14,161.00M16,217.00M17,383.00M18,946.00M20,207.00M
Free Cash FlowFCF
2,203.00M-322.00M373.00M1,247.00M1,553.00M2,302.00M721.00M2,169.00M3,611.00M-300.00M1,937.00M1,381.00M1,996.00M1,611.00M2,329.00M1,901.00M3,162.00M1,707.00M2,036.00M2,477.00M
Net Cash FlowNCF
1,507.00M-908.00M-484.00M-921.00M690.00M2,032.00M-476.00M1,236.00M3,311.00M-7,931.00M1,347.00M-561.00M1,082.00M1,485.00M1,376.00M306.00M2,123.00M1,096.00M1,579.00M1,286.00M
Interest Paid
64.00M12.00M26.00M43.00M52.00M10.00M24.00M39.00M52.00M10.00M28.00M39.00M44.00M11.00M26.00M25.00M43.00M8.00M27.00M25.00M
Income Taxes PaidTaxes Paid
206.00M263.00M652.00M819.00M214.00M422.00M807.00M791.00M210.00M987.00M252.00M870.00M401.00M397.00M850.00M1,269.00M239.00M777.00M719.00M1,104.00M

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