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Fair value989.20Plus+7%696Price 1,053.571,311
Q1 FY2027 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 4.93Revenue estimate 74.25B
Q1 FY2027 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 4.93Revenue estimate 74.25B
Costco Wholesale cash flow statement 1989–2026
Costco Wholesale's free cash flow over the last twelve months was 9.39B USD: operating cash flow of 15.83B USD less 6.44B USD of capital spending. That is 3.1% of its revenue and 21.13 a share.
Operating cash flow Free cash flow
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| Fiscal year | TTM 30 Aug 2026 | FY2026 30 Aug 2026 | FY2025 31 Aug 2025 | FY2024 1 Sept 2024 | FY2023 3 Sept 2023 | FY2022 28 Aug 2022 | FY2021 29 Aug 2021 | FY2020 30 Aug 2020 | FY2019 31 Aug 2019 | FY2018 31 Aug 2018 | FY2017 31 Aug 2017 | FY2016 31 Aug 2016 | FY2015 31 Aug 2015 | FY2014 31 Aug 2014 | FY2013 31 Aug 2013 | FY2012 31 Aug 2012 | FY2011 31 Aug 2011 | FY2010 31 Aug 2010 | FY2009 31 Aug 2009 | FY2008 31 Aug 2008 | FY2007 31 Aug 2007 | FY2006 31 Aug 2006 | FY2005 31 Aug 2005 | FY2004 31 Aug 2004 | FY2003 31 Aug 2003 | FY2002 31 Aug 2002 | FY2001 31 Aug 2001 | FY2000 31 Aug 2000 | FY1999 31 Aug 1999 | FY1998 31 Aug 1998 | FY1997 31 Aug 1997 | FY1996 31 Aug 1996 | FY1995 31 Aug 1995 | FY1994 31 Aug 1994 | FY1993 31 Aug 1993 | FY1992 31 Aug 1992 | FY1991 31 Aug 1991 | FY1990 31 Aug 1990 | FY1989 31 Aug 1989 |
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Net income | 9.23B | 9.23B | 8.10B | 7.37B | 6.29B | 5.92B | 5.08B | 4.06B | 3.70B | 3.18B | 2.71B | 2.38B | 2.41B | 2.09B | 2.06B | 1.77B | 1.54B | 1.32B | 1.09B | 1.28B | 1.08B | 1.10B | 1.06B | 882.39M | 721.00M | 699.98M | 602.09M | 631.44M | 515.30M | 459.80M | 312.20M | 248.80M | 217.20M | 70.10M | 223.20M | 129.10M | 134.10M | 125.40M | 117.00M |
Depreciation and amortization | 2.67B | 2.67B | 2.43B | 2.24B | 2.08B | 1.90B | 1.78B | 1.65B | 1.49B | 1.44B | 1.37B | 1.26B | 1.13B | 1.03B | 946.00M | 908.00M | 855.00M | 795.00M | 728.00M | 653.00M | 566.39M | 515.29M | 481.84M | 440.72M | 391.30M | 341.78M | 301.30M | 254.40M | 224.80M | 196.30M | 181.80M | 161.60M | 142.00M | 143.70M | 112.10M | 54.00M | 40.60M | 27.40M | 19.50M |
Stock-based compensation | 924.00M | 924.00M | 860.00M | 818.00M | 774.00M | 724.00M | 665.00M | 619.00M | 595.00M | 544.00M | 514.00M | 459.00M | 394.00M | 327.00M | 285.00M | 241.00M | 207.00M | 190.00M | 181.00M | 166.00M | 0.00 | 107.40M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Change in working capital | 2.33B | 2.33B | 1.76B | 611.00M | 1.02B | -1.56B | 1.00B | 2.20B | 409.00M | 669.00M | 2.17B | -1.01B | 547.00M | 665.00M | 206.00M | 180.00M | 532.00M | 515.00M | 3.00M | 131.45M | 446.71M | 194.37M | 199.60M | 695.58M | 295.95M | -84.11M | 39.88M | 88.56M | 186.60M | 43.00M | 35.60M | 14.50M | -85.90M | -12.30M | -27.50M | -7.10M | 61.50M | -17.80M | -6.00M |
Change in receivables | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in inventory | -1.15B | -1.15B | 559.00M | -2.07B | 1.23B | -4.00B | -1.89B | -791.00M | -536.00M | -1.31B | -894.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in payables | 2.76B | 2.76B | 404.00M | 1.94B | -382.00M | 1.89B | 1.84B | 2.26B | 322.00M | 1.56B | 2.26B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in other working capital | 718.00M | 718.00M | 801.00M | 741.00M | 172.00M | 549.00M | 1.06B | 728.00M | 623.00M | 421.00M | 807.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-cash items | 673.00M | 673.00M | 186.00M | 306.00M | 907.00M | 453.00M | 371.00M | 236.00M | 9.00M | -6.00M | -14.00M | -57.00M | -91.00M | -62.00M | -68.00M | -36.00M | -22.00M | -50.00M | 24.00M | -78.29M | 107.46M | -54.67M | 103.34M | 47.59M | 30.26M | 48.41M | 48.50M | -10.85M | 100.00K | 100.00K | 64.90M | 2.50M | 9.10M | 90.10M | -4.90M | -22.10M | -100.00K | -9.60M | -4.40M |
Operating cash flow | 15.83B | 15.83B | 13.34B | 11.34B | 11.07B | 7.39B | 8.96B | 8.86B | 6.36B | 5.77B | 6.73B | 3.29B | 4.29B | 3.98B | 3.44B | 3.06B | 3.20B | 2.78B | 2.09B | 2.18B | 2.08B | 1.83B | 1.78B | 2.10B | 1.51B | 1.02B | 1.03B | 1.07B | 940.90M | 737.60M | 590.20M | 426.40M | 278.40M | 247.80M | 295.80M | 155.10M | 237.40M | 126.00M | 122.90M |
Operating cash flow growth | +18.67% | +18.67% | +17.60% | +2.45% | +49.73% | -17.48% | +1.09% | +39.41% | +10.08% | -14.15% | +104.31% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditure | -6.44B | -6.44B | -5.50B | -4.71B | -4.32B | -3.89B | -3.59B | -2.81B | -3.00B | -2.97B | -2.50B | -2.65B | -2.39B | -1.99B | -2.08B | -1.48B | -1.29B | -1.06B | -1.25B | -1.60B | -1.39B | -1.21B | -995.43M | -705.62M | -810.67M | -1.04B | -1.45B | -1.23B | -787.90M | -571.90M | -553.40M | -506.80M | -530.60M | -474.60M | -533.00M | -434.30M | -257.00M | -161.70M | -160.20M |
Acquisitions | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -842.00M | 0.00 | -1.16B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00M | 165.00M | 4.00M | 7.00M | 47.61M | 14.05M | 15.74M | 19.43M | -95.15M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 140.30M | 12.30M | 7.20M | 4.70M |
Purchases of investments | -788.00M | -788.00M | -1.03B | -1.47B | -1.62B | -1.12B | -1.33B | -1.63B | -1.09B | -1.06B | -1.28B | -1.43B | -1.50B | -2.50B | -2.57B | -2.05B | -3.28B | -2.69B | -1.81B | -1.51B | -1.16B | -2.61B | -3.74B | -303.95M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -181.10M | -75.50M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -7.57B | -5.94B | -1.38B | -842.10M |
Sales and maturities of investments | 811.00M | 811.00M | 1.14B | 1.79B | 937.00M | 1.15B | 1.45B | 1.68B | 1.23B | 1.08B | 1.39B | 1.71B | 1.43B | 2.41B | 2.39B | 2.30B | 3.22B | 1.74B | 1.96B | 1.73B | 1.91B | 2.69B | 2.67B | 83.28M | 0.00 | 4.93M | 41.60M | 208.96M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.30M | 80.80M | 31.00M | 7.77B | 5.68B | 1.48B | 990.20M |
Other investing | 26.00M | 26.00M | 74.00M | -19.00M | 36.00M | -48.00M | -62.00M | 30.00M | -4.00M | 4.00M | 30.00M | 27.00M | -20.00M | -3.00M | 19.00M | -22.00M | 5.00M | -8.00M | -9.00M | -384.58M | -36.93M | -31.17M | -10.19M | -38.92M | 20.08M | -138.00K | 66.11M | -26.20M | 15.10M | 38.00M | 10.20M | -36.40M | -15.20M | -65.90M | 51.90M | -7.00M | -45.10M | -12.80M | -48.80M |
Investing cash flow | -6.39B | -6.39B | -5.31B | -4.41B | -4.97B | -4.76B | -3.54B | -3.89B | -2.87B | -2.95B | -2.37B | -2.35B | -2.48B | -2.09B | -2.25B | -1.24B | -1.18B | -2.02B | -1.10B | -1.72B | -655.31M | -1.15B | -2.06B | -1.05B | -790.59M | -1.03B | -1.34B | -1.05B | -953.90M | -609.40M | -543.20M | -543.20M | -536.50M | -459.70M | -450.10M | -95.00M | -540.90M | -71.80M | -56.20M |
Debt issued (repaid) | 312.00M | 312.00M | -296.00M | -708.00M | -384.00M | -800.00M | -120.00M | 792.00M | 419.00M | -6.00M | 1.35B | -1.02B | 1.08B | 178.00M | 3.69B | -313.00M | -540.00M | -71.00M | -114.00M | 170.00M | 1.70B | -2.14M | -264.78M | 174.16M | -42.18M | 147.15M | 325.23M | 1.12M | 8.80M | -27.10M | -52.00M | 134.10M | 228.30M | 98.70M | 21.30M | 17.00M | 294.80M | -18.30M | -100.00K |
Shares issued | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 323.63M | 307.99M | 372.34M | 278.25M | 124.74M | 34.67M | 66.77M | 62.00M | 98.83M | 61.90M | 74.10M | 62.00M | 17.90M | 4.10M | 11.40M | 13.50M | 8.50M | 21.10M | 8.10M | 13.30M |
| -848.00M | -848.00M | -903.00M | -700.00M | -676.00M | -439.00M | -496.00M | -196.00M | -247.00M | -328.00M | -469.00M | -486.00M | -481.00M | -334.00M | -36.00M | -632.00M | -624.00M | -551.00M | -69.00M | -895.31M | -1.98B | -1.44B | -413.25M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -99.95M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -500.00K | -6.50M | -93.50M | -10.90M | -52.20M | 0.00 | |
Dividends paid | -2.46B | -2.46B | -2.18B | -9.04B | -1.25B | -1.50B | -5.75B | -1.48B | -1.04B | -689.00M | -3.90B | -746.00M | -2.87B | -584.00M | -3.56B | -446.00M | -389.00M | -338.00M | -296.00M | -265.03M | -245.74M | -230.21M | -204.57M | -92.14M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -74.60M |
Other financing | -361.00M | -361.00M | -393.00M | -315.00M | -303.00M | -704.00M | -124.00M | -264.00M | -281.00M | -258.00M | -191.00M | -165.00M | -57.00M | -84.00M | -46.00M | -999.00M | 276.00M | 48.00M | 40.00M | 377.01M | 54.48M | 69.60M | 85.70M | 2.81M | 6.09M | 3.91M | 7.12M | 58.60M | 15.10M | 19.60M | 15.10M | 21.70M | 16.60M | 36.60M | 0.00 | 100.00K | 100.00K | -100.00K | 0.00 |
Financing cash flow | -3.36B | -3.36B | -3.78B | -10.76B | -2.61B | -3.44B | -6.49B | -1.15B | -1.15B | -1.28B | -3.22B | -2.42B | -2.32B | -786.00M | 44.00M | -2.28B | -1.28B | -719.00M | -439.00M | -613.00M | -164.63M | -1.23B | -518.65M | 209.57M | -1.43M | 217.83M | 394.35M | 58.61M | 85.80M | 66.60M | 25.10M | 173.70M | 249.00M | 146.20M | 28.30M | -67.90M | 305.10M | -62.50M | -61.40M |
Net change in cash | 6.05B | 6.05B | 4.26B | -3.79B | 3.50B | -1.06B | -1.02B | 3.89B | 2.33B | 1.51B | 1.17B | -1.42B | -937.00M | 1.09B | 1.12B | -481.00M | 795.00M | 57.00M | 538.00M | -160.30M | 1.27B | -551.65M | -760.55M | 1.28B | 739.92M | 202.93M | 78.08M | 83.92M | 78.60M | 186.50M | 73.40M | 56.30M | -8.00M | -66.60M | -131.00M | -67.90M | 305.10M | -62.50M | -61.40M |
| 9.39B | 9.39B | 7.84B | 6.63B | 6.75B | 3.50B | 5.37B | 6.05B | 3.36B | 2.81B | 4.22B | 643.00M | 1.89B | 1.99B | 1.35B | 1.58B | 1.91B | 1.73B | 842.00M | 577.60M | 690.71M | 614.72M | 787.75M | 1.39B | 696.54M | -20.36M | -414.99M | -158.06M | 153.00M | 165.70M | 36.80M | -80.40M | -252.20M | -226.80M | -237.20M | -279.20M | -19.60M | -35.70M | -37.30M | |
Free cash flow growth | +19.82% | +19.82% | +18.22% | -1.72% | +92.66% | -34.80% | -11.25% | +80.20% | +19.71% | -33.59% | +556.92% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow margin | 3.10% | 3.10% | 2.85% | 2.61% | 2.78% | 1.54% | 2.74% | 3.63% | 2.20% | 1.98% | 3.27% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow per share | 21.13 | 21.13 | 17.62 | 14.90 | 15.18 | 7.87 | 12.09 | 13.63 | 7.58 | 6.35 | 9.58 | 1.46 | 4.27 | 4.50 | 3.07 | 3.59 | 4.31 | 3.87 | 1.91 | 1.30 | 1.51 | 1.28 | 1.60 | 2.89 | 1.48 | -0.04 | -0.87 | -0.33 | 0.32 | 0.36 | 0.09 | -0.20 | -0.64 | -0.52 | -0.53 | -1.15 | -0.07 | -0.16 | -0.18 |
Free cash flow per share growth | +19.92% | +19.92% | +18.21% | -1.79% | +92.79% | -34.86% | -11.34% | +79.80% | +19.42% | -33.73% | +557.41% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest paid | — | — | 106.00M | 129.00M | 125.00M | 145.00M | 149.00M | 124.00M | 141.00M | 143.00M | 131.00M | 123.00M | 117.00M | 109.00M | 86.00M | 112.00M | 111.00M | 110.00M | 104.00M | -106.00M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Income taxes paid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.92B | 2.32B | 2.23B | 1.94B | 1.53B | 1.05B | 1.19B | 1.20B | 1.19B | 953.00M | 1.19B | 869.00M | 1.00B | 956.00M | 742.00M | 637.00M | 565.00M | -615.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Quarter | Q4 FY2026 30 Aug 2026 | Q3 FY2026 10 May 2026 | Q2 FY2026 15 Feb 2026 | Q1 FY2026 23 Nov 2025 | Q4 FY2025 31 Aug 2025 | Q3 FY2025 11 May 2025 | Q2 FY2025 16 Feb 2025 | Q1 FY2025 24 Nov 2024 | Q4 FY2024 1 Sept 2024 | Q3 FY2024 12 May 2024 | Q2 FY2024 18 Feb 2024 | Q1 FY2024 26 Nov 2023 | Q4 FY2023 31 Aug 2023 | Q3 FY2023 7 May 2023 | Q2 FY2023 12 Feb 2023 | Q1 FY2023 20 Nov 2022 | Q4 FY2022 31 Aug 2022 | Q3 FY2022 8 May 2022 | Q2 FY2022 13 Feb 2022 | Q1 FY2022 21 Nov 2021 | Q4 FY2021 31 Aug 2021 | Q3 FY2021 9 May 2021 | Q2 FY2021 14 Feb 2021 | Q1 FY2021 22 Nov 2020 | Q4 FY2020 31 Aug 2020 | Q3 FY2020 10 May 2020 | Q2 FY2020 16 Feb 2020 | Q1 FY2020 24 Nov 2019 | Q4 FY2019 31 Aug 2019 | Q3 FY2019 12 May 2019 | Q2 FY2019 17 Feb 2019 | Q1 FY2019 25 Nov 2018 | Q4 FY2018 31 Aug 2018 | Q3 FY2018 13 May 2018 | Q2 FY2018 18 Feb 2018 | Q1 FY2018 26 Nov 2017 | Q4 FY2017 31 Aug 2017 | Q3 FY2017 7 May 2017 | Q2 FY2017 12 Feb 2017 | Q1 FY2017 20 Nov 2016 | Q4 FY2016 31 Aug 2016 |
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Net income | 3.00B | 2.19B | 2.04B | 2.00B | 2.61B | 1.90B | 1.79B | 1.80B | 2.35B | 1.68B | 1.74B | 1.59B | 2.16B | 1.30B | 1.47B | 1.36B | 1.88B | 1.37B | 1.32B | 1.35B | 1.69B | 1.23B | 971.00M | 1.18B | 1.40B | 852.00M | 947.00M | 856.00M | 1.11B | 916.00M | 901.00M | 777.00M | 1.05B | 762.00M | 713.00M | 651.00M | 932.00M | 706.00M | 521.00M | 555.00M | 785.00M |
Depreciation and amortization | 883.00M | 597.00M | 597.00M | 597.00M | 774.00M | 552.00M | 552.00M | 548.00M | 706.00M | 516.00M | 514.00M | 501.00M | 688.00M | 472.00M | 470.00M | 447.00M | 594.00M | 431.00M | 436.00M | 432.00M | 559.00M | 402.00M | 416.00M | 404.00M | 505.00M | 382.00M | 389.00M | 369.00M | 473.00M | 336.00M | 352.00M | 331.00M | 431.00M | 327.00M | 344.00M | 335.00M | 441.00M | 320.00M | 312.00M | 297.00M | 408.00M |
Stock-based compensation | 153.00M | 119.00M | 166.00M | 486.00M | 140.00M | 106.00M | 151.00M | 463.00M | 132.00M | 106.00M | 136.00M | 444.00M | 131.00M | 94.00M | 147.00M | 402.00M | 118.00M | 90.00M | 128.00M | 388.00M | 115.00M | 87.00M | 122.00M | 341.00M | 111.00M | 89.00M | 118.00M | 301.00M | 113.00M | 93.00M | 119.00M | 270.00M | 113.00M | 85.00M | 112.00M | 234.00M | 110.00M | 82.00M | 111.00M | 211.00M | 97.00M |
Change in working capital | 1.53B | 499.00M | -1.53B | 1.53B | 350.00M | 764.00M | 199.00M | 451.00M | -355.00M | 652.00M | -1.69B | 2.00B | 580.00M | -707.00M | 980.00M | 165.00M | -213.00M | -726.00M | -1.54B | 912.00M | 334.00M | 1.52B | -1.52B | 669.00M | 1.97B | 579.00M | -867.00M | 516.00M | 418.00M | 762.00M | -1.61B | 834.00M | -12.00M | 901.00M | -1.01B | 793.00M | 375.00M | 513.00M | -488.00M | 1.77B | -1.56B |
Change in receivables | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in inventory | -3.16B | -457.00M | 3.16B | -3.16B | 584.00M | 337.00M | 2.18B | -2.54B | -1.24B | -406.00M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in payables | 3.82B | 1.77B | -3.82B | 3.82B | -200.00M | 1.06B | -3.06B | 2.60B | 558.00M | 1.38B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in other working capital | 873.00M | -811.00M | -873.00M | 873.00M | -34.00M | -635.00M | 1.08B | 391.00M | 324.00M | -318.00M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-cash items | -876.00M | 42.00M | 1.73B | 70.00M | -7.00M | 135.00M | 58.00M | 0.00 | 121.00M | 44.00M | 24.00M | 117.00M | 166.00M | 384.00M | 145.00M | 234.00M | 164.00M | 47.00M | 66.00M | 183.00M | 163.00M | 90.00M | 57.00M | 61.00M | 143.00M | 2.00M | 36.00M | 55.00M | -1.00M | 4.00M | 10.00M | -4.00M | -3.00M | -13.00M | 15.00M | -5.00M | 52.00M | -17.00M | 41.00M | -90.00M | -8.00M |
Operating cash flow | 4.69B | 3.45B | 3.00B | 4.69B | 3.87B | 3.46B | 2.75B | 3.26B | 2.96B | 3.00B | 731.00M | 4.65B | 3.73B | 1.54B | 3.19B | 2.61B | 2.51B | 1.23B | 401.00M | 3.26B | 2.94B | 3.33B | 38.00M | 2.65B | 4.24B | 1.90B | 619.00M | 2.10B | 2.29B | 2.11B | -219.00M | 2.18B | 1.55B | 2.11B | 109.00M | 2.01B | 1.83B | 1.61B | 493.00M | 2.79B | -169.00M |
Operating cash flow growth | +21.33% | -0.32% | +9.02% | +43.80% | +30.73% | +15.37% | +275.92% | -29.91% | -20.59% | +94.61% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditure | -2.21B | -1.41B | -1.29B | -1.53B | -1.97B | -1.13B | -1.14B | -1.26B | -1.58B | -1.06B | -1.03B | -1.04B | -1.56B | -820.00M | -890.00M | -1.06B | -1.26B | -854.00M | -723.00M | -1.06B | -1.09B | -1.03B | -573.00M | -893.00M | -852.00M | -698.00M | -545.00M | -715.00M | -1.01B | -672.00M | -587.00M | -730.00M | -1.06B | -585.00M | -508.00M | -820.00M | -779.00M | -540.00M | -516.00M | -667.00M | -849.00M |
Acquisitions | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -842.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -30.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Purchases of investments | -308.00M | -230.00M | -55.00M | -195.00M | -455.00M | -228.00M | -98.00M | -247.00M | -463.00M | -288.00M | -519.00M | -200.00M | -675.00M | -551.00M | -143.00M | -253.00M | -533.00M | -263.00M | -67.00M | -258.00M | -529.00M | -418.00M | -111.00M | -273.00M | -592.00M | -398.00M | -315.00M | -321.00M | -341.00M | -296.00M | -141.00M | -316.00M | -381.00M | -272.00M | -135.00M | -272.00M | -378.00M | -276.00M | -223.00M | -402.00M | -645.00M |
Sales and maturities of investments | 267.00M | 34.00M | 170.00M | 340.00M | 355.00M | 34.00M | 211.00M | 541.00M | 349.00M | 412.00M | 151.00M | 878.00M | 343.00M | 82.00M | 238.00M | 274.00M | 305.00M | 87.00M | 309.00M | 444.00M | 491.00M | 132.00M | 339.00M | 484.00M | 529.00M | 372.00M | 380.00M | 397.00M | 431.00M | 179.00M | 281.00M | 340.00M | 335.00M | 155.00M | 277.00M | 311.00M | 339.00M | 312.00M | 318.00M | 416.00M | 441.00M |
Other investing | 22.00M | 17.00M | 4.00M | -17.00M | 98.00M | -11.00M | 2.00M | -15.00M | -12.00M | -16.00M | 13.00M | -4.00M | 63.00M | 7.00M | -13.00M | -21.00M | 0.00 | -5.00M | 0.00 | -43.00M | -23.00M | -29.00M | -10.00M | 0.00 | 4.00M | -1.13B | 10.00M | 9.00M | -1.00M | 15.00M | 13.00M | -31.00M | 7.00M | 8.00M | -7.00M | -4.00M | 2.00M | 6.00M | 24.00M | -2.00M | 28.00M |
Investing cash flow | -2.23B | -1.59B | -1.17B | -1.40B | -1.97B | -1.34B | -1.02B | -985.00M | -1.70B | -954.00M | -1.39B | -366.00M | -1.83B | -1.28B | -808.00M | -1.06B | -2.33B | -1.04B | -481.00M | -912.00M | -1.16B | -1.34B | -355.00M | -682.00M | -941.00M | -1.85B | -470.00M | -630.00M | -920.00M | -774.00M | -434.00M | -737.00M | -1.10B | -694.00M | -373.00M | -785.00M | -816.00M | -498.00M | -397.00M | -655.00M | -1.03B |
Debt issued (repaid) | 369.00M | -71.00M | 57.00M | -23.00M | -159.00M | -20.00M | -35.00M | -82.00M | -1.09B | -1.00M | -12.00M | 385.00M | -278.00M | -111.00M | -91.00M | -108.00M | 13.00M | -13.00M | -760.00M | -40.00M | 134.00M | 67.00M | 0.00 | 40.00M | -1.50B | 3.36B | -1.20B | 122.00M | 298.00M | -96.00M | 0.00 | 104.00M | 75.00M | 10.00M | 0.00 | 319.00M | 2.69B | -1.07B | -94.00M | -178.00M | 211.00M |
Shares issued | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| -245.00M | -184.00M | -209.00M | -210.00M | -280.00M | -211.00M | -205.00M | -207.00M | -216.00M | -162.00M | -160.00M | -162.00M | -230.00M | -162.00M | -143.00M | -141.00M | -185.00M | -139.00M | -78.00M | -37.00M | -129.00M | -181.00M | -106.00M | -80.00M | -85.00M | -34.00M | -47.00M | -30.00M | -52.00M | -46.00M | -117.00M | -32.00M | -90.00M | -54.00M | -60.00M | -124.00M | -233.00M | -46.00M | -68.00M | -122.00M | -136.00M | |
Dividends paid | -1.30B | 0.00 | -577.00M | -577.00M | -1.15B | -515.00M | 0.00 | -515.00M | -514.00M | -515.00M | -452.00M | -905.00M | -452.00M | -399.00M | 0.00 | -400.00M | -797.00M | -351.00M | 0.00 | -350.00M | -698.00M | -310.00M | -4.43B | -310.00M | -619.00M | -287.00M | 0.00 | -573.00M | -286.00M | -251.00M | 0.00 | -501.00M | -250.00M | -219.00M | -220.00M | -220.00M | -3.51B | -198.00M | 0.00 | -198.00M | -394.00M |
Other financing | 0.00 | -23.00M | -1.00M | -357.00M | -1.00M | -2.00M | -1.00M | -389.00M | -1.00M | -20.00M | 3.00M | -292.00M | 296.00M | -63.00M | -118.00M | -214.00M | -129.00M | -173.00M | 10.00M | -412.00M | -26.00M | 5.00M | -114.00M | -350.00M | 286.00M | -44.00M | -145.00M | -355.00M | 39.00M | -4.00M | 68.00M | -271.00M | -2.00M | -3.00M | -410.00M | -253.00M | -25.00M | -1.00M | -3.00M | -162.00M | -12.00M |
Financing cash flow | -1.18B | -278.00M | -730.00M | -1.17B | -1.59B | -748.00M | -241.00M | -1.19B | -1.82B | -698.00M | -7.28B | -974.00M | -664.00M | -735.00M | -352.00M | -863.00M | -1.10B | -676.00M | -828.00M | -839.00M | -719.00M | -419.00M | -4.65B | -700.00M | -1.92B | 3.00B | -1.39B | -836.00M | -1.00M | -397.00M | -49.00M | -700.00M | -267.00M | -266.00M | -690.00M | -58.00M | -1.08B | -1.32B | -165.00M | -660.00M | -331.00M |
Net change in cash | 1.26B | 1.56B | 1.17B | 2.06B | 325.00M | 1.48B | 1.45B | 1.00B | -498.00M | 1.31B | -7.92B | 3.31B | 1.21B | -477.00M | 2.11B | 653.00M | -990.00M | -626.00M | -932.00M | 1.49B | 1.03B | 1.59B | -4.95B | 1.31B | 1.45B | 3.04B | -1.24B | 643.00M | 1.37B | 933.00M | -698.00M | 723.00M | 178.00M | 1.10B | -908.00M | 1.14B | 8.00M | -206.00M | -61.00M | 1.43B | -1.51B |
| 2.49B | 2.04B | 1.71B | 3.16B | 1.90B | 2.33B | 1.61B | 2.00B | 1.38B | 1.94B | -300.00M | 3.61B | 2.17B | 721.00M | 2.30B | 1.55B | 1.25B | 373.00M | -322.00M | 2.20B | 1.85B | 2.31B | -535.00M | 1.75B | 3.39B | 1.20B | 74.00M | 1.39B | 1.28B | 1.43B | -806.00M | 1.45B | 498.00M | 1.52B | -399.00M | 1.19B | 1.06B | 1.07B | -23.00M | 2.13B | -1.02B | |
Free cash flow growth | +30.72% | -12.58% | +5.96% | +58.42% | +37.65% | +20.24% | — | -44.72% | -36.33% | +168.65% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow margin | 2.60% | 2.89% | 2.45% | 4.70% | 2.21% | 3.68% | 2.53% | 3.21% | 1.73% | 3.31% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow per share | 5.59 | 4.58 | 3.84 | 7.11 | 4.27 | 5.24 | 3.62 | 4.49 | 3.10 | 4.35 | -0.67 | 8.13 | 4.88 | 1.62 | 5.18 | 3.49 | 2.80 | 0.84 | -0.72 | 4.96 | 4.15 | 5.19 | -1.20 | 3.95 | 7.63 | 2.70 | 0.17 | 3.13 | 2.89 | 3.24 | -1.82 | 3.27 | 1.12 | 3.44 | -0.90 | 2.69 | 2.39 | 2.42 | -0.05 | 4.83 | -2.31 |
Free cash flow per share growth | +30.82% | -12.52% | +6.05% | +58.58% | +37.74% | +20.26% | — | -44.80% | -36.41% | +168.37% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest paid | 25.00M | 27.00M | 8.00M | 43.00M | -81.00M | 26.00M | 11.00M | 44.00M | 39.00M | 28.00M | 10.00M | 52.00M | 39.00M | 24.00M | 10.00M | 52.00M | 43.00M | 26.00M | 12.00M | 64.00M | 51.00M | 20.00M | 14.00M | 64.00M | 53.00M | 11.00M | 10.00M | 50.00M | 69.00M | 4.00M | 19.00M | 49.00M | 62.00M | 3.00M | 24.00M | 54.00M | 32.00M | 45.00M | 20.00M | 34.00M | 30.00M |
Income taxes paid | 1.10B | 719.00M | 777.00M | 239.00M | -1.65B | 850.00M | 397.00M | 401.00M | 870.00M | 252.00M | 987.00M | 210.00M | 791.00M | 807.00M | 422.00M | 214.00M | 819.00M | 652.00M | 263.00M | 206.00M | 660.00M | 112.00M | 632.00M | 123.00M | 594.00M | 78.00M | 283.00M | 97.00M | 407.00M | 103.00M | 544.00M | 133.00M | 425.00M | 118.00M | 347.00M | 314.00M | 656.00M | 71.00M | 287.00M | 171.00M | 408.00M |
Figures in USD. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure. Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.
Common questions about Costco Wholesale's cash flow
Source: Financial Modeling Prep