Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Cash Flow Statement
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) generated $15.8B of operating cash flow over the twelve months to 2026-08-30, spent $6.4B on capital expenditure and had free cash flow of $9.4B, according to EquiReason's reading of its SEC filings.
Source: SEC EDGAR filings · figures as of 2026-08-30 · read by EquiReason
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- Market cap
- 444.6B
- P/E TTM
- 48.3
- Dividend yield
- 0.6%
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- Next earnings
- 10 Dec, in 46 days
| Line | FY2010 Aug 10 | FY2011 Aug 11 | FY2012 Sep 12 | FY2013 Sep 13 | FY2014 Aug 14 | FY2015 Aug 15 | FY2016 Aug 16 | FY2017 Sep 17 | FY2018 Sep 18 | FY2019 Sep 19 | FY2020 Aug 20 | FY2021 Aug 21 | FY2022 Aug 22 | FY2023 Sep 23 | FY2024 Sep 24 | FY2025 Aug 25 | FY2026 Aug 26 | TTM Aug 26 | Trend |
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| Operating cash flow | 2.78 | 3.20 | 3.06 | 3.44 | 3.98 | 4.29 | 3.29 | 6.73 | 5.77 | 6.36 | 8.86 | 8.96 | 7.39 | 11.07 | 11.34 | 13.34 | 15.82 | 15.82 | |
| Capital expenditure | 1.06 | 1.29 | 1.48 | 2.08 | 1.99 | 2.39 | 2.65 | 2.50 | 2.97 | 3.00 | 2.81 | 3.59 | 3.89 | 4.32 | 4.71 | 5.50 | 6.44 | -6.44 | |
| Free cash flow | 1.73 | 1.91 | 1.58 | 1.35 | 1.99 | 1.89 | 0.64 | 4.22 | 2.81 | 3.36 | 6.05 | 5.37 | 3.50 | 6.75 | 6.63 | 7.84 | 9.38 | 9.38 | |
| Dividends paid | 0.34 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 3.56 | 0.58 | 2.87 | 0.75 | 3.90 | 0.69 | 1.04 | 1.48 | 5.75 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 9.04 | 2.18 | 2.46 | — | |
| Share repurchases | 0.55 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.04 | 0.33 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.33 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.44 | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.90 | 0.85 | — | |
| Stock-based compensation | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.46 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.67 | 0.72 | 0.77 | 0.82 | 0.86 | 0.92 | — |
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Costco Wholesale Corporation — questions
- What is Costco Wholesale Corporation's operating cash flow?
- $15.8B over the twelve months to 2026-08-30.
- How much does Costco Wholesale Corporation spend on capital expenditure?
- $6.4B over the twelve months to 2026-08-30.
- What is Costco Wholesale Corporation's free cash flow?
- $9.4B over the twelve months to 2026-08-30: operating cash flow minus capital expenditure.
Every figure on this page comes from Costco Wholesale Corporation's own SEC filings — see them on SEC EDGAR. Price data is licensed and shown only inside the product.
How these figures are read: methodology · EquiReason.