Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

Costco Balance Sheet

Financials in millions USD. Fiscal year is September - August.

Fiscal Quarter	Q1 2026	Q4 2025	Q3 2025	Q2 2025	Q1 2025	Q4 2024	Q3 2024	Q2 2024	Q1 2024	Q4 2023	Q3 2023	Q2 2023	Q1 2023	Q4 2022	Q3 2022	Q2 2022	Q1 2022	Q4 2021	Q3 2021	Q2 2021
Period Ending	Nov 23, 2025	Aug 31, 2025	May 11, 2025	Feb 16, 2025	Nov 24, 2024	Sep 1, 2024	May 12, 2024	Feb 18, 2024	Nov 26, 2023	Sep 3, 2023	May 7, 2023	Feb 12, 2023	Nov 20, 2022	Aug 28, 2022	May 8, 2022	Feb 13, 2022	Nov 21, 2021	Aug 29, 2021	May 9, 2021	Feb 14, 2021
Cash & Equivalents	16,217	14,161	13,836	12,356	10,907	9,906	10,404	9,095	17,011	13,700	12,493	12,970	10,856	10,203	11,193	11,819	12,751	11,258	10,226	8,637
Short-Term Investments	966	1,123	1,014	802	920	1,238	1,095	1,226	853	1,534	1,215	735	817	846	638	477	725	917	900	617
Cash & Short-Term Investments	17,183	15,284	14,850	13,158	11,827	11,144	11,499	10,321	17,864	15,234	13,708	13,705	11,673	11,049	11,831	12,296	13,476	12,175	11,126	9,254
Cash Growth	45.29%	37.15%	29.14%	27.49%	-33.79%	-26.85%	-16.11%	-24.69%	53.04%	37.88%	15.87%	11.46%	-13.38%	-9.25%	6.34%	32.87%	-6.57%	-8.49%	-5.50%	6.19%
Accounts Receivable	3,231	3,203	2,875	3,060	2,963	2,721	2,583	2,779	2,542	2,285	2,502	2,714	2,312	2,241	1,991	2,232	1,932	1,803	1,595	1,934
Receivables	3,231	3,203	2,875	3,060	2,963	2,721	2,583	2,779	2,542	2,285	2,502	2,714	2,312	2,241	1,991	2,232	1,932	1,803	1,595	1,934
Inventory	21,141	18,116	18,606	18,754	20,979	18,647	17,430	17,075	18,001	16,651	16,324	16,081	18,571	17,907	17,623	16,485	16,942	14,215	13,975	13,865
Other Current Assets	1,856	1,777	1,820	1,925	1,754	1,734	1,776	1,971	1,673	1,709	1,755	1,830	1,594	1,499	1,563	1,552	1,500	1,312	1,220	1,255
Total Current Assets	43,411	38,380	38,151	36,897	37,523	34,246	33,288	32,146	40,080	35,879	34,289	34,330	34,150	32,696	33,008	32,565	33,850	29,505	27,916	26,308
Property, Plant & Equipment	35,346	36,122	33,300	32,340	31,875	33,082	30,705	30,341	29,840	30,722	28,737	28,583	27,931	29,040	26,874	26,892	26,790	27,382	26,052	25,418
Goodwill	-	953	-	-	-	26	-	-	-	994	-	-	-	993	-	-	-	996	-	-
Long-Term Deferred Tax Assets	-	592	-	-	-	548	-	-	-	491	-	-	-	445	-	-	-	444	-	-
Other Long-Term Assets	4,033	1,052	4,031	3,987	3,988	1,929	3,918	3,836	3,803	908	3,726	3,935	3,946	992	3,970	3,621	3,509	941	3,306	3,192
Total Assets	82,790	77,099	75,482	73,224	73,386	69,831	67,911	66,323	73,723	68,994	66,752	66,848	66,027	64,166	63,852	63,078	64,149	59,268	57,274	54,918
Accounts Payable	23,513	19,783	19,820	18,610	21,793	19,421	18,844	17,494	20,357	17,483	16,853	16,407	18,348	17,848	17,651	17,089	19,561	16,278	15,538	14,383
Accrued Expenses	7,884	7,882	7,396	7,641	7,229	7,229	6,704	7,069	6,681	6,428	6,193	6,499	6,276	6,292	5,918	6,145	5,711	5,761	5,443	5,673
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt	-	75	178	-	97	103	1,077	1,080	1,080	1,081	-	76	71	73	77	-	799	799	92	95
Current Portion of Leases	-	286	-	-	-	326	-	-	-	349	-	-	-	484	-	-	-	294	-	-
Current Unearned Revenue	2,990	2,854	2,931	2,824	2,683	2,501	2,553	2,541	2,462	2,337	2,436	2,412	2,322	2,174	2,251	2,244	2,192	2,042	2,102	2,048
Other Current Liabilities	7,418	6,228	7,254	7,924	6,487	5,884	6,183	6,504	6,188	5,905	6,226	7,122	6,050	5,127	5,948	6,067	5,079	4,267	4,807	4,365
Total Current Liabilities	41,805	37,108	37,579	36,999	38,289	35,464	35,361	34,688	36,768	33,583	31,708	32,516	33,067	31,998	31,845	31,545	33,342	29,441	27,982	26,564
Long-Term Debt	5,666	5,713	5,717	5,755	5,745	5,794	5,834	5,865	5,866	5,377	6,497	6,506	6,472	6,484	6,507	6,658	6,667	6,692	7,495	7,522
Long-Term Leases	2,436	3,861	2,463	2,284	2,288	3,726	2,386	2,488	2,401	3,729	2,507	2,557	2,503	3,865	2,452	2,588	2,649	3,622	2,641	2,651
Long-Term Deferred Tax Liabilities	-	724	-	-	-	769	-	-	-	795	-	-	-	724	-	-	-	754	-	-
Other Long-Term Liabilities	2,580	529	2,598	2,609	2,613	456	2,559	2,522	2,541	452	2,467	2,470	2,509	448	2,535	2,311	2,491	681	2,182	2,052
Total Liabilities	52,487	47,935	48,357	47,647	48,935	46,209	46,140	45,563	47,576	43,936	43,179	44,049	44,551	43,519	43,339	43,102	45,149	41,190	40,300	38,789
Common Stock	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Additional Paid-In Capital	8,408	8,282	8,148	8,047	7,901	7,829	7,702	7,620	7,489	7,340	7,211	7,123	6,982	6,884	7,272	7,186	7,064	7,031	6,921	6,843
Retained Earnings	23,869	22,650	20,890	19,770	18,700	17,619	15,989	14,980	20,499	19,521	18,035	17,341	16,412	15,585	14,294	13,474	12,606	11,666	10,466	9,766
Comprehensive Income & Other	-1,976	-1,770	-1,915	-2,242	-2,152	-1,828	-1,922	-1,842	-1,843	-1,805	-1,680	-1,672	-1,925	-1,829	-1,602	-1,246	-1,211	-1,137	-909	-961
Total Common Equity	30,303	29,164	27,125	25,577	24,451	23,622	21,771	20,760	26,147	25,058	23,568	22,794	21,471	20,642	19,968	19,418	18,463	17,564	16,482	15,652
Minority Interest	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	545	558	537	514	492	477
Shareholders' Equity	30,303	29,164	27,125	25,577	24,451	23,622	21,771	20,760	26,147	25,058	23,573	22,799	21,476	20,647	20,513	19,976	19,000	18,078	16,974	16,129
Total Liabilities & Equity	82,790	77,099	75,482	73,224	73,386	69,831	67,911	66,323	73,723	68,994	66,752	66,848	66,027	64,166	63,852	63,078	64,149	59,268	57,274	54,918
Total Debt	8,102	9,935	8,358	8,039	8,130	9,949	9,297	9,433	9,347	10,536	9,004	9,139	9,046	10,906	9,036	9,246	10,115	11,407	10,228	10,268
Net Cash (Debt)	9,081	5,349	6,492	5,119	3,697	1,195	2,202	888	8,517	4,698	4,704	4,566	2,627	143	2,795	3,050	3,361	768	898	-1,014
Net Cash Growth	145.63%	347.62%	194.82%	476.46%	-56.59%	-74.56%	-53.19%	-80.55%	224.21%	3185.32%	68.30%	49.70%	-21.84%	-81.38%	211.25%	-	-20.43%	-65.39%	-	-
Net Cash Per Share	20.43	12.03	14.60	11.51	8.31	2.69	4.95	2.00	19.17	10.57	10.59	10.27	5.91	0.32	6.28	6.86	7.56	1.73	2.02	-2.28
Filing Date Shares Outstanding	443.92	443.18	443.48	443.68	443.9	443.07	443.34	443.5	443.73	442.74	443.15	443.48	443.73	442.6	442.96	443.22	443.43	441.82	442.07	442.53
Total Common Shares Outstanding	443.92	443.24	443.52	443.73	443.94	443.13	443.37	443.55	443.79	442.79	443.22	443.55	443.84	442.66	443.03	443.28	443.43	441.83	442.14	442.65
Working Capital	1,606	1,272	572	-102	-766	-1,218	-2,073	-2,542	3,312	2,296	2,581	1,814	1,083	698	1,163	1,020	508	64	-66	-256
Book Value Per Share	68.26	65.80	61.16	57.64	55.08	53.31	49.10	46.80	58.92	56.59	53.17	51.39	48.38	46.63	45.07	43.81	41.64	39.75	37.28	35.36
Tangible Book Value	30,303	28,211	27,125	25,577	24,451	23,596	21,771	20,760	26,147	24,064	23,568	22,794	21,471	19,649	19,968	19,418	18,463	16,568	16,482	15,652
Tangible Book Value Per Share	68.26	63.65	61.16	57.64	55.08	53.25	49.10	46.80	58.92	54.35	53.17	51.39	48.38	44.39	45.07	43.81	41.64	37.50	37.28	35.36
Land	-	10,323	-	-	-	9,447	-	-	-	8,590	-	-	-	7,955	-	-	-	7,507	-	-
Buildings	-	25,508	-	-	-	23,727	-	-	-	22,001	-	-	-	20,120	-	-	-	19,139	-	-
Machinery	-	13,127	-	-	-	12,387	-	-	-	11,512	-	-	-	10,275	-	-	-	9,505	-	-
Construction In Progress	-	1,882	-	-	-	1,389	-	-	-	1,266	-	-	-	1,582	-	-	-	1,507	-	-

Updated Nov 23, 2025. Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence. Standard template. Financial Sources.

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