Costco Wholesale COST Inventory turnover
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Costco Wholesale’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: Costco Wholesale’s 10-Q, filed June 3, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Costco Wholesale's inventory turnover?
- Costco Wholesale (COST) reported inventory turnover of 13.5× in Q1 2026.
- How has Costco Wholesale's inventory turnover changed year-over-year?
- Costco Wholesale's inventory turnover increased by 3.4% year-over-year, from 13× to 13.5×.
- What is the long-term trend for Costco Wholesale's inventory turnover?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Costco Wholesale's inventory turnover has grown at a 1.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 12.3× to 13.1×.
- What does inventory turnover mean?
- How many times a year the company sells through and restocks its inventory.
- How do you interpret inventory turnover?
- Higher turnover ties up less cash in stock and reduces obsolescence risk, but too high can signal stock-outs and lost sales. Read against peers and the company's own history.
- How does inventory turnover compare across companies?
- Only meaningful for businesses that carry inventory; automatically null for asset-light and financial firms with no inventory line.