What is Costco Wholesale's investing cash flow?

Costco Wholesale (COST) reported investing cash flow of -$4.16B in Q1 2026.

How has Costco Wholesale's investing cash flow changed year-over-year?

Costco Wholesale's investing cash flow decreased by 24.4% year-over-year, from -$3.34B to -$4.16B.

What does investing cash flow mean?

Total net cash provided by or used in investing activities — capex, acquisitions, investment purchases/sales, and other investing items.

Costco Wholesale COST Investing Cash Flow

Investing Cash Flow at other companies

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-$1.03B-31.3%

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-$1.26B-20.8%

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-$189M-0.5%

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-$6.74B-32.3%

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-$41.21M-128%

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-$160M+3.6%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$70.5B+11.6%

Gross profit$9.0B+9.7%

Operating income$2.8B+11.3%

Net income$2.2B+15.2%

EPS (diluted)$4.93+15.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$18.9B+36.9%

Total debt$8.1B-2.7%

Total equity$33.5B+23.5%

Total assets$86.4B+14.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$11.1B+17.6%

CapEx$4.2B+19.7%

Free cash flow$6.9B+16.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$404.88B-8.0%

Enterprise value$394.07B-9.3%

P/E45.8×-10.3×

P/S1.4×-0.3×

Profitability

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Gross margin12.9%+0.1pp

Operating margin3.8%+0.1pp

Net margin3%+0.1pp

FCF margin3.8%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity29.2%-2.9pp

Debt / equity0.2×-0.1×

Current ratio1.1×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Costco Wholesale in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities.

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 investing cash flow?: Costco Wholesale (COST) reported investing cash flow of -$4.16B in Q1 2026.
How has Costco Wholesale's investing cash flow changed year-over-year?: Costco Wholesale's investing cash flow decreased by 24.4% year-over-year, from -$3.34B to -$4.16B.
What does investing cash flow mean?: Total net cash provided by or used in investing activities — capex, acquisitions, investment purchases/sales, and other investing items.