Financing
Share Buybacks
Costco Wholesale Share Buybacks increased by 99.5% to $419.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 1.7%, from $412.00M to $419.00M.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionFinancing
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ1 2014
Last reportedQ2 2026Mar 11, 2026
How to read this metric
High repurchases often signal management's confidence in the company's valuation or a strategy to improve earnings per share.
Detailed definition
The cash outflow associated with the company buying back its own shares from the open market. This is a primary method f...
Peer comparison
Common among mature, cash-generative companies; peers in the healthcare sector often balance this with R&D investment.
Metric ID:
share_repurchasesHistorical Data
16 periods
| Q3 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $367.00M | $37.00M | $115.00M | $254.00M | $33.00M | $141.00M | $284.00M | $446.00M | $162.00M | $322.00M | $484.00M | $207.00M | $412.00M | $623.00M | $210.00M | $419.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -89.9% | +210.8% | +120.9% | -87.0% | +327.3% | +101.4% | +57.0% | -63.7% | +98.8% | +50.3% | -57.2% | +99.0% | +51.2% | -66.3% | +99.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | -30.8% | — | +281.1% | +147.0% | +75.6% | +14.9% | +13.4% | +8.5% | +27.8% | +28.0% | +28.7% | +1.4% | +1.7% |
Range$33.00M – $623.00M
CAGR+3.6%
Avg YoY Growth+49.8%
Median YoY Growth+21.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Costco Wholesale's share buybacks?
- Costco Wholesale (COST) reported share buybacks of $419.00M in Q4 2025.
- How has Costco Wholesale's share buybacks changed year-over-year?
- Costco Wholesale's share buybacks increased by 1.7% year-over-year, from $412.00M to $419.00M.
- What does share buybacks mean?
- Cash spent by the company to buy back its own stock.