Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) balance sheet
NASDAQ · Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores · 355,000 employees · CEO Ron Vachris
- Price
- $1,012.28 +1.78%
- Market cap
- $449B
- Enterprise value
- $437B
- Last report
- Q4 '26 filed 2026-10-07
- Next report
- 2026-12-10 EPS est. $4.93
At the end of Q4 '26 Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) held $21.3B in cash and short-term investments against $8.58B of debt incl. leases. Total assets $89B, total liabilities $53.2B, shareholders' equity $35.8B.
Balance sheet
| Balance sheet | Trend | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q3 '26 | Q4 '26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||||||||||||
| Cash & equivalents | $17B | $9.1B | $10.4B | $9.91B | $10.9B | $12.4B | $13.8B | $14.2B | $16.2B | $17.4B | $18.9B | $20.2B | |
| Short-term investments | $853M | $1.23B | $1.1B | $1.24B | $920M | $802M | $1.01B | $1.12B | $966M | $857M | $1.05B | $1.09B | |
| Receivables | $2.54B | $2.78B | $2.58B | $2.72B | $2.96B | $3.06B | $2.88B | $3.2B | $3.23B | $3.78B | $3.75B | $3.96B | |
| Inventory | $18B | $17.1B | $17.4B | $18.6B | $21B | $18.8B | $18.6B | $18.1B | $21.1B | $19B | $19.4B | $19.3B | |
| Other current assets | $1.67B | $1.97B | $1.78B | $1.73B | $1.75B | $1.93B | $1.82B | $1.78B | $1.86B | $2.12B | $2.01B | $2B | |
| Current assets | $40.1B | $32.1B | $33.3B | $34.2B | $37.5B | $36.9B | $38.2B | $38.4B | $43.4B | $43.1B | $45.2B | $46.6B | |
| Property, plant & equipment (net) | $29.8B | $30.3B | $30.7B | $31.6B | $31.9B | $32.3B | $33.3B | $34.6B | $35.3B | $36.4B | $37B | $38.3B | |
| Goodwill | $0 | $0 | $0 | $994M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $994M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| Other non-current assets | $3.8B | $3.84B | $3.92B | $2.94B | $3.99B | $3.99B | $4.03B | $3.09B | $4.03B | $4.1B | $4.21B | $4.13B | |
| Non-current assets | $33.6B | $34.2B | $34.6B | $35.6B | $35.9B | $36.3B | $37.3B | $38.7B | $39.4B | $40.5B | $41.3B | $42.5B | |
| Total assets | $73.7B | $66.3B | $67.9B | $69.8B | $73.4B | $73.2B | $75.5B | $77.1B | $82.8B | $83.6B | $86.4B | $89B | |
| Liabilities | |||||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $20.4B | $17.5B | $18.8B | $19.4B | $21.8B | $18.6B | $19.8B | $19.8B | $23.5B | $20.6B | $22.4B | $22.6B | |
| Accrued expenses | $6.68B | $7.07B | $6.7B | $7.23B | $4.79B | $5.15B | $4.81B | $5.21B | $5.17B | $5.64B | $5.22B | $0 | |
| Short-term debt | $1.08B | $1.08B | $1.08B | $103M | $97M | $98M | $178M | $361M | $70M | $170M | $96M | $2.25B | |
| Deferred revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2.68B | $2.82B | $2.93B | $2.85B | $2.99B | $3.13B | $3.16B | $0 | |
| Other current liabilities | $8.65B | $9.05B | $8.74B | $8.39B | $8.93B | $10.3B | $9.84B | $8.62B | $10.1B | $11.2B | $11.3B | $19.1B | |
| Current liabilities | $36.8B | $34.7B | $35.4B | $35.5B | $38.3B | $37B | $37.6B | $37.1B | $41.8B | $40.8B | $42.1B | $44B | |
| Long-term debt | $5.87B | $5.87B | $5.83B | $5.79B | $5.75B | $5.76B | $5.72B | $5.71B | $5.67B | $5.69B | $5.67B | $3.91B | |
| Lease obligations (non-current) | $2.4B | $2.49B | $2.39B | $3.73B | $2.29B | $2.28B | $2.46B | $3.86B | $2.44B | $2.48B | $2.47B | $2.41B | |
| Deferred tax liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $769M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $724M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| Other non-current liabilities | $2.54B | $2.52B | $2.56B | $456M | $2.61B | $2.61B | $2.6B | $529M | $2.58B | $2.62B | $2.66B | $2.96B | |
| Non-current liabilities | $10.8B | $10.9B | $10.8B | $10.7B | $10.6B | $10.6B | $10.8B | $10.8B | $10.7B | $10.8B | $10.8B | $9.29B | |
| Total liabilities | $47.6B | $45.6B | $46.1B | $46.2B | $48.9B | $47.6B | $48.4B | $47.9B | $52.5B | $51.6B | $52.9B | $53.2B | |
| Equity | |||||||||||||
| Common stock & paid-in capital | $2M | $2M | $2M | $2M | $2M | $2M | $2M | $2M | $2M | $2M | $2M | $2M | |
| Retained earnings | $20.5B | $15B | $16B | $17.6B | $18.7B | $19.8B | $20.9B | $22.7B | $23.9B | $25.1B | $26.5B | $28.6B | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | -$1.84B | -$1.84B | -$1.92B | -$1.83B | -$2.15B | -$2.24B | -$1.92B | -$1.77B | -$1.98B | -$1.61B | -$1.66B | -$1.62B | |
| Shareholders' equity | $26.1B | $20.8B | $21.8B | $23.6B | $24.5B | $25.6B | $27.1B | $29.2B | $30.3B | $32.1B | $33.5B | $35.8B | |
| Debt | |||||||||||||
| Total debt (incl. leases) | $9.35B | $9.43B | $9.3B | $9.95B | $8.13B | $8.14B | $8.36B | $10.2B | $8.17B | $8.34B | $8.23B | $8.58B | |
| Net debt (debt - cash) | -$7.66B | $338M | -$1.11B | $43M | -$2.78B | -$4.22B | -$5.48B | -$3.94B | -$8.05B | -$9.05B | -$10.7B | -$11.6B | |
| Balance sheet | Trend | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||||||||||
| Cash & equivalents | $4.55B | $6.06B | $8.38B | $12.3B | $11.3B | $10.2B | $13.7B | $9.91B | $14.2B | $20.2B | |
| Short-term investments | $1.23B | $1.2B | $1.06B | $1.03B | $917M | $846M | $1.53B | $1.24B | $1.12B | $1.09B | |
| Receivables | $1.43B | $1.67B | $1.54B | $1.55B | $1.8B | $2.24B | $2.29B | $2.72B | $3.2B | $3.96B | |
| Inventory | $9.83B | $11B | $11.4B | $12.2B | $14.2B | $17.9B | $16.7B | $18.6B | $18.1B | $19.3B | |
| Other current assets | $272M | $321M | $1.11B | $1.02B | $1.31B | $1.5B | $1.71B | $1.73B | $1.78B | $2B | |
| Current assets | $17.3B | $20.3B | $23.5B | $28.1B | $29.5B | $32.7B | $35.9B | $34.2B | $38.4B | $46.6B | |
| Property, plant & equipment (net) | $18.2B | $19.7B | $20.9B | $24.6B | $26.4B | $27.4B | $29.4B | $31.6B | $34.6B | $38.3B | |
| Goodwill | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $996M | $993M | $994M | $994M | $994M | $0 | |
| Other non-current assets | $869M | $860M | $1.03B | $2.84B | $2.39B | $3.06B | $2.72B | $2.94B | $3.09B | $4.13B | |
| Non-current assets | $19B | $20.5B | $21.9B | $27.4B | $29.8B | $31.5B | $33.1B | $35.6B | $38.7B | $42.5B | |
| Total assets | $36.3B | $40.8B | $45.4B | $55.6B | $59.3B | $64.2B | $69B | $69.8B | $77.1B | $89B | |
| Liabilities | |||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $9.61B | $11.2B | $11.7B | $14.2B | $16.3B | $17.8B | $17.5B | $19.4B | $19.8B | $22.6B | |
| Accrued expenses | $3.66B | $4.05B | $4.36B | $5B | $5.76B | $6.29B | $6.43B | $7.23B | $5.21B | $0 | |
| Short-term debt | $86M | $90M | $1.7B | $95M | $799M | $73M | $1.08B | $103M | $361M | $2.25B | |
| Deferred revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2.85B | $0 | |
| Other current liabilities | $4.14B | $4.55B | $5.5B | $5.32B | $6.31B | $7.3B | $8.24B | $8.39B | $8.62B | $19.1B | |
| Current liabilities | $17.5B | $19.9B | $23.2B | $24.8B | $29.4B | $32B | $33.6B | $35.5B | $37.1B | $44B | |
| Long-term debt | $6.57B | $6.49B | $5.12B | $7.51B | $6.69B | $6.48B | $5.38B | $5.79B | $5.71B | $3.91B | |
| Lease obligations (non-current) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3.22B | $3.62B | $3.87B | $3.73B | $3.73B | $3.86B | $2.41B | |
| Deferred tax liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $665M | $754M | $724M | $795M | $769M | $724M | $0 | |
| Other non-current liabilities | $1.2B | $1.31B | $1.46B | $613M | $681M | $448M | $452M | $456M | $529M | $2.96B | |
| Non-current liabilities | $7.77B | $7.8B | $6.58B | $12B | $11.7B | $11.5B | $10.4B | $10.7B | $10.8B | $9.29B | |
| Total liabilities | $25.3B | $27.7B | $29.8B | $36.9B | $41.2B | $43.5B | $43.9B | $46.2B | $47.9B | $53.2B | |
| Equity | |||||||||||
| Common stock & paid-in capital | $4M | $4M | $4M | $4M | $4M | $2M | $2M | $2M | $2M | $2M | |
| Retained earnings | $5.99B | $7.89B | $10.3B | $12.9B | $11.7B | $15.6B | $19.5B | $17.6B | $22.7B | $28.6B | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | -$1.01B | -$1.2B | -$1.44B | -$1.3B | -$1.14B | -$1.83B | -$1.81B | -$1.83B | -$1.77B | -$1.62B | |
| Shareholders' equity | $10.8B | $12.8B | $15.2B | $18.3B | $17.6B | $20.6B | $25.1B | $23.6B | $29.2B | $35.8B | |
| Debt | |||||||||||
| Total debt (incl. leases) | $6.66B | $6.58B | $6.82B | $11.1B | $11.4B | $10.9B | $10.5B | $9.95B | $10.2B | $8.58B | |
| Net debt (debt - cash) | $2.11B | $522M | -$1.56B | -$1.19B | $149M | $703M | -$3.16B | $43M | -$3.94B | -$11.6B | |
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Statements, segment revenue, metrics, estimates: Financial Modeling Prep. Segment profits and every reported line: SEC EDGAR (XBRL). Filings read: 10-K 2026-08-30, 10-Q 2026-05-10, 10-Q 2026-02-15, 10-Q 2025-11-23, 10-K 2025-08-31, 10-Q 2025-05-11, 10-Q 2025-02-16, 10-Q 2024-11-24, 10-K 2024-09-01
Data as of 2026-11-01