Costco balance sheet

At the end of fiscal 2026, Costco had total assets of $89.05bn, total liabilities of $53.24bn and shareholders' equity of $35.80bn. It held $20.21bn in cash against $6.17bn of debt: net cash of $14.03bn.

Balance sheet

US$ billions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Costco: balance sheet, annual
Fiscal year	2010Aug 2010	2011Aug 2011	2012Sept 2012	2013Sept 2013	2014Aug 2014	2015Aug 2015	2016Aug 2016	2017Sept 2017	2018Sept 2018	2019Sept 2019	2020Aug 2020	2021Aug 2021	2022Aug 2022	2023Sept 2023	2024Sept 2024	2025Aug 2025	2026Aug 2026
Cash and equivalents	3.2	4.0	3.5	4.6	5.7	4.8	3.4	4.5	6.1	8.4	12.3	11.3	10.2	13.7	9.9	14.2	20.2
Receivables	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.7	1.5	1.6	1.8	2.2	2.3	2.7	3.2	4.0
Inventory	5.6	6.6	7.1	7.9	8.5	8.9	9.0	9.8	11.0	11.4	12.2	14.2	17.9	16.7	18.6	18.1	19.3
Total current assets	11.7	13.7	13.5	15.8	17.6	16.8	15.2	17.3	20.3	23.5	28.1	29.5	32.7	35.9	34.2	38.4	46.6
Goodwill	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Total assets	23.8	26.8	27.1	30.3	32.7	33.0	33.2	36.3	40.8	45.4	55.6	59.3	64.2	69.0	69.8	77.1	89.0
Accounts payable	5.9	6.5	7.3	7.9	8.5	9.0	7.6	9.6	11.2	11.7	14.2	16.3	17.8	17.5	19.4	19.8	22.6
Deferred revenue (current)	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.9	2.0	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.9	3.0
Total current liabilities	10.1	12.1	12.3	13.3	14.4	16.5	15.6	17.5	19.9	23.2	24.8	29.4	32.0	33.6	35.5	37.1	44.0
Short-term debt	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.1	0.1	0.1	1.7	0.1	0.8	0.1	1.1	0.1	0.1	2.2
Long-term debt	2.1	1.3	1.4	5.0	5.1	4.9	4.1	6.6	6.5	5.1	7.5	6.7	6.5	5.4	5.8	5.7	3.9
Total debt	2.2	2.2	1.4	5.0	5.1	6.1	5.2	6.7	6.6	6.9	7.7	7.6	6.6	6.5	5.9	5.8	6.2
Total liabilities	12.9	14.2	14.6	19.3	20.5	22.2	20.8	25.3	27.7	29.8	36.9	41.2	43.5	43.9	46.2	47.9	53.2
Shareholders' equity	10.8	12.0	12.4	10.8	12.3	10.6	12.1	10.8	12.8	15.2	18.3	17.6	20.6	25.1	23.6	29.2	35.8
Non-controlling interests and other (assets − liabilities − equity)	—	0.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Net debt (negative = net cash)	−1.0	−1.9	−2.1	0.4	−0.6	1.3	1.8	2.2	0.6	−1.5	−4.6	−3.7	−3.6	−7.2	−4.0	−8.4	−14.0
Shares outstanding	434m	434m	432m	437m	438m	438m	438m	437m	438m	440m	441m	442m	443m	443m	443m	443m	443m

US$ billions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Costco: balance sheet, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q1Nov 2024	2025 Q2Feb 2025	2025 Q3May 2025	2025 Q4Aug 2025	2026 Q1Nov 2025	2026 Q2Feb 2026	2026 Q3May 2026	2026 Q4Aug 2026
Receivables	3.0	3.1	2.9	3.2	3.2	3.8	3.8	4.0
Inventory	21.0	18.8	18.6	18.1	21.1	19.0	19.4	19.3
Total current assets	37.5	36.9	38.2	38.4	43.4	43.1	45.2	46.6
Goodwill	—	—	—	1.0	—	—	—	1.0
Total assets	73.4	73.2	75.5	77.1	82.8	83.6	86.4	89.0
Accounts payable	21.8	18.6	19.8	19.8	23.5	20.6	22.4	22.6
Deferred revenue (current)	2.7	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.0
Total current liabilities	38.3	37.0	37.6	37.1	41.8	40.8	42.1	44.0
Short-term debt	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	2.2
Long-term debt	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	3.9
Total debt	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.7	5.8	5.7	6.2
Total liabilities	48.9	47.6	48.4	47.9	52.5	51.6	52.9	53.2
Shareholders' equity	24.5	25.6	27.1	29.2	30.3	32.1	33.5	35.8
Shares outstanding	444m	444m	444m	443m	444m	444m	444m	443m

Balances at each fiscal year end (quarter end in the quarterly view). Total debt is short- plus long-term borrowings, including lease debt where the company reports it within debt. Where assets do not equal liabilities plus shareholders' equity, the difference (non-controlling interests, redeemable preferred shares) is shown on its own line.

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Figures from Costco's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Costco.