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Costco Wholesale (COST) Cash Flow from Financing : $-3,998 Mil (TTM As of May. 2025)


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What is Costco Wholesale Cash Flow from Financing?

Cash from financing is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders.

For the three months ended in May. 2025, Costco Wholesale paid $211 Mil more to buy back shares than it received from issuing new shares. It spent $20 Mil paying down its debt. It paid $0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares. It spent $515 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders. It spent $2 Mil on other financial activities. In all, Costco Wholesale spent $748 Mil on financial activities for the three months ended in May. 2025.


Costco Wholesale Cash Flow from Financing Historical Data

The historical data trend for Costco Wholesale's Cash Flow from Financing can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Costco Wholesale Cash Flow from Financing Chart

Costco Wholesale Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Cash Flow from Financing
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1,147.00 -6,488.00 -4,283.00 -2,614.00 -10,764.00

Costco Wholesale Quarterly Data
Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25 May25
Cash Flow from Financing Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -698.00 -1,816.00 -1,193.00 -241.00 -748.00

Costco Wholesale Cash Flow from Financing Calculation

This is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders. In the calculation of free cash flow, cash from financing is not calculated because it is not related to operating activities.

Costco Wholesale's Cash from Financing for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as:

Costco Wholesale's Cash from Financing for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 is:


Cash Flow from Financing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-3,998 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Costco Wholesale  (NAS:COST) Cash Flow from Financing Explanation

Cash from financing contains six items:

1. Issuance of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. Issuance of stock represents the cash inflow from offering common stock, which is the additional capital contribution to the entity during the period.

Costco Wholesale's issuance of stock for the three months ended in May. 2025 was $0 Mil.

2. Repurchase of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. It can also use cash to buy back shares. Repurchase of stock represents the cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.

Costco Wholesale's repurchase of stock for the three months ended in May. 2025 was $-211 Mil.

3. Net Issuance of Debt:
Net issuance of debt is the cash a company received or spent through debt related activities such as debt issuance or debt repayment. If a company pays down its debt during the period, this number will be negative. If a company issued more debt, it receives cash and this number is positive.

Costco Wholesale's net issuance of debt for the three months ended in May. 2025 was $-20 Mil. Costco Wholesale spent $20 Mil paying down its debt.

4. Net Issuance of Preferred Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new preferred shares. It can also use cash to buy back preferred shares. If this number is positive, it means that the company has received more cash from issuing preferred shares than it has paid to buy back preferred shares. If this number is negative, it means that company has paid more cash to buy back preferred shares than it has received for issuing preferred shares.

Costco Wholesale's net issuance of preferred for the three months ended in May. 2025 was $0 Mil. Costco Wholesale paid $0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares.

5. Cash Flow for Dividends:
Cash flow for dividends refers to the payment of cash to shareholders as dividends when the company generates income.

Costco Wholesale's cash flow for dividends for the three months ended in May. 2025 was $-515 Mil. Costco Wholesale spent $515 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders.

6. Other Financing:
Money spent or earned by company from other financial activities.

Costco Wholesale's other financing for the three months ended in May. 2025 was $-2 Mil. Costco Wholesale spent $2 Mil on other financial activities.


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Costco Wholesale Business Description

Address
999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, WA, USA, 98027
Costco operates a membership-based, no-frills retail model predicated on offering a select product assortment in bulk quantities at bargain prices. The firm avoids maintaining costly product displays by keeping inventory on pallets and limits distribution expenses by storing its inventory at point of sale in the warehouse. Given its frugal cost structure, the firm is able to price its merchandise below that of competing retailers, driving high sales volume per warehouse and generating strong profits on thin margins. Costco operates over 600 warehouses in the United States and has over 60% share in the domestic warehouse club industry. Internationally, Costco operates another 280 warehouses, primarily in Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the UK.
Executives
James C Klauer officer: Executive Vice President 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Claudine Adamo officer: Executive Vice President 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Caton Frates officer: Executive Vice President 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Roland Michael Vachris officer: Executive VP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Richard A Galanti director, officer: Executive VP and CFO 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Pierre Riel officer: EVP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Russell D Miller officer: Executive Vice President 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Patrick J Callans officer: Executive VP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Susan L Decker director C/O YAHOO INC, 701 FIRST AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Kenneth D Denman director
Daniel M. Hines other: Principal Acctg Officer 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
W Craig Jelinek officer: Executive VP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Yoram Rubananko officer: Executive VP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Helena Foulkes director ONE CVS DRIVE, WOONSOCKET RI 02895
James P. Murphy officer: Executive VP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027