Costco Wholesale (COST) Change In Inventory : $-1,262 Mil (TTM As of May. 2025)

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What is Costco Wholesale Change In Inventory?

Costco Wholesale's change in inventory for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 was $337 Mil. It means Costco Wholesale's inventory declined by $337 Mil from Feb. 2025 to May. 2025 .

Costco Wholesale's change in inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024 was $-2,068 Mil. It means Costco Wholesale's inventory increased by $2,068 Mil from Aug. 2023 to Aug. 2024 .

Costco Wholesale's Total Inventories for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 was $18,606 Mil.

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory. Costco Wholesale's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 was 30.99.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. Costco Wholesale's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 was 2.94.

Inventory-to-Revenue determines the ability of a company to manage their inventory levels. It measures the percentage of Inventories the company currently has on hand to support the current amount of Revenue. Costco Wholesale's Inventory-to-Revenue for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 was 0.30.

Costco Wholesale Change In Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for Costco Wholesale's Change In Inventory can be seen below:

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Costco Wholesale Change In Inventory Chart

Costco Wholesale Annual Data

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-791.00

-1,892.00

-4,003.00

1,228.00

-2,068.00

Costco Wholesale Quarterly Data
	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24	May24	Aug24	Nov24	Feb25	May25
Change In Inventory	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-406.00	-1,237.00	-2,541.00	2,179.00	337.00

Costco Wholesale Change In Inventory Calculation

Change In Inventory is the difference between last period's ending inventory and the current period's ending inventory.

Change In Inventory 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 $-1,262 Mil.

Costco Wholesale (NAS:COST) Change In Inventory Explanation

1. Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory.

Costco Wholesale's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in is calculated as:

Days Inventory	=	Average Total Inventories	/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
	=	18680	/	54996	*	365 / 4
	=	30.99

2. Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year.

Costco Wholesale's Inventory Turnover for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	54996	/	18680
	=	2.94

3. Inventory-to-Revenue determines the ability of a company to manage their inventory levels. It measures the percentage of Inventories the company currently has on hand to support the current amount of Revenue.

Costco Wholesale's Inventory to Revenue for the quarter that ended in May. 2025 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories	/	Revenue
	=	18680	/	63205
	=	0.30

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Address

999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, WA, USA, 98027

Website

https://www.costco.com

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