Costco Historical Balance Sheet

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42.77 0.45 1.04%

Trend analysis of Costco Wholesale Corp balance sheet accounts such as Other Current Liab of 6.8 B, Total Current Liabilities of 31.2 B or Total Stockholder Equity of 20.9 B provides information on Costco Wholesale's total assets, liabilities, and equity, which is the actual value of Costco Wholesale Corp to its prevalent stockholders. By breaking down trends over time using Costco Wholesale balance sheet statements, investors will see what precisely the company owns and what it owes to creditors or other parties at the end of each accounting year.

Cash Flow Balance Sheet Income Statement

Costco Wholesale Inventory

16.04 Billion

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About Costco Balance Sheet Analysis

Balance Sheet is a snapshot of the financial position of Costco Wholesale Corp at a specified time, usually calculated after every quarter, six months, or one year. Costco Wholesale Balance Sheet has two main parts: assets and liabilities. Liabilities are the debts or obligations of Costco Wholesale and are divided into current liabilities and long term liabilities. An asset, on the other hand, is anything of value that can be converted into cash and which Costco currently owns. An asset can also be divided into two categories, current and non-current.

Costco Wholesale Balance Sheet Chart

As of March 29, 2025, Total Assets is expected to decline to about 63.5 B. In addition to that, Other Current Liabilities is expected to decline to about 6.8 B

Total Assets Other Current Liab Total Current Liabilities Total Stockholder Equity

Total Assets

Total assets refers to the total amount of Costco Wholesale assets owned. Assets are items that have some economic value and are expended over time to create a benefit for the owner. These assets are usually recorded in Costco Wholesale Corp books under different categories such as cash, marketable securities, accounts receivable,prepaid expenses, inventory, fixed assets, intangible assets, other assets, marketable securities, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and others. The total value of all owned resources that are expected to provide future economic benefits to the business, including cash, investments, accounts receivable, inventory, property, plant, equipment, and intangible assets.

Total Current Liabilities

Total Current Liabilities is an item on Costco Wholesale balance sheet that include short term debt, accounts payable, accrued salaries payable, payroll taxes payable, accrued liabilities and other debts. Total Current Liabilities of Costco Wholesale Corp are important to investors because some useful performance ratios such as Current Ratio and Quick Ratio require Total Current Liabilities to be accurate. The total amount of liabilities that a company is expected to pay within one year, including debts, accounts payable, and other short-term financial obligations.

Total Stockholder Equity

The total equity held by shareholders, calculated as the difference between a company's total assets and total liabilities. It represents the net value of the company owned by shareholders.

Most accounts from Costco Wholesale's balance sheet are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing balance sheet accounts one by one will only give a small insight into Costco Wholesale Corp current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of balance sheet accounts, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Costco Wholesale Corp. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors.

As of March 29, 2025, Total Assets is expected to decline to about 63.5 B. In addition to that, Other Current Liabilities is expected to decline to about 6.8 B

	2022	2023	2024	2025 (projected)
Other Current Liabilities	8.2B	6.2B	7.1B	6.8B
Total Assets	69.0B	69.8B	80.3B	63.5B

Other Current Liab Total Assets

Costco Wholesale balance sheet Correlations

	Total Assets	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Total Stockholder Equity	Other Liab	Net Tangible Assets	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Accounts Payable	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Other Assets	Long Term Debt	Net Receivables	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Short Term Investments	Non Current Liabilities Total	Inventory	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Net Invested Capital	Total Current Assets	Capital Stock	Non Current Liabilities Other
Total Assets		0.91	0.99	0.99	0.13	0.98	-0.46	0.98	0.99	0.87	1.0	0.98	0.98	-0.49	0.89	0.67	0.2	0.88	0.97	0.97	-0.82	1.0	0.99	1.0	-0.9	0.99
Other Current Liab	0.91		0.9	0.92	-0.04	0.88	-0.4	0.93	0.87	0.89	0.88	0.9	0.91	-0.56	0.73	0.51	0.16	0.76	0.86	0.92	-0.86	0.9	0.92	0.93	-0.87	0.92
Total Current Liabilities	0.99	0.9		0.98	0.12	0.98	-0.46	0.97	0.99	0.83	0.99	0.96	0.97	-0.55	0.92	0.69	0.2	0.83	0.98	0.97	-0.83	0.99	0.98	0.99	-0.91	0.98
Total Stockholder Equity	0.99	0.92	0.98		0.06	0.99	-0.44	1.0	0.97	0.87	0.98	0.95	0.95	-0.55	0.89	0.65	0.3	0.82	0.95	0.97	-0.86	0.97	1.0	0.99	-0.92	0.96
Other Liab	0.13	-0.04	0.12	0.06		0.06	-0.42	0.01	0.18	0.02	0.18	0.12	0.13	0.11	0.21	0.47	0.25	0.32	0.13	-0.04	0.31	0.17	0.08	0.09	0.04	0.15
Net Tangible Assets	0.98	0.88	0.98	0.99	0.06		-0.41	0.99	0.96	0.82	0.98	0.93	0.92	-0.56	0.92	0.66	0.34	0.78	0.96	0.95	-0.84	0.96	0.98	0.97	-0.92	0.94
Net Debt	-0.46	-0.4	-0.46	-0.44	-0.42	-0.41		-0.41	-0.46	-0.36	-0.46	-0.37	-0.42	0.61	-0.45	-0.84	-0.25	-0.41	-0.45	-0.4	0.4	-0.46	-0.47	-0.45	0.44	-0.42
Retained Earnings	0.98	0.93	0.97	1.0	0.01	0.99	-0.41		0.96	0.88	0.97	0.94	0.94	-0.54	0.87	0.62	0.29	0.81	0.95	0.96	-0.88	0.96	0.99	0.99	-0.93	0.95
Accounts Payable	0.99	0.87	0.99	0.97	0.18	0.96	-0.46	0.96		0.81	1.0	0.97	0.97	-0.48	0.93	0.69	0.17	0.87	0.99	0.95	-0.8	1.0	0.96	0.98	-0.9	0.98
Cash	0.87	0.89	0.83	0.87	0.02	0.82	-0.36	0.88	0.81		0.84	0.89	0.91	-0.34	0.57	0.46	0.06	0.86	0.73	0.89	-0.69	0.86	0.9	0.9	-0.68	0.88
Non Current Assets Total	1.0	0.88	0.99	0.98	0.18	0.98	-0.46	0.97	1.0	0.84		0.97	0.97	-0.48	0.91	0.69	0.2	0.88	0.97	0.96	-0.8	1.0	0.98	0.99	-0.89	0.98
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.98	0.9	0.96	0.95	0.12	0.93	-0.37	0.94	0.97	0.89	0.97		0.99	-0.34	0.82	0.57	0.03	0.93	0.94	0.95	-0.79	0.98	0.96	0.98	-0.86	0.99
Other Assets	0.98	0.91	0.97	0.95	0.13	0.92	-0.42	0.94	0.97	0.91	0.97	0.99		-0.39	0.8	0.61	0.02	0.93	0.93	0.96	-0.77	0.99	0.96	0.98	-0.83	0.99
Long Term Debt	-0.49	-0.56	-0.55	-0.55	0.11	-0.56	0.61	-0.54	-0.48	-0.34	-0.48	-0.34	-0.39		-0.57	-0.61	-0.5	-0.09	-0.53	-0.56	0.63	-0.46	-0.53	-0.51	0.6	-0.43
Net Receivables	0.89	0.73	0.92	0.89	0.21	0.92	-0.45	0.87	0.93	0.57	0.91	0.82	0.8	-0.57		0.73	0.4	0.66	0.96	0.81	-0.77	0.89	0.86	0.87	-0.92	0.85
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	0.67	0.51	0.69	0.65	0.47	0.66	-0.84	0.62	0.69	0.46	0.69	0.57	0.61	-0.61	0.73		0.36	0.56	0.7	0.59	-0.45	0.68	0.67	0.65	-0.6	0.62
Short Term Investments	0.2	0.16	0.2	0.3	0.25	0.34	-0.25	0.29	0.17	0.06	0.2	0.03	0.02	-0.5	0.4	0.36		-0.09	0.21	0.1	-0.21	0.14	0.26	0.19	-0.32	0.09
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.88	0.76	0.83	0.82	0.32	0.78	-0.41	0.81	0.87	0.86	0.88	0.93	0.93	-0.09	0.66	0.56	-0.09		0.8	0.81	-0.58	0.9	0.85	0.87	-0.67	0.9
Inventory	0.97	0.86	0.98	0.95	0.13	0.96	-0.45	0.95	0.99	0.73	0.97	0.94	0.93	-0.53	0.96	0.7	0.21	0.8		0.92	-0.84	0.97	0.94	0.96	-0.95	0.96
Other Current Assets	0.97	0.92	0.97	0.97	-0.04	0.95	-0.4	0.96	0.95	0.89	0.96	0.95	0.96	-0.56	0.81	0.59	0.1	0.81	0.92		-0.84	0.96	0.97	0.98	-0.86	0.96
Other Stockholder Equity	-0.82	-0.86	-0.83	-0.86	0.31	-0.84	0.4	-0.88	-0.8	-0.69	-0.8	-0.79	-0.77	0.63	-0.77	-0.45	-0.21	-0.58	-0.84	-0.84		-0.8	-0.84	-0.84	0.94	-0.8
Total Liab	1.0	0.9	0.99	0.97	0.17	0.96	-0.46	0.96	1.0	0.86	1.0	0.98	0.99	-0.46	0.89	0.68	0.14	0.9	0.97	0.96	-0.8		0.98	0.99	-0.88	0.99
Net Invested Capital	0.99	0.92	0.98	1.0	0.08	0.98	-0.47	0.99	0.96	0.9	0.98	0.96	0.96	-0.53	0.86	0.67	0.26	0.85	0.94	0.97	-0.84	0.98		0.99	-0.89	0.97
Total Current Assets	1.0	0.93	0.99	0.99	0.09	0.97	-0.45	0.99	0.98	0.9	0.99	0.98	0.98	-0.51	0.87	0.65	0.19	0.87	0.96	0.98	-0.84	0.99	0.99		-0.9	0.99
Capital Stock	-0.9	-0.87	-0.91	-0.92	0.04	-0.92	0.44	-0.93	-0.9	-0.68	-0.89	-0.86	-0.83	0.6	-0.92	-0.6	-0.32	-0.67	-0.95	-0.86	0.94	-0.88	-0.89	-0.9		-0.87
Non Current Liabilities Other	0.99	0.92	0.98	0.96	0.15	0.94	-0.42	0.95	0.98	0.88	0.98	0.99	0.99	-0.43	0.85	0.62	0.09	0.9	0.96	0.96	-0.8	0.99	0.97	0.99	-0.87

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Costco Wholesale Account Relationship Matchups

Costco Wholesale balance sheet Accounts

	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025 (projected)
Total Assets	59.3B	64.2B	69.0B	69.8B	80.3B	63.5B
Other Current Liab	6.3B	7.3B	8.2B	6.2B	7.1B	6.8B
Total Current Liabilities	29.4B	32.0B	33.6B	35.5B	40.8B	31.2B
Total Stockholder Equity	17.6B	20.6B	25.1B	23.6B	27.2B	20.9B
Other Liab	1.3B	1.4B	1.2B	1.2B	1.4B	1.4B
Net Tangible Assets	17.3B	16.6B	19.6B	24.1B	27.7B	19.4B
Retained Earnings	11.7B	15.6B	19.5B	17.6B	20.3B	15.0B
Accounts Payable	16.3B	17.8B	17.5B	19.4B	22.3B	17.0B
Cash	11.3B	10.2B	13.7B	9.9B	11.4B	11.3B
Non Current Assets Total	29.8B	31.5B	33.1B	35.6B	40.9B	31.4B
Non Currrent Assets Other	3.4B	4.1B	3.7B	3.9B	4.5B	3.1B
Other Assets	1.3B	1.4B	1.4B	1.4B	1.6B	1.3B
Long Term Debt	6.7B	6.5B	5.4B	5.8B	5.2B	5.0B
Net Receivables	1.8B	2.2B	2.3B	2.7B	3.1B	2.2B
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	441.8M	442.7M	442.8M	443.1M	509.6M	485.5M
Short Term Investments	917M	846M	1.5B	1.2B	1.4B	1.2B
Non Current Liabilities Total	11.7B	11.5B	10.4B	10.7B	12.4B	11.1B
Inventory	14.2B	17.9B	16.7B	18.6B	21.4B	16.0B
Other Current Assets	1.3B	1.5B	1.7B	1.7B	2.0B	1.4B
Other Stockholder Equity	(1.3B)	(1.1B)	(1.8B)	(1.8B)	(1.6B)	(1.7B)
Total Liab	41.2B	43.5B	43.9B	46.2B	53.1B	42.3B
Net Invested Capital	25.1B	27.2B	31.5B	29.5B	33.9B	28.4B
Total Current Assets	29.5B	32.7B	35.9B	34.2B	39.4B	32.1B
Non Current Liabilities Other	2.4B	2.6B	2.6B	2.6B	3.0B	2.3B
Net Working Capital	64M	698M	2.3B	(1.2B)	(1.1B)	(1.0B)
Property Plant Equipment	25.2B	27.4B	29.0B	30.7B	35.3B	28.0B
Short Long Term Debt	799M	73M	1.1B	103M	92.7M	88.1M
Property Plant And Equipment Net	26.4B	27.4B	29.4B	31.6B	36.4B	30.7B
Capital Lease Obligations	2.6B	2.5B	2.4B	2.4B	2.1B	2.0B
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	26.4B	27.4B	29.4B	49.6B	57.0B	34.6B

Pair Trading with Costco Wholesale

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Costco Wholesale position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Costco Wholesale will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The correlation of Costco Wholesale is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Costco Wholesale moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Costco Wholesale Corp moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.

Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Costco Wholesale can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.

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When determining whether Costco Wholesale Corp is a good investment, qualitative aspects like company management, corporate governance, and ethical practices play a significant role. A comparison with peer companies also provides context and helps to understand if Costco Stock is undervalued or overvalued. This multi-faceted approach, blending both quantitative and qualitative analysis, forms a solid foundation for making an informed investment decision about Costco Wholesale Corp Stock. Highlighted below are key reports to facilitate an investment decision about Costco Wholesale Corp Stock:

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Costco Historical Balance Sheet

Costco Wholesale Inventory

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Non Current Assets Total	+ 1.0	Total Assets
Total Liab	+ 1.0	Total Assets
Total Current Assets	+ 1.0	Total Assets
Retained Earnings	+ 1.0	Total Stockholder Equity
Net Invested Capital	+ 1.0	Total Stockholder Equity
Non Current Assets Total	+ 1.0	Accounts Payable

Capital Stock	- 0.95	Inventory
Capital Stock	- 0.93	Retained Earnings
Capital Stock	- 0.92	Net Receivables
Capital Stock	- 0.92	Net Tangible Assets
Capital Stock	- 0.92	Total Stockholder Equity
Capital Stock	- 0.91	Total Current Liabilities