Share buybacks · 2011–2025
Costco Wholesale share buybacks
$903M+29.0% · FY2025
Costco Wholesale (COST) reported $903M in share buybacks for fiscal 2025, +29.0% year on year.
| Fiscal year | Share buybacks | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY20252025-08-31 | $903M | +29.0% | Open → |
| FY20242024-09-01 | $700M | +3.6% | Open → |
| FY20232023-09-03 | $676M | +54.0% | Open → |
| FY20222022-08-28 | $439M | −11.5% | Open → |
| FY20212021-08-29 | $496M | +153.1% | Open → |
| FY20202020-08-30 | $196M | −20.6% | Open → |
| FY20192019-09-01 | $247M | −24.7% | Open → |
| FY20182018-09-02 | $328M | −30.1% | Open → |
| FY20172017-09-03 | $469M | −3.5% | Open → |
| FY20162016-08-28 | $486M | +1.0% | Open → |
| FY20152015-08-30 | $481M | +44.0% | Open → |
| FY20142014-08-31 | $334M | +827.8% | Open → |
| FY20132013-09-01 | $36.0M | −94.3% | Open → |
| FY20122012-09-02 | $632M | +1.3% | Open → |
| FY20112011-08-28 | $624M | — | Open → |
Share buybacks — Share buybacks are the cash a company spent during the year repurchasing its own stock, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. Most companies buy back nothing at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the minority that do.
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +2.7%
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