Costco Wholesale's Cash & cash equivalent grew by 9.63 % in the Q3 2026 sequentially, faster than Current Liabilities, this led to improvement in Costco Wholesale's Quick Ratio to 0.47, above Costco Wholesale Corp average Quick Ratio.

Within Wholesale industry 3 other companies have achieved higher Quick Ratio than Costco Wholesale in third quarter 2026. While Quick Ratio total ranking in the third quarter 2026 has deteriorated compared to the prior quarter from 2140 to 2535.

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COST Quick Ratio	(May 10 2026) Q3	(Feb 15 2026) Q2	(Nov 23 2025) Q1	(Aug 31 2025) Q4	(May 11 2025) Q3
Y / Y Current Liabilities Change	36.95 %	36.45 %	9.18 %	4.64 %	7.34 %
Y / Y Cash & cash equivalent Change	34.65 %	38.62 %	45.29 %	37.15 %	29.14 %
Quick Ratio MRQ	0.47	0.45	0.41	0.41	0.48
COST's Total Ranking	# 2535	# 2140	# 1257	# 2239	# 2165
Seq. Current Liabilities Change	3.34 %	-2.49 %	12.66 %	20.64 %	2.97 %
Seq. Cash & cash equivalent Change	9.63 %	6.15 %	12.42 %	2.92 %	12.86 %

Quick Ratio third quarter 2026 Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Wholesale Industry	# 4
Retail Sector	# 41
Overall Market	# 2535

Quick Ratio Statistics
High	Average	Low
0.65	0.43	0.29
(Feb 12 2012)		(Feb. 26, 2007)

Financial Statements
Costco Wholesale's Current Liabilities	$ 42,125 Millions	Visit COST's Balance sheet
Costco Wholesale's Cash & cash equivalent	$ 19,996 Millions	Visit COST's Balance sheet
Source of COST's Sales		Visit COST's Sales by Geography

Cumulative Costco Wholesale's Quick Ratio

COST's Quick Ratio for the trailling 12 Months

COST Quick Ratio	(May 10 2026) 12 Months	(Feb 15 2026) 12 Months	(Nov 23 2025) 12 Months	(Aug 31 2025) 12 Months	(May 11 2025) 12 Months
Y / Y Current Liabilities TTM Growth	20.4 %	13.72 %	7.32 %	5.85 %	11.38 %
Y / Y Cash & cash equivalent TTM Growth	38.69 %	37.64 %	35.02 %	8.44 %	-7.17 %
Quick Ratio TTM	0.44	0.44	0.43	0.41	0.38
Total Ranking TTM	# 3606	# 3049	# 1656	# 2968	# 3144
Seq. Current Liabilities TTM Growth	7.55 %	7.8 %	2.58 %	1.22 %	1.59 %
Seq. Cash & cash equivalent TTM Growth	7.85 %	8.4 %	9.72 %	8.12 %	7.04 %

Quick ratio ranking by company, industry and sector >> Back to COST Financial Strength Comparisons >> Go to Compare COST Quick Ratio to its Competitors

On the trailing twelve months basis In Spite of the rise in Current Liabilities in the Q3 2026 to $42,125.00 millions, cumulative Quick Ratio remained unchanged at 0.44 above the COST average Quick Ratio.
Quick Ratio is the average cumulative value over the last four quarters.

Among companies operating within Wholesale industry 17 other companies have achieved higher Quick Ratio than Costco Wholesale. While Quick Ratio total ranking has deteriorated compared to the previous twelve months ending in the second quarter 2026 from 3049 to 3606.

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TTM Quick Ratio Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Within the Wholesale Industry	# 18
Retail Sector	# 125
Within the Market	# 3606

trailing twelve months Quick Ratio Statistics
High	Average	Low
0.43	0.33	0.24
(Nov 22 2020)		(Feb. 26, 2007)

Companies with similar Quick Ratio in the quarter ending May 10 2026, within Wholesale Industry	Quick Ratio	May 10 2026 MRQ Cash & cash equivalent	May 10 2026 MRQ Current Liabilities
Greenlane Holdings Inc	0.93	$ 6.065 Millions	$ 6.543 Millions
Latch Inc	0.92	$ 26.118 Millions	$ 28.406 Millions
Domino s Pizza Inc	0.60	$ 352.721 Millions	$ 588.670 Millions
Costco Wholesale Corp	0.47	$ 19,996.000 Millions	$ 42,125.000 Millions
Kingfish Holding Corporation	0.41	$ 0.250 Millions	$ 0.605 Millions
Pricesmart Inc	0.40	$ 332.546 Millions	$ 833.014 Millions
Resideo Technologies Inc	0.32	$ 549.000 Millions	$ 1,739.000 Millions
W w Grainger Inc	0.28	$ 589.000 Millions	$ 2,138.000 Millions
Core and Main Inc	0.26	$ 312.000 Millions	$ 1,190.000 Millions
Dollar General Corp	0.22	$ 1,589.590 Millions	$ 7,265.065 Millions
Sysco Corporation	0.20	$ 2,079.000 Millions	$ 10,523.000 Millions
Walmart Inc	0.10	$ 11,529.000 Millions	$ 115,630.000 Millions
Hf Foods Group Inc	0.10	$ 18.104 Millions	$ 184.776 Millions

Date modified: 2026-09-08T15:11:42+00:00

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