Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)
Cash conversion cycle
| Aug 31, 2025 | May 31, 2025 | Feb 28, 2025 | Nov 30, 2024 | Sep 1, 2024 | Aug 31, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | May 12, 2024 | Feb 29, 2024 | Feb 18, 2024 | Nov 30, 2023 | Nov 26, 2023 | Sep 3, 2023 | Aug 31, 2023 | May 31, 2023 | May 7, 2023 | Feb 28, 2023 | Feb 12, 2023 | Nov 30, 2022 | Nov 20, 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days of inventory on hand (DOH) | days | 27.56 | 28.11 | 26.72 | 30.43 | 26.81 | 29.82 | 29.59 | 29.69 | 29.15 | 26.08 | 26.09 | 26.44 | 24.81 | 28.00 | 29.61 | 29.52 | 29.01 | 26.99 | 28.99 | 29.17 |
| Days of sales outstanding (DSO) | days | 4.25 | 3.90 | 3.92 | 3.86 | 3.59 | 3.89 | 4.03 | 4.04 | 4.36 | 4.01 | 3.39 | 3.45 | 3.15 | 3.45 | 4.19 | 4.18 | 4.51 | 4.19 | 3.33 | 3.36 |
| Number of days of payables | days | 30.10 | 29.94 | 26.51 | 31.61 | 27.93 | 31.06 | 31.99 | 32.10 | 29.87 | 26.72 | 29.51 | 29.90 | 26.05 | 29.40 | 30.57 | 30.48 | 29.60 | 27.54 | 28.64 | 28.82 |
| Cash conversion cycle | days | 1.71 | 2.07 | 4.12 | 2.68 | 2.48 | 2.65 | 1.63 | 1.63 | 3.65 | 3.37 | -0.02 | -0.02 | 1.91 | 2.05 | 3.23 | 3.22 | 3.93 | 3.65 | 3.68 | 3.71 |
August 31, 2025 calculation
Cash conversion cycle = DOH + DSO – Number of days of payables
= 27.56 + 4.25 – 30.10
= 1.71
See also:
Costco Wholesale Corp Cash Conversion Cycle (Quarterly Data)