Balance Sheet: Assets
Quarterly Data

The balance sheet provides creditors, investors, and analysts with information on company resources (assets) and its sources of capital (its equity and liabilities). It normally also provides information about the future earnings capacity of a company assets as well as an indication of cash flows that may come from receivables and inventories.

Assets are resources controlled by the company as a result of past events and from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the entity.

Costco Wholesale Corp., consolidated balance sheet: assets (quarterly data)

US$ in millions

	Feb 18, 2024	Nov 26, 2023	Sep 3, 2023	May 7, 2023	Feb 12, 2023	Nov 20, 2022	Aug 28, 2022	May 8, 2022	Feb 13, 2022	Nov 21, 2021	Aug 29, 2021	May 9, 2021	Feb 14, 2021	Nov 22, 2020	Aug 30, 2020	May 10, 2020	Feb 16, 2020	Nov 24, 2019	Sep 1, 2019	May 12, 2019	Feb 17, 2019	Nov 25, 2018	Sep 2, 2018	May 13, 2018	Feb 18, 2018	Nov 26, 2017
Cash and cash equivalents	9,095)	17,011)	13,700)	12,493)	12,970)	10,856)	10,203)	11,193)	11,819)	12,751)	11,258)	10,226)	8,637)	13,590)	12,277)	10,826)	7,786)	9,027)	8,384)	7,013)	6,080)	6,778)	6,055)	5,877)	4,781)	5,689)
Short-term investments	1,226)	853)	1,534)	1,215)	735)	817)	846)	638)	477)	725)	917)	900)	617)	833)	1,028)	948)	929)	993)	1,060)	1,154)	1,042)	1,175)	1,204)	1,167)	1,049)	1,196)
Receivables, net	2,779)	2,542)	2,285)	2,502)	2,714)	2,312)	2,241)	1,991)	2,232)	1,932)	1,803)	1,595)	1,934)	1,646)	1,550)	1,507)	1,988)	1,711)	1,535)	1,704)	1,995)	1,795)	1,669)	1,593)	2,001)	1,559)
Merchandise inventories	17,075)	18,001)	16,651)	16,324)	16,081)	18,571)	17,907)	17,623)	16,485)	16,942)	14,215)	13,975)	13,865)	14,901)	12,242)	11,010)	11,850)	13,818)	11,395)	11,304)	11,356)	12,205)	11,040)	10,626)	10,671)	11,213)
Other current assets	1,971)	1,673)	1,709)	1,755)	1,830)	1,594)	1,499)	1,563)	1,552)	1,500)	1,312)	1,220)	1,255)	1,126)	1,023)	963)	1,150)	1,094)	1,111)	1,110)	1,175)	1,001)	321)	430)	397)	240)
Current assets	32,146)	40,080)	35,879)	34,289)	34,330)	34,150)	32,696)	33,008)	32,565)	33,850)	29,505)	27,916)	26,308)	32,096)	28,120)	25,254)	23,703)	26,643)	23,485)	22,285)	21,648)	22,954)	20,289)	19,693)	18,899)	19,897)
Property and equipment, net	27,601)	27,168)	26,684)	25,931)	25,724)	25,144)	24,646)	24,143)	24,052)	23,887)	23,492)	23,177)	22,531)	22,288)	21,807)	21,527)	21,481)	21,237)	20,890)	20,475)	20,145)	19,879)	19,681)	19,178)	19,049)	18,682)
Operating lease right-of-use assets	2,740)	2,672)	2,713)	2,806)	2,859)	2,787)	2,774)	2,731)	2,840)	2,903)	2,890)	2,875)	2,887)	2,785)	2,788)	2,749)	2,596)	2,597)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)	—)
Other long-term assets	3,836)	3,803)	3,718)	3,726)	3,935)	3,946)	4,050)	3,970)	3,621)	3,509)	3,381)	3,306)	3,192)	3,048)	2,841)	2,202)	1,002)	954)	1,025)	992)	1,006)	981)	860)	734)	755)	799)
Other assets	34,177)	33,643)	33,115)	32,463)	32,518)	31,877)	31,470)	30,844)	30,513)	30,299)	29,763)	29,358)	28,610)	28,121)	27,436)	26,478)	25,079)	24,788)	21,915)	21,467)	21,151)	20,860)	20,541)	19,912)	19,804)	19,481)
Total assets	66,323)	73,723)	68,994)	66,752)	66,848)	66,027)	64,166)	63,852)	63,078)	64,149)	59,268)	57,274)	54,918)	60,217)	55,556)	51,732)	48,782)	51,431)	45,400)	43,752)	42,799)	43,814)	40,830)	39,605)	38,703)	39,378)

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Balance sheet item	Description	The company
Current assets	Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are expected to be realized in cash, sold, or consumed within one year (or the normal operating cycle, if longer). Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.	Costco Wholesale Corp. current assets increased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then decreased significantly from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.
Property and equipment, net	Amount after accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include, but are not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, and furniture and fixtures.	Costco Wholesale Corp. property and equipment, net increased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 and from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.
Other assets	Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are expected to be realized in cash, sold or consumed after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.	Costco Wholesale Corp. other assets increased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 and from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.
Total assets	Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.	Costco Wholesale Corp. total assets increased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then decreased significantly from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.

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Balance sheet item	Description	The company
Cash and cash equivalents	Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation.	Costco Wholesale Corp. cash and cash equivalents increased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then decreased significantly from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.
Short-term investments	Amount of investments including trading securities, available-for-sale securities, held-to-maturity securities, and short-term investments classified as other and current.	Costco Wholesale Corp. short-term investments decreased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 not reaching Q4 2023 level.
Receivables, net	The total amount due to the entity within one year of the balance sheet date (or one operating cycle, if longer) from outside sources, including trade accounts receivable, notes and loans receivable, as well as any other types of receivables, net of allowances established for the purpose of reducing such receivables to an amount that approximates their net realizable value.	Costco Wholesale Corp. receivables, net increased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 and from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.
Merchandise inventories	Amount after valuation and LIFO reserves of inventory expected to be sold, or consumed within one year or operating cycle, if longer.	Costco Wholesale Corp. merchandise inventories increased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then slightly decreased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 not reaching Q4 2023 level.

Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ:COST)

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