# Costco R&D Expense Data (SEC EDGAR)

> Costco R&D Expense Data (SEC EDGAR) is a paid API for AI agents from market.datapackvibe.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Returns Costco's recent reported research and development expense figures sourced from SEC EDGAR public submissions and company-facts APIs.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://market.datapackvibe.com/x402/demand-company-costco-research-spending?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/costco-r-d-expense-data-sec-edgar-c4f67577
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ZhGbYgLMnIry-Yu89HmyJ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability costco-r-d-expense-data-sec-edgar-c4f67577 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull Costco's most recent research and development spending figures from SEC EDGAR using the ticker COST.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you specifically need Costco's R&D expense data sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. Prefer it over general financial data APIs when you want regulatory-grade, officially reported figures rather than estimated or aggregated third-party data.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid ticker or CIK returns an error or empty result
- Costco may not consistently report R&D as a separate line item, resulting in no data returned
- SEC EDGAR API downtime may cause timeouts or failures
- Malformed input (non-string ticker) may cause a validation error

## How this service works

Costco NVIDIA Research and development spending: Costco (COST). Return recent reported research and development expense facts. Uses SEC EDGAR public submissions and company-facts APIs.

## Output

Returns recent reported R&D expense facts for Costco (COST), including dollar amounts and associated reporting periods, as extracted from SEC EDGAR company-facts and public submissions APIs.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "ticker": {
   "type": "string",
   "default": "COST",
   "description": "SEC ticker or 10-digit CIK."
  }
 }
}
```

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