Costco Wholesale Corp
COST- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Industry
- Retail-Variety Stores
- SEC CIK
- 0000909832
No open-market purchases or sales by Costco Wholesale Corp insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 4,260 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $301.8B in total; 4 superinvestors hold it, including Markel Group and Gardner Russo & Quinn.
13F holders, Q3 2021
Institutional positions in Costco Wholesale Corp as of Sep 30, 2021. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works
- Institutional holders
- 2,463
- +109 vs. Q2 2021
- Shares held
- 299.1M
- −1.21M (−0.4%) vs. Q2 2021
- Total value
- $134.3B
- +$15.6B (+13.2%) vs. Q2 2021
- New holders
- 178
- 963 more added
- Sold out
- 69
- 934 more reduced
40 institutions that held it in Q2 2021 haven't filed for Q3 2021 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 2021: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
Holders and value by quarter
Institutions reporting COST on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 4,260 | $301.8B |
| Q1 2026 | 4,275 | $311.5B |
| Q4 2025 | 4,139 | $272.0B |
| Q3 2025 | 3,942 | $274.4B |
| Q2 2025 | 4,012 | $302.3B |
| Q1 2025 | 3,953 | $287.8B |
| Q4 2024 | 3,942 | $279.6B |
| Q3 2024 | 3,591 | $266.7B |
| Q2 2024 | 3,527 | $258.3B |
| Q1 2024 | 3,420 | $222.0B |
| Q4 2023 | 3,344 | $201.0B |
| Q3 2023 | 3,078 | $169.9B |
| Q2 2023 | 3,042 | $162.0B |
| Q1 2023 | 2,944 | $149.2B |
| Q4 2022 | 2,939 | $137.2B |
| Q3 2022 | 2,826 | $141.6B |
| Q2 2022 | 2,785 | $143.4B |
| Q1 2022 | 2,863 | $172.4B |
| Q4 2021 | 2,823 | $170.2B |
| Q3 2021 | 2,463 | $134.3B |
| Q2 2021 | 2,394 | $119.0B |
| Q1 2021 | 2,359 | $104.1B |
Institutions, Q3 2021
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q2 2021.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 37,336,019 | $16.8B | 0.42% | +331,107+0.9% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 30,134,123 | $13.5B | 0.38% | +178,344+0.6% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 16,603,305 | $7.46B | 0.39% | −147,061−0.9% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 10,784,186 | $4.85B | 0.38% | −500,972−4.4% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 7,505,826 | $3.37B | 0.38% | +374,640+5.3% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 7,125,592 | $3.19B | 0.43% | +172,127+2.5% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 6,071,457 | $2.73B | 0.37% | −113,648−1.8% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 5,725,536 | $2.57B | 0.46% | −179,238−3.0% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 4,972,264 | $2.23B | 0.88% | +330,011+7.1% | Added |
| Capital World Investors | 4,900,298 | $2.20B | 0.38% | +15,161+0.3% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 4,868,532 | $2.19B | 0.43% | −245,450−4.8% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 4,654,247 | $2.09B | 0.66% | +264,031+6.0% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 4,614,857 | $2.07B | 0.58% | −43,208−0.9% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 4,342,153 | $1.95B | 0.43% | −60,945−1.4% | Reduced |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 3,887,213 | $1.75B | 1.08% | +137,695+3.7% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 3,530,412 | $1.59B | 0.27% | −29,845−0.8% | Reduced |
| Jennison Associates LLC | 3,335,468 | $1.50B | 0.97% | −76,900−2.3% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 3,054,357 | $1.37B | 0.45% | +44,348+1.5% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 2,927,450 | $1.32B | 0.30% | −59,978−2.0% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 2,652,351 | $1.19B | 0.50% | +109,827+4.3% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 2,353,845 | $1.06B | 0.44% | −219,292−8.5% | Reduced |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 2,288,741 | $1.03B | 0.77% | +450,303+24.5% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 2,252,846 | $1.01B | 0.33% | +71,297+3.3% | Added |
| Parnassus Investments | 2,087,024 | $937.8M | 1.98% | +84,960+4.2% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 2,038,995 | $916.2M | 0.40% | −5,848−0.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 1,997,398 | $904.4M | 0.45% | +39,854+2.0% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,945,700 | $874.3M | 0.22% | −404,783−17.2% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 1,827,911 | $821.4M | 0.08% | −13,780−0.7% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 1,749,799 | $786.3M | 0.50% | −56,500−3.1% | Reduced |
| Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC | 1,729,991 | $777.4M | 0.44% | +49,896+3.0% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,627,588 | $731.4M | 0.24% | +41,330+2.6% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,519,110 | $682.6M | 0.32% | +338,144+28.6% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,450,509 | $654.2M | 0.21% | −44,424−3.0% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 1,408,051 | $632.7M | 0.93% | +26,984+2.0% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,404,594 | $631.2M | 0.16% | −62,726−4.3% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1,388,353 | $623.9M | 0.08% | −109,403−7.3% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,371,582 | $616.3M | 0.40% | −21,270−1.5% | Reduced |
| Capital International Investors | 1,349,811 | $606.7M | 0.14% | +2,952+0.2% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 1,338,330 | $601.4M | 0.49% | +64,023+5.0% | Added |
| Brown Advisory Inc | 1,282,375 | $576.2M | 0.85% | −18,644−1.4% | Reduced |
| Eaton Vance Management | 1,272,650 | $568.1M | 0.79% | −1450.0% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,216,597 | $546.7M | 0.34% | −63,618−5.0% | Reduced |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 1,181,844 | $536.9M | 1.01% | +636,131+116.6% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 1,159,894 | $521.2M | 0.36% | +82,101+7.6% | Added |
| Amundi | 1,121,587 | $504.0M | 0.35% | +46,752+4.3% | Added |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 1,111,381 | $499.4M | 0.57% | +22,932+2.1% | Added |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 1,070,337 | $481.0M | 0.60% | +93,201+9.5% | Added |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 1,035,323 | $462.3M | 0.40% | −13,894−1.3% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 980,746 | $440.7M | 0.31% | +144,688+17.3% | Added |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 923,511 | $415.0M | 0.34% | +140,401+17.9% | Added |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 912,442 | $410.0M | 0.10% | −1950.0% | Reduced |
| Everett Harris & Co | 905,769 | $407.0M | 6.43% | −3,407−0.4% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 865,639 | $389.0M | 0.41% | −31,749−3.5% | Reduced |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP | 850,594 | $382.2M | 2.09% | +7,326+0.9% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 838,957 | $377.0M | 0.48% | −673,810−44.5% | Reduced |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 970,819 | $376.4M | 0.67% | −82,240−7.8% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 833,668 | $374.6M | 0.39% | +15,860+1.9% | Added |
| Provident Trust Co | 824,165 | $370.3M | 7.17% | +8,337+1.0% | Added |
| Brown Brothers Harriman & Co | 803,429 | $361.0M | 2.13% | −16,049−2.0% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 799,225 | $359.1M | 0.46% | −21,317−2.6% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 778,519 | $349.8M | 0.47% | −17,385−2.2% | Reduced |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 773,896 | $349.5M | 0.79% | −390,298−33.5% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 775,600 | $348.5M | 0.31% | +14,161+1.9% | Added |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 732,480 | $329.1M | 0.73% | +25,540+3.6% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 728,182 | $327.2M | 0.10% | −102,749−12.4% | Reduced |
| WCM Investment Management, LLC | 720,088 | $323.6M | 0.75% | +45,720+6.8% | Added |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC | 717,152 | $322.3M | 0.75% | +8,444+1.2% | Added |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 702,795 | $315.8M | 0.81% | +9,028+1.3% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 677,904 | $304.6M | 0.31% | −116,225−14.6% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 668,377 | $302.4M | 0.70% | −46,778−6.5% | Reduced |
| Credit Suisse AG | 669,850 | $301.0M | 0.24% | −4,736−0.7% | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 658,369 | $295.8M | 0.55% | −70,840−9.7% | Reduced |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 652,823 | $293.3M | 0.36% | +4,604+0.7% | Added |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 643,240 | $289.0M | 0.37% | +128,427+24.9% | Added |
| Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado | 638,534 | $286.9M | 1.26% | −5,004−0.8% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 620,623 | $278.9M | 0.26% | −10,465−1.7% | Reduced |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 610,719 | $274.4M | 0.39% | −1,955−0.3% | Reduced |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 588,276 | $264.3M | 0.42% | −52,735−8.2% | Reduced |
| US Bancorp | 585,662 | $263.2M | 0.50% | −12,729−2.1% | Reduced |
| AXA S.A. | 583,047 | $262.0M | 0.74% | −951−0.2% | Reduced |
| Sarasin & Partners LLP | 580,849 | $261.0M | 2.63% | −12,903−2.2% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 574,859 | $258.3M | 0.10% | +35,127+6.5% | Added |
| National Pension Service | 549,769 | $247.0M | 0.47% | −5,773−1.0% | Reduced |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 544,633 | $244.7M | 0.48% | −16,220−2.9% | Reduced |
| Emerald Advisors, LLC | 537,171 | $241.4M | 68.86% | −11,971−2.2% | Reduced |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 530,528 | $238.4M | 0.91% | +11,381+2.2% | Added |
| Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC. | 529,207 | $237.8M | 3.33% | +23,300+4.6% | Added |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 525,594 | $236.2M | 0.66% | +50,477+10.6% | Added |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 524,407 | $235.6M | 0.50% | −11,590−2.2% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 511,461 | $230.6M | 0.26% | −63,736−11.1% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 512,010 | $230.1M | 0.25% | −21,493−4.0% | Reduced |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 637,166 | $225.7M | 0.35% | +136,872+27.4% | Added |
| Comgest Global Investors S.A.S. | 497,327 | $223.5M | 2.92% | +16,473+3.4% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 496,091 | $222.9M | 0.12% | +21,303+4.5% | Added |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 489,440 | $219.9M | 0.47% | +3,688+0.8% | Added |
| Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. | 474,677 | $213.3M | 0.42% | +98,309+26.1% | Added |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 457,071 | $205.4M | 0.18% | −17,973−3.8% | Reduced |
| Blair William & Co | 442,929 | $199.0M | 0.68% | −2,237−0.5% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 425,287 | $191.1M | 0.19% | +83,050+24.3% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 413,637 | $188.6M | 0.26% | −8,364−2.0% | Reduced |