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Costco Wholesale Corp

COST
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Retail-Variety Stores
SEC CIK
0000909832

In the last 90 days, Costco Wholesale Corp insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 2 sales; 4,261 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.

Institutional holdersQ3 2021: 2,463 institutions
Q1 2021: 2,359 institutionsQ2 2021: 2,394 institutionsQ3 2021: 2,463 institutionsQ4 2021: 2,823 institutionsQ1 2022: 2,862 institutionsQ2 2022: 2,784 institutionsQ3 2022: 2,825 institutionsQ4 2022: 2,938 institutionsQ1 2023: 2,943 institutionsQ2 2023: 3,041 institutionsQ3 2023: 3,077 institutionsQ4 2023: 3,343 institutionsQ1 2024: 3,419 institutionsQ2 2024: 3,526 institutionsQ3 2024: 3,590 institutionsQ4 2024: 3,941 institutionsQ1 2025: 3,952 institutionsQ2 2025: 4,011 institutionsQ3 2025: 3,941 institutionsQ4 2025: 4,138 institutionsQ1 2026: 4,274 institutionsQ2 2026: 4,261 institutions
Value heldQ3 2021: $134.3B
Q1 2021: $104.1BQ2 2021: $119.0BQ3 2021: $134.3BQ4 2021: $170.2BQ1 2022: $172.4BQ2 2022: $143.4BQ3 2022: $141.6BQ4 2022: $137.2BQ1 2023: $149.2BQ2 2023: $162.0BQ3 2023: $169.9BQ4 2023: $201.0BQ1 2024: $222.0BQ2 2024: $258.3BQ3 2024: $266.7BQ4 2024: $279.6BQ1 2025: $287.8BQ2 2025: $302.3BQ3 2025: $274.4BQ4 2025: $272.0BQ1 2026: $311.5BQ2 2026: $301.8B
Institutions holding COST and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 20264,261$301.8B
Q1 20264,274$311.5B
Q4 20254,138$272.0B
Q3 20253,941$274.4B
Q2 20254,011$302.3B
Q1 20253,952$287.8B
Q4 20243,941$279.6B
Q3 20243,590$266.7B
Q2 20243,526$258.3B
Q1 20243,419$222.0B
Q4 20233,343$201.0B
Q3 20233,077$169.9B
Q2 20233,041$162.0B
Q1 20232,943$149.2B
Q4 20222,938$137.2B
Q3 20222,825$141.6B
Q2 20222,784$143.4B
Q1 20222,862$172.4B
Q4 20212,823$170.2B
Q3 20212,463$134.3B
Q2 20212,394$119.0B
Q1 20212,359$104.1B

Institutions, Q3 2021

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q2 2021.

Institutions holding COST in Q3 2021
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
CAPROCK Group, Inc.21,230$9.54M0.85%−267−1.2%Reduced
B. Riley Wealth Management, Inc.21,340$9.59M0.74%+938+4.6%Added
Thomas Story & Son LLC21,383$9.61M3.93%+49+0.2%Added
Silvant Capital Management LLC21,502$9.66M1.73%−3,366−13.5%Reduced
Motco21,588$9.70M0.63%−41−0.2%Reduced
Summit Global Investments21,721$9.76M0.73%−18,404−45.9%Reduced
Alley Co LLC21,919$9.85M1.77%+286+1.3%Added
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.21,928$9.86M0.15%+4,452+25.5%Added
Old Dominion Capital Management Inc21,982$9.88M2.11%−149−0.7%Reduced
Chapman Investment Management, LLC22,019$9.89M5.13%00.0%Unchanged
Cardinal Capital Management22,040$9.90M2.14%−397−1.8%Reduced
FourThought Financial, LLC22,142$9.95M1.33%−706−3.1%Reduced
Strategic Wealth Advisors Group, LLC22,469$9.96M0.49%+674+3.1%Added
Spearhead Capital Advisors, LLC22,199$9.97M1.33%−3,420−13.3%Reduced
Marshall Wace, LLP22,406$10.1M0.05%+5,189+30.1%Added
Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.22,421$10.1M0.14%−7,978−26.2%Reduced
U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC22,438$10.1M0.44%+22,438New
Parallel Advisors, LLC22,452$10.1M0.41%+859+4.0%Added
Nippon Life Global Investors Americas, Inc.22,600$10.2M0.53%−2,070−8.4%Reduced
Auxano Advisors, LLC22,627$10.2M4.57%−14−0.1%Reduced
BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S22,740$10.2M0.39%+19,514+604.9%Added
Bragg Financial Advisors, Inc22,803$10.2M0.66%+1,480+6.9%Added
Frontier Wealth Management LLC22,854$10.3M0.71%+55+0.2%Added
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc.22,909$10.3M0.38%−1,610−6.6%Reduced
BLB&B Advisors, LLC23,058$10.4M0.69%−677−2.9%Reduced
Girard Partners Ltd.23,067$10.4M1.31%+748+3.4%Added
Transform Wealth, LLC23,217$10.4M1.20%−335−1.4%Reduced
Polaris Wealth Advisory Group, LLC23,193$10.5M0.63%−48−0.2%Reduced
Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, Inc23,376$10.5M0.34%−5,875−20.1%Reduced
MUFG Securities EMEA plc23,500$10.6M0.14%−148,787−86.4%Reduced
National Asset Management, Inc.24,051$10.8M0.34%+2,718+12.7%Added
Advisory Services Network, LLC24,200$10.9M0.35%−2,055−7.8%Reduced
Addenda Capital Inc.24,226$10.9M0.51%−1,864−7.1%Reduced
Mechanics Bank Trust Department24,231$10.9M1.76%−666−2.7%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC24,278$10.9M0.01%+19,095+368.4%Added
Copeland Capital Management, LLC24,380$11.0M0.31%+8,989+58.4%Added
Gradient Investments LLC24,408$11.0M0.31%−1,750−6.7%Reduced
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)24,619$11.1M0.28%−7,575−23.5%Reduced
Independent Advisor Alliance24,645$11.1M0.62%+237+1.0%Added
Renaissance Investment Group LLC24,650$11.1M2.82%+278+1.1%Added
Jacobson & Schmitt Advisors, LLC24,661$11.1M3.05%+1,074+4.6%Added
Zacks Investment Management24,717$11.1M0.18%+1,478+6.4%Added
Evergreen Capital Management LLC24,761$11.1M0.50%+2,121+9.4%Added
Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc24,958$11.2M0.40%+1,264+5.3%Added
Cetera Advisors LLC24,974$11.2M0.22%+1,565+6.7%Added
Terry L. Blaker25,370$11.4M0.73%−341−1.3%Reduced
Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc.25,650$11.5M0.61%+986+4.0%Added
Coldstream Capital Management Inc32,478$11.5M0.56%+3,239+11.1%Added
Bruderman Asset Management, LLC25,711$11.6M2.90%+947+3.8%Added
Kentucky Retirement Systems25,899$11.6M0.55%+157+0.6%Added
Becker Capital Management Inc26,010$11.7M0.49%−98−0.4%Reduced
South State Corp.26,048$11.7M0.98%−101−0.4%Reduced
HighPoint Advisor Group LLC26,053$11.7M1.15%+3,814+17.2%Added
HFR Wealth Management, LLC26,354$11.8M3.45%+518+2.0%Added
Appleton Partners Inc26,410$11.9M0.99%−1,420−5.1%Reduced
Hexavest Inc.26,545$11.9M0.73%−4,452−14.4%Reduced
Brasada Capital Management, LP26,556$11.9M2.34%−307−1.1%Reduced
Avitas Wealth Management LLC26,561$11.9M2.17%−69−0.3%Reduced
Doyle Wealth Management26,583$11.9M0.95%+269+1.0%Added
Adviser Investments LLC26,677$12.0M0.89%+86+0.3%Added
Alberta Investment Management Corp26,700$12.0M0.10%+12,800+92.1%Added
Camden National Bank26,848$12.1M2.32%−527−1.9%Reduced
Woodstock Corp26,861$12.1M1.41%−432−1.6%Reduced
Central Trust Co26,945$12.1M0.43%−84−0.3%Reduced
Paragon Capital Management LLC27,009$12.1M6.38%−886−3.2%Reduced
Rosenblum Silverman Sutton S F Inc27,279$12.3M2.81%−333−1.2%Reduced
Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC27,407$12.3M0.30%+7,618+38.5%Added
McCollum Christoferson Group LLC27,444$12.3M2.94%−610−2.2%Reduced
HAP Trading, LLC27,464$12.3M0.91%+27,464New
Andra AP-fonden27,500$12.4M0.25%+800+3.0%Added
First Horizon Advisors, Inc.27,523$12.4M0.40%+26,078+1,804.7%Added
Private Advisory Group LLC27,589$12.4M3.03%+839+3.1%Added
Park National Corp27,594$12.4M0.52%−489−1.7%Reduced
Texas Capital Bank Wealth Management Services Inc27,716$12.5M1.27%+9,196+49.7%Added
Galvin, Gaustad & Stein, LLC27,768$12.5M1.20%−4,891−15.0%Reduced
Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc.27,957$12.6M0.29%−380−1.3%Reduced
CWA Asset Management Group, LLC28,400$12.8M1.01%+2,009+7.6%Added
Sonora Investment Management, LLC28,672$12.9M1.62%+744+2.7%Added
Granite Investment Partners, LLC28,725$12.9M0.40%+26+0.1%Added
Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC28,807$12.9M0.33%−2,731−8.7%Reduced
DDD Partners, LLC28,860$13.0M1.94%−50−0.2%Reduced
Bristlecone Advisors, LLC28,875$13.0M1.70%−164−0.6%Reduced
New Mexico Educational Retirement Board28,965$13.0M0.45%−500−1.7%Reduced
Community Financial Services Group, LLC29,025$13.0M3.55%+85+0.3%Added
Lyell Wealth Management, LP29,121$13.1M1.59%−366−1.2%Reduced
Cetera Investment Advisers29,219$13.1M0.21%+1,446+5.2%Added
Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC29,327$13.2M0.23%+793+2.8%Added
Kiley Juergens Wealth Management, LLC29,649$13.3M5.84%−55−0.2%Reduced
Hoylecohen, LLC29,814$13.4M1.27%−579−1.9%Reduced
Northstar Asset Management Inc29,870$13.4M3.55%+757+2.6%Added
Unio Capital LLC29,873$13.4M5.98%−962−3.1%Reduced
Gratus Capital LLC29,982$13.5M1.45%+771+2.6%Added
Beese Fulmer Investment Management, Inc.30,117$13.5M1.52%+284+1.0%Added
Mengis Capital Management, Inc.30,217$13.6M2.85%−70−0.2%Reduced
Adell Harriman & Carpenter Inc30,294$13.6M1.42%+790+2.7%Added
Exencial Wealth Advisors, LLC30,710$13.8M0.60%+1,832+6.3%Added
Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co30,758$13.8M0.44%−237−0.8%Reduced
Abbrea Capital, LLC30,791$13.8M2.07%+27+0.1%Added
Madison Asset Management, LLC30,809$13.8M0.19%+961+3.2%Added
NFJ Investment Group, LLC30,925$13.9M0.27%−3,306−9.7%Reduced