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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
Carnegie Capital Asset Management, LLC31,215$14.0M0.53%+131+0.4%Added
Weatherly Asset Management L. P.31,312$14.1M1.71%+350+1.1%Added
Baltimore-Washington Financial Advisors, Inc.31,496$14.2M1.25%+1,960+6.6%Added
Pinnacle Associates Ltd31,664$14.2M0.26%+154+0.5%Added
Citizens Financial Group Inc31,800$14.3M0.53%−440−1.4%Reduced
Arcadia Investment Management Corp31,802$14.3M2.64%−964−2.9%Reduced
Taurus Asset Management, LLC31,992$14.4M1.50%+135+0.4%Added
Colonial Trust Advisors32,045$14.4M1.78%−338−1.0%Reduced
SG Americas Securities, LLC32,128$14.4M0.08%−90,109−73.7%Reduced
Fiduciary Trust Co32,271$14.5M0.26%+49+0.2%Added
Mastrapasqua Asset Management Inc32,858$14.8M1.61%−1,425−4.2%Reduced
Patten & Patten Inc33,170$14.9M1.13%−205−0.6%Reduced
Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co33,179$14.9M1.34%−1,317−3.8%Reduced
TruWealth Advisors, LLC33,624$15.1M1.69%+360+1.1%Added
Atria Investments LLC33,831$15.2M0.27%+698+2.1%Added
Motley Fool Asset Management LLC33,970$15.3M0.99%+295+0.9%Added
Cetera Advisor Networks LLC34,030$15.3M0.21%−1,871−5.2%Reduced
Maryland State Retirement & Pension System33,728$15.3M0.43%00.0%Unchanged
First National Bank of Omaha34,207$15.4M0.78%−6,141−15.2%Reduced
Old National Bancorp34,529$15.5M0.59%−1,639−4.5%Reduced
Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc34,974$15.7M1.22%−64−0.2%Reduced
Nordea Investment Management AB34,896$15.9M0.02%00.0%Unchanged
WealthPLAN Partners, LLC29,378$15.9M1.06%−312−1.1%Reduced
AE Wealth Management LLC35,551$16.0M0.13%+2,271+6.8%Added
Brightworth35,600$16.0M1.45%+216+0.6%Added
Chartwell Investment Partners, LLC35,635$16.0M0.50%−2,500−6.6%Reduced
Storebrand Asset Management AS35,701$16.0M0.08%−316−0.9%Reduced
HRT Financial LP35,758$16.1M0.10%+35,758New
Dividend Assets Capital, LLC36,085$16.2M3.26%−477−1.3%Reduced
Advisors Capital Management, LLC36,150$16.2M0.50%+1,450+4.2%Added
Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC36,165$16.3M0.91%+1,315+3.8%Added
Rothschild Investment Corp36,172$16.3M1.36%−3,178−8.1%Reduced
Washington Trust Bank36,180$16.3M1.90%+274+0.8%Added
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.36,254$16.3M0.11%+3,202+9.7%Added
Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD.36,303$16.3M0.42%+2,470+7.3%Added
Grimes & Company, Inc.36,533$16.4M0.71%−1,980−5.1%Reduced
Independent Solutions Wealth Management, LLC36,604$16.4M4.08%+23,162+172.3%Added
Middleton & Co Inc36,942$16.6M1.78%−911−2.4%Reduced
Agf Investments Inc.36,968$16.6M0.13%−4,159−10.1%Reduced
Oak Ridge Investments LLC37,102$16.7M1.47%−776−2.0%Reduced
Private Wealth Partners, LLC37,194$16.7M1.55%+192+0.5%Added
Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC37,231$16.7M0.11%−319−0.8%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Ltd37,366$16.8M0.40%−381−1.0%Reduced
Factory Mutual Insurance Co37,401$16.8M0.21%00.0%Unchanged
Jacobs & Co37,486$16.8M1.94%−384−1.0%Reduced
Papp L Roy & Associates37,598$16.9M2.15%−1,329−3.4%Reduced
American National Insurance Co37,678$16.9M0.64%−40−0.1%Reduced
Securian Asset Management, Inc37,688$16.9M0.35%−356−0.9%Reduced
Group One Trading, L.P.37,916$17.0M0.37%−43,904−53.7%Reduced
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.38,031$17.1M0.07%−156,575−80.5%Reduced
Washington Trust Co38,242$17.2M0.48%+662+1.8%Added
Defender Capital, LLC.38,615$17.4M5.66%−3,210−7.7%Reduced
Moody National Bank Trust Division38,963$17.5M0.26%−217−0.6%Reduced
Lincoln Capital LLC39,006$17.5M4.77%−150.0%Reduced
Markel Group Inc.SuperinvestorMarkel Group39,150$17.6M0.22%00.0%Unchanged
Harvey Investment Co LLC39,343$17.7M2.30%−425−1.1%Reduced
Cornerstone Advisors, LLC39,500$17.7M1.03%00.0%Unchanged
Albion Financial Group39,698$17.8M1.56%−507−1.3%Reduced
Wedbush Securities Inc39,726$17.9M0.85%+62+0.2%Added
Capital International Ltd39,956$18.0M0.98%−424−1.1%Reduced
Absher Wealth Management, LLC40,059$18.0M3.33%−2,742−6.4%Reduced
Shelton Capital Management40,125$18.0M0.71%−5,478−12.0%Reduced
Ieq Capital, LLC40,152$18.0M0.48%+1,655+4.3%Added
Charter Trust Co40,413$18.2M1.70%−246−0.6%Reduced
Synovus Financial Corp40,627$18.2M0.19%−1,169−2.8%Reduced
Jane Street Group, LLC40,957$18.4M0.05%−48,508−54.2%Reduced
Oak Grove Capital LLC41,036$18.4M4.12%−400−1.0%Reduced
Kelly Lawrence W & Associates Inc41,057$18.4M3.90%−157−0.4%Reduced
Hartford Investment Management Co41,324$18.6M0.51%−5,245−11.3%Reduced
Freestone Capital Holdings, LLC41,341$18.6M0.93%−2,224−5.1%Reduced
Autus Asset Management, LLC41,843$18.8M2.06%−1,007−2.4%Reduced
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.41,994$18.9M0.29%−2,659−6.0%Reduced
Zevin Asset Management LLC41,999$18.9M3.60%+305+0.7%Added
Vestcor Inc42,023$18.9M0.68%−1,528−3.5%Reduced
Bailard, Inc.42,301$19.0M0.65%−89−0.2%Reduced
CIBC World Markets Corp42,347$19.0M0.13%+6,858+19.3%Added
Wealthfront Advisers LLC42,589$19.1M0.09%+3,264+8.3%Added
Buffington Mohr McNeal42,655$19.2M3.67%−724−1.7%Reduced
Dowling & Yahnke LLC42,693$19.2M1.06%−1,916−4.3%Reduced
Azimuth Capital Management LLC42,706$19.2M0.82%+545+1.3%Added
Mercer Global Advisors Inc43,058$19.3M0.14%+1,066+2.5%Added
Vancity Investment Management Ltd43,383$19.5M2.49%−38−0.1%Reduced
Maple Capital Management, Inc.43,781$19.7M2.50%−970−2.2%Reduced
JTC Employer Solutions Trusteee Ltd44,470$20.0M2.68%+44,000+9,361.7%Added
Capital Fund Management S.A.44,498$20.0M0.53%+30,507+218.0%Added
ING Groep NV44,894$20.2M0.26%+783+1.8%Added
CPWM, LLC44,983$20.2M1.86%−472,954−91.3%Reduced
Braun Stacey Associates Inc45,156$20.3M0.81%−1,653−3.5%Reduced
Bokf, NA45,551$20.5M0.35%+45,551New
ClariVest Asset Management LLC45,767$20.6M0.66%00.0%Unchanged
Nomura Holdings Inc46,356$20.8M0.16%+42,362+1,060.6%Added
Trust Co of Vermont46,869$21.1M1.50%−130.0%Reduced
Ironvine Capital Partners, LLC46,931$21.1M2.24%+153+0.3%Added
Foster Dykema Cabot & Co Inc47,315$21.3M2.65%−428−0.9%Reduced
Great Lakes Advisors, LLC47,563$21.4M0.33%+29,950+170.0%Added
Marco Investment Management LLC47,623$21.4M2.36%+110+0.2%Added
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund47,906$21.5M0.79%00.0%Unchanged
Profund Advisors LLC48,188$21.7M0.73%+1,957+4.2%Added
Nissay Asset Management Corp49,084$22.1M0.19%+1,595+3.4%Added
Ocean Capital Management, LLC49,313$22.3M9.72%−7,003−12.4%Reduced