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.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 4,261 | $301.8B |
| Q1 2026 | 4,274 | $311.5B |
| Q4 2025 | 4,138 | $272.0B |
| Q3 2025 | 3,941 | $274.4B |
| Q2 2025 | 4,011 | $302.3B |
| Q1 2025 | 3,952 | $287.8B |
| Q4 2024 | 3,941 | $279.6B |
| Q3 2024 | 3,590 | $266.7B |
| Q2 2024 | 3,526 | $258.3B |
| Q1 2024 | 3,419 | $222.0B |
| Q4 2023 | 3,343 | $201.0B |
| Q3 2023 | 3,077 | $169.9B |
| Q2 2023 | 3,041 | $162.0B |
| Q1 2023 | 2,943 | $149.2B |
| Q4 2022 | 2,938 | $137.2B |
| Q3 2022 | 2,825 | $141.6B |
| Q2 2022 | 2,784 | $143.4B |
| Q1 2022 | 2,862 | $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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield Capital Partners, LLC | 49,568 | $22.3M | 1.59% | +470+1.0% | Added |
| B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG | 50,138 | $22.5M | 0.33% | −303−0.6% | Reduced |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 50,390 | $22.6M | 0.43% | −6,700−11.7% | Reduced |
| Louisiana State Employees Retirement System | 50,400 | $22.6M | 0.55% | −100−0.2% | Reduced |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 50,619 | $22.7M | 0.50% | −390−0.8% | Reduced |
| WS Management LLLP | 50,746 | $22.8M | 2.87% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | 50,821 | $22.8M | 0.13% | +36,118+245.7% | Added |
| YHB Investment Advisors, Inc. | 50,888 | $22.9M | 1.97% | −188−0.4% | Reduced |
| Payden & Rygel | 51,020 | $22.9M | 1.19% | −17,600−25.6% | Reduced |
| MML Investors Services, LLC | 51,072 | $22.9M | 0.18% | +577+1.1% | Added |
| Chilton Capital Management LLC | 51,202 | $23.0M | 1.31% | −239−0.5% | Reduced |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 51,686 | $23.2M | 0.06% | −1,341−2.5% | Reduced |
| Estabrook Capital Management | 51,785 | $23.3M | 3.66% | −2,014−3.7% | Reduced |
| Whittier Trust Co | 52,081 | $23.4M | 0.43% | −272−0.5% | Reduced |
| MAI Capital Management | 52,171 | $23.4M | 0.46% | +4,898+10.4% | Added |
| Private Asset Management Inc | 52,502 | $23.6M | 3.22% | −548−1.0% | Reduced |
| Pacific Heights Asset Management LLC | 53,000 | $23.8M | 2.26% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | 53,042 | $23.8M | 0.30% | +1,617+3.1% | Added |
| Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | 53,459 | $24.0M | 1.29% | +53,346+47,208.8% | Added |
| Tredje AP-fonden | 53,900 | $24.2M | 0.51% | +42,000+352.9% | Added |
| Tiaa, FSB | 54,267 | $24.4M | 0.08% | −11,476−17.5% | Reduced |
| Norris Perne & French LLP | 54,569 | $24.5M | 2.11% | −1,659−3.0% | Reduced |
| Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. | 54,600 | $24.5M | 0.97% | −9,200−14.4% | Reduced |
| Dundas Partners LLP | 54,859 | $24.7M | 3.48% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Achmea Investment Management B.V. | 55,041 | $24.7M | 0.75% | +7,112+14.8% | Added |
| Randolph Co Inc | 55,374 | $24.9M | 3.20% | +90.0% | Added |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt Sys | 55,399 | $24.9M | 0.29% | +130.0% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 55,979 | $25.2M | 0.03% | −20,571−26.9% | Reduced |
| Pittenger & Anderson Inc | 56,109 | $25.2M | 1.26% | +1,089+2.0% | Added |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 56,250 | $25.3M | 0.25% | +2,577+4.8% | Added |
| First Foundation Advisors | 56,423 | $25.4M | 0.95% | +3,029+5.7% | Added |
| Guardian Capital LP | 56,631 | $25.4M | 0.53% | −2,427−4.1% | Reduced |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 56,989 | $25.6M | 1.55% | −95−0.2% | Reduced |
| Flputnam Investment Management Co | 56,996 | $25.6M | 0.87% | +1,008+1.8% | Added |
| Baldwin Brothers Inc | 57,381 | $25.8M | 2.86% | −566−1.0% | Reduced |
| Mutual of America Capital Management LLC | 57,980 | $26.1M | 0.26% | +244+0.4% | Added |
| IFM Investors Pty Ltd | 58,117 | $26.1M | 0.54% | +190.0% | Added |
| Rempart Asset Management Inc. | 58,203 | $26.2M | 5.51% | −2,735−4.5% | Reduced |
| Sawgrass Asset Management LLC | 58,206 | $26.2M | 2.65% | −28,293−32.7% | Reduced |
| Front Street Capital Management, Inc. | 58,354 | $26.2M | 5.04% | −825−1.4% | Reduced |
| Liontrust Investment Partners LLP | 59,000 | $26.5M | 0.37% | +59,000 | New |
| Ensemble Capital Management, LLC | 59,434 | $26.7M | 2.17% | +235+0.4% | Added |
| RWC Asset Management LLP | 59,639 | $26.8M | 0.82% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Aristotle Atlantic Partners, LLC | 59,987 | $27.0M | 1.78% | −14,916−19.9% | Reduced |
| General American Investors Co Inc | 60,000 | $27.0M | 2.29% | −5,000−7.7% | Reduced |
| Kiwi Wealth Investments Limited Partnership | 60,958 | $27.4M | 1.40% | −5,999−9.0% | Reduced |
| North Point Portfolio Managers Corp | 61,895 | $27.8M | 3.90% | −1,156−1.8% | Reduced |
| Ziegler Capital Management, LLC | 61,952 | $27.8M | 1.01% | +6,759+12.2% | Added |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 62,087 | $27.9M | 0.18% | +19,236+44.9% | Added |
| Cannell Peter B & Co Inc | 62,551 | $28.1M | 0.86% | −2,713−4.2% | Reduced |
| Norman Fields, Gottscho Capital Management, LLC | 62,907 | $28.3M | 11.16% | +487+0.8% | Added |
| Boston Private Wealth LLC | 63,815 | $28.7M | 0.37% | +956+1.5% | Added |
| Tandem Investment Advisors, Inc. | 64,756 | $29.1M | 2.38% | +1,538+2.4% | Added |
| Cadinha & Co LLC | 65,424 | $29.4M | 4.20% | +267+0.4% | Added |
| Howard Capital Management Group, LLC | 65,847 | $29.6M | 2.74% | +30.0% | Added |
| Capital International Inc | 66,447 | $29.9M | 0.29% | −2,854−4.1% | Reduced |
| Klingenstein Fields & Co LP | 67,001 | $30.1M | 1.28% | −283−0.4% | Reduced |
| Spire Wealth Management | 66,762 | $30.1M | 0.80% | +744+1.1% | Added |
| Main Street Research LLC | 67,523 | $30.3M | 2.66% | +1,550+2.3% | Added |
| Mackay Shields LLC | 67,545 | $30.4M | 0.29% | −1,881−2.7% | Reduced |
| Barrett Asset Management, LLC | 68,236 | $30.7M | 1.41% | −1,202−1.7% | Reduced |
| Texas Permanent School Fund | 68,293 | $30.7M | 0.38% | −5,147−7.0% | Reduced |
| Violich Capital Management, Inc. | 68,730 | $30.9M | 4.97% | +990+1.5% | Added |
| Asset Advisors Investment Management, LLC | 68,790 | $30.9M | 3.45% | −111−0.2% | Reduced |
| Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co | 69,524 | $31.2M | 1.97% | −414−0.6% | Reduced |
| Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC | 70,248 | $31.6M | 1.70% | −1,237−1.7% | Reduced |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co | 71,014 | $31.9M | 0.46% | −2,347−3.2% | Reduced |
| Investment House LLC | 71,462 | $32.1M | 2.34% | −210−0.3% | Reduced |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 71,557 | $32.2M | 2.63% | −3,853−5.1% | Reduced |
| Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd | 72,273 | $32.5M | 0.42% | −158−0.2% | Reduced |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 73,591 | $33.1M | 0.27% | +4,548+6.6% | Added |
| Westpac Banking Corp | 73,727 | $33.1M | 0.36% | +16,559+29.0% | Added |
| Hyman Charles D | 74,156 | $33.3M | 2.33% | +2,325+3.2% | Added |
| Gofen & Glossberg LLC | 74,408 | $33.4M | 0.78% | −1,334−1.8% | Reduced |
| Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky | 74,637 | $33.5M | 0.31% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Capital Investment Counsel, Inc | 74,660 | $33.5M | 7.37% | −345−0.5% | Reduced |
| People's United Financial, Inc. | 74,768 | $33.6M | 0.75% | −1,247−1.6% | Reduced |
| Windward Capital Management Co | 75,189 | $33.8M | 3.13% | −621−0.8% | Reduced |
| KBC Group NV | 75,451 | $33.9M | 0.12% | −9,169−10.8% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 75,604 | $34.0M | 0.08% | −143,446−65.5% | Reduced |
| Natixis | 76,095 | $34.1M | 0.12% | +40,134+111.6% | Added |
| Shell Asset Management Co | 76,554 | $34.4M | 0.77% | −8,618−10.1% | Reduced |
| Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd | 60,950 | $34.4M | 1.17% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Badgley Phelps Wealth Managers, LLC | 77,069 | $34.6M | 1.26% | +77,069 | New |
| EULAV Asset Management | 78,409 | $35.2M | 0.93% | −30.0% | Reduced |
| Gabelli Funds LLC | 78,700 | $35.4M | 0.23% | −1,575−2.0% | Reduced |
| Trillium Asset Management, LLC | 78,736 | $35.4M | 0.93% | +1,589+2.1% | Added |
| Utah Retirement Systems | 80,056 | $36.0M | 0.49% | −4,200−5.0% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 80,427 | $36.1M | 0.09% | −1,802−2.2% | Reduced |
| Baskin Financial Services Inc. | 80,623 | $36.2M | 3.22% | +40.0% | Added |
| Employees Retirement System of Texas | 80,700 | $36.3M | 0.42% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ami Asset Management Corp | 81,401 | $36.6M | 1.83% | −3,039−3.6% | Reduced |
| Crestwood Advisors Group LLC | 81,619 | $36.7M | 1.04% | −111−0.1% | Reduced |
| DnB Asset Management AS | 81,632 | $36.7M | 0.24% | +16,268+24.9% | Added |
| British Columbia Investment Management Corp | 81,835 | $36.8M | 0.22% | −102−0.1% | Reduced |
| Xponance, Inc. | 82,845 | $37.2M | 0.71% | −2,202−2.6% | Reduced |
| Comerica Bank | 78,650 | $37.9M | 0.23% | −19,367−19.8% | Reduced |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH | 86,064 | $38.8M | 0.77% | +36,941+75.2% | Added |
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 87,135 | $39.1M | 0.54% | +10,893+14.3% | Added |
| Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. | 87,478 | $39.3M | 1.07% | −3,852−4.2% | Reduced |