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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 87,627 | $39.4M | 0.74% | −3,638−4.0% | Reduced |
| Chesley Taft & Associates LLC | 87,767 | $39.4M | 2.25% | −270.0% | Reduced |
| PGGM Investments | 88,417 | $39.7M | 0.20% | −14,389−14.0% | Reduced |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue | 90,094 | $40.5M | 0.41% | −1,846−2.0% | Reduced |
| Smith Group Asset Management, LLC | 90,911 | $40.9M | 2.09% | +90,911 | New |
| Regions Financial Corp | 91,221 | $41.0M | 0.35% | −1,581−1.7% | Reduced |
| Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund | 92,888 | $41.7M | 0.48% | −4,780−4.9% | Reduced |
| Financial Counselors Inc | 93,660 | $42.1M | 0.90% | +1,828+2.0% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 96,600 | $43.4M | 0.06% | +43,100+80.6% | Added |
| Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd | 97,449 | $43.8M | 0.21% | −5,815−5.6% | Reduced |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 97,676 | $43.9M | 0.22% | +248+0.3% | Added |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 97,802 | $43.9M | 0.11% | −239,500−71.0% | Reduced |
| Lazard Freres Gestion S.A.S. | 97,845 | $44.0M | 1.24% | −400.0% | Reduced |
| Covington Capital Management | 97,986 | $44.0M | 1.67% | +450+0.5% | Added |
| Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp | 99,059 | $44.5M | 0.92% | −1,274−1.3% | Reduced |
| MetLife Investment Management | 99,847 | $44.9M | 0.40% | −2,646−2.6% | Reduced |
| Amalgamated Bank | 100,185 | $45.0M | 0.38% | −4,488−4.3% | Reduced |
| Pictet & Cie (Europe) SA | 100,310 | $45.1M | 1.67% | +310+0.3% | Added |
| Dearborn Partners LLC | 100,421 | $45.1M | 1.83% | +99+0.1% | Added |
| Davis R M Inc | 101,735 | $45.7M | 1.13% | −825−0.8% | Reduced |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | 101,958 | $45.8M | 1.36% | +31,031+43.8% | Added |
| MUFG Americas Holdings Corp | 103,183 | $46.4M | 0.88% | −764−0.7% | Reduced |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 103,662 | $46.6M | 0.32% | +29,664+40.1% | Added |
| Donaldson Capital Management, LLC | 104,239 | $46.8M | 2.36% | +102,741+6,858.5% | Added |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | 104,761 | $47.1M | 0.58% | −129,327−55.2% | Reduced |
| Nicholas Company, Inc. | 105,335 | $47.3M | 0.83% | −100.0% | Reduced |
| Northeast Investment Management | 105,717 | $47.5M | 2.54% | −593−0.6% | Reduced |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 106,727 | $48.0M | 0.41% | +64,601+153.4% | Added |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 107,518 | $48.3M | 0.09% | −141,467−56.8% | Reduced |
| Mogy Joel R Investment Counsel Inc | 108,053 | $48.6M | 3.98% | +858+0.8% | Added |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 108,196 | $48.6M | 0.21% | +2,912+2.8% | Added |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 108,560 | $48.8M | 0.29% | +5,260+5.1% | Added |
| Commerce Bank | 109,575 | $49.2M | 0.35% | −5,542−4.8% | Reduced |
| Destination Wealth Management | 111,647 | $50.2M | 1.95% | −2,770−2.4% | Reduced |
| Forsta Ap-Fonden | 112,400 | $50.5M | 0.57% | +6,300+5.9% | Added |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 112,411 | $50.5M | 0.20% | +1,882+1.7% | Added |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 113,813 | $51.1M | 0.28% | −70.0% | Reduced |
| Creative Planning | 114,575 | $51.5M | 0.09% | −3,374−2.9% | Reduced |
| Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | 116,423 | $52.3M | 1.06% | −4,114−3.4% | Reduced |
| Swedbank AB | 116,667 | $52.4M | 0.10% | −196−0.2% | Reduced |
| EP Wealth Advisors, LLC | 116,751 | $52.5M | 1.44% | +3,355+3.0% | Added |
| State of Michigan Retirement System | 116,805 | $52.5M | 0.30% | −100−0.1% | Reduced |
| Chicago Capital, LLC | 116,828 | $52.5M | 1.99% | −1,551−1.3% | Reduced |
| Boston Financial Mangement LLC | 117,700 | $52.9M | 2.15% | −2,626−2.2% | Reduced |
| AMP Capital Investors Ltd | 118,919 | $53.4M | 0.29% | −26,553−18.3% | Reduced |
| Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company, Ltd | 119,691 | $53.8M | 0.70% | +605+0.5% | Added |
| I.G.Y. Ltd | 121,848 | $54.8M | 31.05% | −6,018−4.7% | Reduced |
| Arizona State Retirement System | 123,406 | $55.5M | 0.45% | −699−0.6% | Reduced |
| Segall Bryant & Hamill, LLC | 125,644 | $56.4M | 0.54% | −5,283−4.0% | Reduced |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 127,749 | $57.4M | 0.60% | −19,434−13.2% | Reduced |
| Unigestion Holding SA | 127,113 | $57.4M | 2.32% | −1,832−1.4% | Reduced |
| Fjarde Ap-Fonden /Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund | 127,940 | $57.5M | 0.53% | −3,500−2.7% | Reduced |
| Hyperion Asset Management Ltd | 128,241 | $57.6M | 2.61% | +33,077+34.8% | Added |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 129,636 | $58.3M | 0.11% | −1,542−1.2% | Reduced |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 132,070 | $59.3M | 0.10% | −11,843−8.2% | Reduced |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 132,631 | $59.5M | 0.12% | +952+0.7% | Added |
| Umb Bank N A | 133,514 | $60.0M | 1.35% | +2,101+1.6% | Added |
| Steginsky Capital LLC | 135,255 | $60.8M | 22.83% | +4,777+3.7% | Added |
| KCM Investment Advisors LLC | 135,901 | $61.1M | 2.43% | +1,167+0.9% | Added |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 136,876 | $61.5M | 0.23% | −44,795−24.7% | Reduced |
| Evercore Wealth Management, LLC | 137,015 | $61.6M | 1.11% | −3,165−2.3% | Reduced |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 138,390 | $62.2M | 0.43% | −29,221−17.4% | Reduced |
| State of Tennessee, Treasury Department | 140,112 | $63.0M | 0.25% | +26,555+23.4% | Added |
| Bowen Hanes & Co Inc | 141,371 | $63.5M | 1.95% | +1,158+0.8% | Added |
| Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. | 143,174 | $64.3M | 0.75% | +143,174 | New |
| Kornitzer Capital Management Inc | 143,226 | $64.4M | 0.99% | +1,707+1.2% | Added |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 143,302 | $64.4M | 0.39% | −3,269−2.2% | Reduced |
| Lazard Asset Management LLC | 143,504 | $64.5M | 0.07% | −15,823−9.9% | Reduced |
| Calamos Advisors LLC | 145,590 | $65.4M | 0.31% | +23,031+18.8% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 150,387 | $67.5M | 0.14% | +4,622+3.2% | Added |
| Teacher Retirement System of Texas | 150,426 | $67.6M | 0.36% | −53,921−26.4% | Reduced |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama | 151,810 | $68.2M | 0.26% | −127,300−45.6% | Reduced |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 152,750 | $68.6M | 0.05% | +17,587+13.0% | Added |
| Cooper Investors Pty Ltd | 153,743 | $69.1M | 4.57% | −9,385−5.8% | Reduced |
| NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. | 154,626 | $69.5M | 0.38% | −37,820−19.7% | Reduced |
| Bartlett & Co. LLC | 155,777 | $70.0M | 1.34% | +696+0.4% | Added |
| Bartlett & Co. Wealth Management LLC | 155,777 | $70.0M | 1.33% | +696+0.4% | Added |
| American International Group, Inc. | 156,204 | $70.2M | 0.37% | −2,065−1.3% | Reduced |
| Norinchukin Bank, The | 156,867 | $70.5M | 0.98% | −17,438−10.0% | Reduced |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 156,963 | $70.5M | 0.43% | +13,538+9.4% | Added |
| Fifth Third Bancorp | 158,359 | $71.2M | 0.31% | +3,692+2.4% | Added |
| Welch & Forbes LLC | 161,667 | $72.6M | 1.21% | +502+0.3% | Added |
| STRS Ohio | 161,714 | $72.7M | 0.27% | −62,414−27.8% | Reduced |
| Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC | 147,838 | $72.7M | 2.67% | −4,610−3.0% | Reduced |
| Ardevora Asset Management LLP | 162,400 | $73.0M | 0.93% | +162,400 | New |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 166,079 | $74.6M | 0.19% | −9,881−5.6% | Reduced |
| Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc | 166,276 | $74.7M | 1.76% | −2,179−1.3% | Reduced |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 169,940 | $76.4M | 0.42% | +278+0.2% | Added |
| Gateway Investment Advisers LLC | 171,511 | $77.1M | 0.80% | +600.0% | Added |
| Atlanta Capital Management Co L L C | 172,375 | $77.5M | 0.28% | −102−0.1% | Reduced |
| Korea Investment CORP | 172,583 | $77.5M | 0.23% | −15,634−8.3% | Reduced |
| D.A. Davidson & Co. | 173,407 | $77.9M | 0.90% | +628+0.4% | Added |
| Huntington National Bank | 185,658 | $83.4M | 0.83% | −4,018−2.1% | Reduced |
| Johnson Investment Counsel Inc | 185,895 | $83.5M | 1.12% | +17,886+10.6% | Added |
| Martingale Asset Management L P | 185,901 | $83.5M | 1.09% | −38,107−17.0% | Reduced |
| M&T Bank Corp | 188,485 | $84.7M | 0.38% | −2,766−1.4% | Reduced |
| Nomura Asset Management Co Ltd | 189,291 | $85.1M | 0.48% | −55,082−22.5% | Reduced |
| Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al | 193,000 | $86.7M | 0.89% | −900−0.5% | Reduced |
| Treasurer of the State of North Carolina | 193,213 | $86.8M | 0.50% | +515+0.3% | Added |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 196,345 | $88.2M | 0.46% | +10,416+5.6% | Added |