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 | 4,275 | $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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evercore Wealth Management, LLC | 137,015 | $61.6M | 1.11% | −3,165−2.3% | Reduced |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 136,876 | $61.5M | 0.23% | −44,795−24.7% | Reduced |
| KCM Investment Advisors LLC | 135,901 | $61.1M | 2.43% | +1,167+0.9% | Added |
| Steginsky Capital LLC | 135,255 | $60.8M | 22.83% | +4,777+3.7% | Added |
| Umb Bank N A | 133,514 | $60.0M | 1.35% | +2,101+1.6% | Added |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 132,631 | $59.5M | 0.12% | +952+0.7% | Added |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 132,070 | $59.3M | 0.10% | −11,843−8.2% | Reduced |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 129,636 | $58.3M | 0.11% | −1,542−1.2% | Reduced |
| Hyperion Asset Management Ltd | 128,241 | $57.6M | 2.61% | +33,077+34.8% | Added |
| Fjarde Ap-Fonden /Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund | 127,940 | $57.5M | 0.53% | −3,500−2.7% | Reduced |
| Unigestion Holding SA | 127,113 | $57.4M | 2.32% | −1,832−1.4% | Reduced |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 127,749 | $57.4M | 0.60% | −19,434−13.2% | Reduced |
| Segall Bryant & Hamill, LLC | 125,644 | $56.4M | 0.54% | −5,283−4.0% | Reduced |
| Arizona State Retirement System | 123,406 | $55.5M | 0.45% | −699−0.6% | Reduced |
| I.G.Y. Ltd | 121,848 | $54.8M | 31.05% | −6,018−4.7% | Reduced |
| Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company, Ltd | 119,691 | $53.8M | 0.70% | +605+0.5% | Added |
| AMP Capital Investors Ltd | 118,919 | $53.4M | 0.29% | −26,553−18.3% | Reduced |
| Boston Financial Mangement LLC | 117,700 | $52.9M | 2.15% | −2,626−2.2% | Reduced |
| Chicago Capital, LLC | 116,828 | $52.5M | 1.99% | −1,551−1.3% | Reduced |
| State of Michigan Retirement System | 116,805 | $52.5M | 0.30% | −100−0.1% | Reduced |
| EP Wealth Advisors, LLC | 116,751 | $52.5M | 1.44% | +3,355+3.0% | Added |
| Swedbank AB | 116,667 | $52.4M | 0.10% | −196−0.2% | Reduced |
| Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | 116,423 | $52.3M | 1.06% | −4,114−3.4% | Reduced |
| Creative Planning | 114,575 | $51.5M | 0.09% | −3,374−2.9% | Reduced |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 113,813 | $51.1M | 0.28% | −70.0% | Reduced |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 112,411 | $50.5M | 0.20% | +1,882+1.7% | Added |
| Forsta Ap-Fonden | 112,400 | $50.5M | 0.57% | +6,300+5.9% | Added |
| Destination Wealth Management | 111,647 | $50.2M | 1.95% | −2,770−2.4% | Reduced |
| Commerce Bank | 109,575 | $49.2M | 0.35% | −5,542−4.8% | Reduced |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 108,560 | $48.8M | 0.29% | +5,260+5.1% | Added |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 108,196 | $48.6M | 0.21% | +2,912+2.8% | Added |
| Mogy Joel R Investment Counsel Inc | 108,053 | $48.6M | 3.98% | +858+0.8% | Added |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 107,518 | $48.3M | 0.09% | −141,467−56.8% | Reduced |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 106,727 | $48.0M | 0.41% | +64,601+153.4% | Added |
| Northeast Investment Management | 105,717 | $47.5M | 2.54% | −593−0.6% | Reduced |
| Nicholas Company, Inc. | 105,335 | $47.3M | 0.83% | −100.0% | Reduced |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | 104,761 | $47.1M | 0.58% | −129,327−55.2% | Reduced |
| Donaldson Capital Management, LLC | 104,239 | $46.8M | 2.36% | +102,741+6,858.5% | Added |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 103,662 | $46.6M | 0.32% | +29,664+40.1% | Added |
| MUFG Americas Holdings Corp | 103,183 | $46.4M | 0.88% | −764−0.7% | Reduced |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | 101,958 | $45.8M | 1.36% | +31,031+43.8% | Added |
| Davis R M Inc | 101,735 | $45.7M | 1.13% | −825−0.8% | Reduced |
| Dearborn Partners LLC | 100,421 | $45.1M | 1.83% | +99+0.1% | Added |
| Pictet & Cie (Europe) SA | 100,310 | $45.1M | 1.67% | +310+0.3% | Added |
| Amalgamated Bank | 100,185 | $45.0M | 0.38% | −4,488−4.3% | Reduced |
| MetLife Investment Management | 99,847 | $44.9M | 0.40% | −2,646−2.6% | Reduced |
| Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp | 99,059 | $44.5M | 0.92% | −1,274−1.3% | Reduced |
| Covington Capital Management | 97,986 | $44.0M | 1.67% | +450+0.5% | Added |
| Lazard Freres Gestion S.A.S. | 97,845 | $44.0M | 1.24% | −400.0% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 97,802 | $43.9M | 0.11% | −239,500−71.0% | Reduced |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 97,676 | $43.9M | 0.22% | +248+0.3% | Added |
| Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd | 97,449 | $43.8M | 0.21% | −5,815−5.6% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 96,600 | $43.4M | 0.06% | +43,100+80.6% | Added |
| Financial Counselors Inc | 93,660 | $42.1M | 0.90% | +1,828+2.0% | Added |
| Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund | 92,888 | $41.7M | 0.48% | −4,780−4.9% | Reduced |
| Regions Financial Corp | 91,221 | $41.0M | 0.35% | −1,581−1.7% | Reduced |
| Smith Group Asset Management, LLC | 90,911 | $40.9M | 2.09% | +90,911 | New |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue | 90,094 | $40.5M | 0.41% | −1,846−2.0% | Reduced |
| PGGM Investments | 88,417 | $39.7M | 0.20% | −14,389−14.0% | Reduced |
| Chesley Taft & Associates LLC | 87,767 | $39.4M | 2.25% | −270.0% | Reduced |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 87,627 | $39.4M | 0.74% | −3,638−4.0% | Reduced |
| Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. | 87,478 | $39.3M | 1.07% | −3,852−4.2% | Reduced |
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 87,135 | $39.1M | 0.54% | +10,893+14.3% | Added |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH | 86,064 | $38.8M | 0.77% | +36,941+75.2% | Added |
| Comerica Bank | 78,650 | $37.9M | 0.23% | −19,367−19.8% | Reduced |
| Xponance, Inc. | 82,845 | $37.2M | 0.71% | −2,202−2.6% | Reduced |
| British Columbia Investment Management Corp | 81,835 | $36.8M | 0.22% | −102−0.1% | Reduced |
| DnB Asset Management AS | 81,632 | $36.7M | 0.24% | +16,268+24.9% | Added |
| Crestwood Advisors Group LLC | 81,619 | $36.7M | 1.04% | −111−0.1% | Reduced |
| Ami Asset Management Corp | 81,401 | $36.6M | 1.83% | −3,039−3.6% | Reduced |
| Employees Retirement System of Texas | 80,700 | $36.3M | 0.42% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Baskin Financial Services Inc. | 80,623 | $36.2M | 3.22% | +40.0% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 80,427 | $36.1M | 0.09% | −1,802−2.2% | Reduced |
| Utah Retirement Systems | 80,056 | $36.0M | 0.49% | −4,200−5.0% | Reduced |
| Trillium Asset Management, LLC | 78,736 | $35.4M | 0.93% | +1,589+2.1% | Added |
| Gabelli Funds LLC | 78,700 | $35.4M | 0.23% | −1,575−2.0% | Reduced |
| EULAV Asset Management | 78,409 | $35.2M | 0.93% | −30.0% | Reduced |
| Badgley Phelps Wealth Managers, LLC | 77,069 | $34.6M | 1.26% | +77,069 | New |
| Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd | 60,950 | $34.4M | 1.17% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Shell Asset Management Co | 76,554 | $34.4M | 0.77% | −8,618−10.1% | Reduced |
| Natixis | 76,095 | $34.1M | 0.12% | +40,134+111.6% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 75,604 | $34.0M | 0.08% | −143,446−65.5% | Reduced |
| KBC Group NV | 75,451 | $33.9M | 0.12% | −9,169−10.8% | Reduced |
| Windward Capital Management Co | 75,189 | $33.8M | 3.13% | −621−0.8% | Reduced |
| People's United Financial, Inc. | 74,768 | $33.6M | 0.75% | −1,247−1.6% | Reduced |
| Capital Investment Counsel, Inc | 74,660 | $33.5M | 7.37% | −345−0.5% | Reduced |
| Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky | 74,637 | $33.5M | 0.31% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Gofen & Glossberg LLC | 74,408 | $33.4M | 0.78% | −1,334−1.8% | Reduced |
| Hyman Charles D | 74,156 | $33.3M | 2.33% | +2,325+3.2% | Added |
| Westpac Banking Corp | 73,727 | $33.1M | 0.36% | +16,559+29.0% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 73,591 | $33.1M | 0.27% | +4,548+6.6% | Added |
| Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd | 72,273 | $32.5M | 0.42% | −158−0.2% | Reduced |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 71,557 | $32.2M | 2.63% | −3,853−5.1% | Reduced |
| Investment House LLC | 71,462 | $32.1M | 2.34% | −210−0.3% | Reduced |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co | 71,014 | $31.9M | 0.46% | −2,347−3.2% | Reduced |
| Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC | 70,248 | $31.6M | 1.70% | −1,237−1.7% | Reduced |
| Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co | 69,524 | $31.2M | 1.97% | −414−0.6% | Reduced |
| Asset Advisors Investment Management, LLC | 68,790 | $30.9M | 3.45% | −111−0.2% | Reduced |
| Violich Capital Management, Inc. | 68,730 | $30.9M | 4.97% | +990+1.5% | Added |
| Texas Permanent School Fund | 68,293 | $30.7M | 0.38% | −5,147−7.0% | Reduced |