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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett Asset Management, LLC | 68,236 | $30.7M | 1.41% | −1,202−1.7% | Reduced |
| Mackay Shields LLC | 67,545 | $30.4M | 0.29% | −1,881−2.7% | Reduced |
| Main Street Research LLC | 67,523 | $30.3M | 2.66% | +1,550+2.3% | Added |
| Spire Wealth Management | 66,762 | $30.1M | 0.80% | +744+1.1% | Added |
| Klingenstein Fields & Co LP | 67,001 | $30.1M | 1.28% | −283−0.4% | Reduced |
| Capital International Inc | 66,447 | $29.9M | 0.29% | −2,854−4.1% | Reduced |
| Howard Capital Management Group, LLC | 65,847 | $29.6M | 2.74% | +30.0% | Added |
| Cadinha & Co LLC | 65,424 | $29.4M | 4.20% | +267+0.4% | Added |
| Tandem Investment Advisors, Inc. | 64,756 | $29.1M | 2.38% | +1,538+2.4% | Added |
| Boston Private Wealth LLC | 63,815 | $28.7M | 0.37% | +956+1.5% | Added |
| Norman Fields, Gottscho Capital Management, LLC | 62,907 | $28.3M | 11.16% | +487+0.8% | Added |
| Cannell Peter B & Co Inc | 62,551 | $28.1M | 0.86% | −2,713−4.2% | Reduced |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 62,087 | $27.9M | 0.18% | +19,236+44.9% | Added |
| Ziegler Capital Management, LLC | 61,952 | $27.8M | 1.01% | +6,759+12.2% | Added |
| North Point Portfolio Managers Corp | 61,895 | $27.8M | 3.90% | −1,156−1.8% | Reduced |
| Kiwi Wealth Investments Limited Partnership | 60,958 | $27.4M | 1.40% | −5,999−9.0% | Reduced |
| General American Investors Co Inc | 60,000 | $27.0M | 2.29% | −5,000−7.7% | Reduced |
| Aristotle Atlantic Partners, LLC | 59,987 | $27.0M | 1.78% | −14,916−19.9% | Reduced |
| RWC Asset Management LLP | 59,639 | $26.8M | 0.82% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ensemble Capital Management, LLC | 59,434 | $26.7M | 2.17% | +235+0.4% | Added |
| Liontrust Investment Partners LLP | 59,000 | $26.5M | 0.37% | +59,000 | New |
| Front Street Capital Management, Inc. | 58,354 | $26.2M | 5.04% | −825−1.4% | Reduced |
| Sawgrass Asset Management LLC | 58,206 | $26.2M | 2.65% | −28,293−32.7% | Reduced |
| Rempart Asset Management Inc. | 58,203 | $26.2M | 5.51% | −2,735−4.5% | Reduced |
| IFM Investors Pty Ltd | 58,117 | $26.1M | 0.54% | +190.0% | Added |
| Mutual of America Capital Management LLC | 57,980 | $26.1M | 0.26% | +244+0.4% | Added |
| Baldwin Brothers Inc | 57,381 | $25.8M | 2.86% | −566−1.0% | Reduced |
| Flputnam Investment Management Co | 56,996 | $25.6M | 0.87% | +1,008+1.8% | Added |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 56,989 | $25.6M | 1.55% | −95−0.2% | Reduced |
| Guardian Capital LP | 56,631 | $25.4M | 0.53% | −2,427−4.1% | Reduced |
| First Foundation Advisors | 56,423 | $25.4M | 0.95% | +3,029+5.7% | Added |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 56,250 | $25.3M | 0.25% | +2,577+4.8% | Added |
| Pittenger & Anderson Inc | 56,109 | $25.2M | 1.26% | +1,089+2.0% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 55,979 | $25.2M | 0.03% | −20,571−26.9% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt Sys | 55,399 | $24.9M | 0.29% | +130.0% | Added |
| Randolph Co Inc | 55,374 | $24.9M | 3.20% | +90.0% | Added |
| Achmea Investment Management B.V. | 55,041 | $24.7M | 0.75% | +7,112+14.8% | Added |
| Dundas Partners LLP | 54,859 | $24.7M | 3.48% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. | 54,600 | $24.5M | 0.97% | −9,200−14.4% | Reduced |
| Norris Perne & French LLP | 54,569 | $24.5M | 2.11% | −1,659−3.0% | Reduced |
| Tiaa, FSB | 54,267 | $24.4M | 0.08% | −11,476−17.5% | Reduced |
| Tredje AP-fonden | 53,900 | $24.2M | 0.51% | +42,000+352.9% | Added |
| Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | 53,459 | $24.0M | 1.29% | +53,346+47,208.8% | Added |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | 53,042 | $23.8M | 0.30% | +1,617+3.1% | Added |
| Pacific Heights Asset Management LLC | 53,000 | $23.8M | 2.26% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Private Asset Management Inc | 52,502 | $23.6M | 3.22% | −548−1.0% | Reduced |
| MAI Capital Management | 52,171 | $23.4M | 0.46% | +4,898+10.4% | Added |
| Whittier Trust Co | 52,081 | $23.4M | 0.43% | −272−0.5% | Reduced |
| Estabrook Capital Management | 51,785 | $23.3M | 3.66% | −2,014−3.7% | Reduced |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 51,686 | $23.2M | 0.06% | −1,341−2.5% | Reduced |
| Chilton Capital Management LLC | 51,202 | $23.0M | 1.31% | −239−0.5% | Reduced |
| MML Investors Services, LLC | 51,072 | $22.9M | 0.18% | +577+1.1% | Added |
| Payden & Rygel | 51,020 | $22.9M | 1.19% | −17,600−25.6% | Reduced |
| YHB Investment Advisors, Inc. | 50,888 | $22.9M | 1.97% | −188−0.4% | Reduced |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | 50,821 | $22.8M | 0.13% | +36,118+245.7% | Added |
| WS Management LLLP | 50,746 | $22.8M | 2.87% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 50,619 | $22.7M | 0.50% | −390−0.8% | Reduced |
| Louisiana State Employees Retirement System | 50,400 | $22.6M | 0.55% | −100−0.2% | Reduced |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 50,390 | $22.6M | 0.43% | −6,700−11.7% | Reduced |
| B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG | 50,138 | $22.5M | 0.33% | −303−0.6% | Reduced |
| Ashfield Capital Partners, LLC | 49,568 | $22.3M | 1.59% | +470+1.0% | Added |
| Ocean Capital Management, LLC | 49,313 | $22.3M | 9.72% | −7,003−12.4% | Reduced |
| Nissay Asset Management Corp | 49,084 | $22.1M | 0.19% | +1,595+3.4% | Added |
| Profund Advisors LLC | 48,188 | $21.7M | 0.73% | +1,957+4.2% | Added |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund | 47,906 | $21.5M | 0.79% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Marco Investment Management LLC | 47,623 | $21.4M | 2.36% | +110+0.2% | Added |
| Great Lakes Advisors, LLC | 47,563 | $21.4M | 0.33% | +29,950+170.0% | Added |
| Foster Dykema Cabot & Co Inc | 47,315 | $21.3M | 2.65% | −428−0.9% | Reduced |
| Ironvine Capital Partners, LLC | 46,931 | $21.1M | 2.24% | +153+0.3% | Added |
| Trust Co of Vermont | 46,869 | $21.1M | 1.50% | −130.0% | Reduced |
| Nomura Holdings Inc | 46,356 | $20.8M | 0.16% | +42,362+1,060.6% | Added |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC | 45,767 | $20.6M | 0.66% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bokf, NA | 45,551 | $20.5M | 0.35% | +45,551 | New |
| Braun Stacey Associates Inc | 45,156 | $20.3M | 0.81% | −1,653−3.5% | Reduced |
| CPWM, LLC | 44,983 | $20.2M | 1.86% | −472,954−91.3% | Reduced |
| ING Groep NV | 44,894 | $20.2M | 0.26% | +783+1.8% | Added |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 44,498 | $20.0M | 0.53% | +30,507+218.0% | Added |
| JTC Employer Solutions Trusteee Ltd | 44,470 | $20.0M | 2.68% | +44,000+9,361.7% | Added |
| Maple Capital Management, Inc. | 43,781 | $19.7M | 2.50% | −970−2.2% | Reduced |
| Vancity Investment Management Ltd | 43,383 | $19.5M | 2.49% | −38−0.1% | Reduced |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 43,058 | $19.3M | 0.14% | +1,066+2.5% | Added |
| Azimuth Capital Management LLC | 42,706 | $19.2M | 0.82% | +545+1.3% | Added |
| Dowling & Yahnke LLC | 42,693 | $19.2M | 1.06% | −1,916−4.3% | Reduced |
| Buffington Mohr McNeal | 42,655 | $19.2M | 3.67% | −724−1.7% | Reduced |
| Wealthfront Advisers LLC | 42,589 | $19.1M | 0.09% | +3,264+8.3% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Corp | 42,347 | $19.0M | 0.13% | +6,858+19.3% | Added |
| Bailard, Inc. | 42,301 | $19.0M | 0.65% | −89−0.2% | Reduced |
| Vestcor Inc | 42,023 | $18.9M | 0.68% | −1,528−3.5% | Reduced |
| Zevin Asset Management LLC | 41,999 | $18.9M | 3.60% | +305+0.7% | Added |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 41,994 | $18.9M | 0.29% | −2,659−6.0% | Reduced |
| Autus Asset Management, LLC | 41,843 | $18.8M | 2.06% | −1,007−2.4% | Reduced |
| Freestone Capital Holdings, LLC | 41,341 | $18.6M | 0.93% | −2,224−5.1% | Reduced |
| Hartford Investment Management Co | 41,324 | $18.6M | 0.51% | −5,245−11.3% | Reduced |
| Kelly Lawrence W & Associates Inc | 41,057 | $18.4M | 3.90% | −157−0.4% | Reduced |
| Oak Grove Capital LLC | 41,036 | $18.4M | 4.12% | −400−1.0% | Reduced |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 40,957 | $18.4M | 0.05% | −48,508−54.2% | Reduced |
| Synovus Financial Corp | 40,627 | $18.2M | 0.19% | −1,169−2.8% | Reduced |
| Charter Trust Co | 40,413 | $18.2M | 1.70% | −246−0.6% | Reduced |
| Ieq Capital, LLC | 40,152 | $18.0M | 0.48% | +1,655+4.3% | Added |
| Shelton Capital Management | 40,125 | $18.0M | 0.71% | −5,478−12.0% | Reduced |