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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 26,700 | $12.0M | 0.10% | +12,800+92.1% | Added |
| Adviser Investments LLC | 26,677 | $12.0M | 0.89% | +86+0.3% | Added |
| Doyle Wealth Management | 26,583 | $11.9M | 0.95% | +269+1.0% | Added |
| Avitas Wealth Management LLC | 26,561 | $11.9M | 2.17% | −69−0.3% | Reduced |
| Brasada Capital Management, LP | 26,556 | $11.9M | 2.34% | −307−1.1% | Reduced |
| Hexavest Inc. | 26,545 | $11.9M | 0.73% | −4,452−14.4% | Reduced |
| Appleton Partners Inc | 26,410 | $11.9M | 0.99% | −1,420−5.1% | Reduced |
| HFR Wealth Management, LLC | 26,354 | $11.8M | 3.45% | +518+2.0% | Added |
| HighPoint Advisor Group LLC | 26,053 | $11.7M | 1.15% | +3,814+17.2% | Added |
| South State Corp. | 26,048 | $11.7M | 0.98% | −101−0.4% | Reduced |
| Becker Capital Management Inc | 26,010 | $11.7M | 0.49% | −98−0.4% | Reduced |
| Kentucky Retirement Systems | 25,899 | $11.6M | 0.55% | +157+0.6% | Added |
| Bruderman Asset Management, LLC | 25,711 | $11.6M | 2.90% | +947+3.8% | Added |
| Coldstream Capital Management Inc | 32,478 | $11.5M | 0.56% | +3,239+11.1% | Added |
| Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. | 25,650 | $11.5M | 0.61% | +986+4.0% | Added |
| Terry L. Blaker | 25,370 | $11.4M | 0.73% | −341−1.3% | Reduced |
| Cetera Advisors LLC | 24,974 | $11.2M | 0.22% | +1,565+6.7% | Added |
| Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc | 24,958 | $11.2M | 0.40% | +1,264+5.3% | Added |
| Evergreen Capital Management LLC | 24,761 | $11.1M | 0.50% | +2,121+9.4% | Added |
| Zacks Investment Management | 24,717 | $11.1M | 0.18% | +1,478+6.4% | Added |
| Jacobson & Schmitt Advisors, LLC | 24,661 | $11.1M | 3.05% | +1,074+4.6% | Added |
| Renaissance Investment Group LLC | 24,650 | $11.1M | 2.82% | +278+1.1% | Added |
| Independent Advisor Alliance | 24,645 | $11.1M | 0.62% | +237+1.0% | Added |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 24,619 | $11.1M | 0.28% | −7,575−23.5% | Reduced |
| Gradient Investments LLC | 24,408 | $11.0M | 0.31% | −1,750−6.7% | Reduced |
| Copeland Capital Management, LLC | 24,380 | $11.0M | 0.31% | +8,989+58.4% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 24,278 | $10.9M | 0.01% | +19,095+368.4% | Added |
| Mechanics Bank Trust Department | 24,231 | $10.9M | 1.76% | −666−2.7% | Reduced |
| Addenda Capital Inc. | 24,226 | $10.9M | 0.51% | −1,864−7.1% | Reduced |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 24,200 | $10.9M | 0.35% | −2,055−7.8% | Reduced |
| National Asset Management, Inc. | 24,051 | $10.8M | 0.34% | +2,718+12.7% | Added |
| MUFG Securities EMEA plc | 23,500 | $10.6M | 0.14% | −148,787−86.4% | Reduced |
| Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, Inc | 23,376 | $10.5M | 0.34% | −5,875−20.1% | Reduced |
| Polaris Wealth Advisory Group, LLC | 23,193 | $10.5M | 0.63% | −48−0.2% | Reduced |
| Transform Wealth, LLC | 23,217 | $10.4M | 1.20% | −335−1.4% | Reduced |
| Girard Partners Ltd. | 23,067 | $10.4M | 1.31% | +748+3.4% | Added |
| BLB&B Advisors, LLC | 23,058 | $10.4M | 0.69% | −677−2.9% | Reduced |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 22,909 | $10.3M | 0.38% | −1,610−6.6% | Reduced |
| Frontier Wealth Management LLC | 22,854 | $10.3M | 0.71% | +55+0.2% | Added |
| Bragg Financial Advisors, Inc | 22,803 | $10.2M | 0.66% | +1,480+6.9% | Added |
| BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S | 22,740 | $10.2M | 0.39% | +19,514+604.9% | Added |
| Auxano Advisors, LLC | 22,627 | $10.2M | 4.57% | −14−0.1% | Reduced |
| Nippon Life Global Investors Americas, Inc. | 22,600 | $10.2M | 0.53% | −2,070−8.4% | Reduced |
| Parallel Advisors, LLC | 22,452 | $10.1M | 0.41% | +859+4.0% | Added |
| U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC | 22,438 | $10.1M | 0.44% | +22,438 | New |
| Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. | 22,421 | $10.1M | 0.14% | −7,978−26.2% | Reduced |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 22,406 | $10.1M | 0.05% | +5,189+30.1% | Added |
| Spearhead Capital Advisors, LLC | 22,199 | $9.97M | 1.33% | −3,420−13.3% | Reduced |
| Strategic Wealth Advisors Group, LLC | 22,469 | $9.96M | 0.49% | +674+3.1% | Added |
| FourThought Financial, LLC | 22,142 | $9.95M | 1.33% | −706−3.1% | Reduced |
| Cardinal Capital Management | 22,040 | $9.90M | 2.14% | −397−1.8% | Reduced |
| Chapman Investment Management, LLC | 22,019 | $9.89M | 5.13% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Old Dominion Capital Management Inc | 21,982 | $9.88M | 2.11% | −149−0.7% | Reduced |
| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | 21,928 | $9.86M | 0.15% | +4,452+25.5% | Added |
| Alley Co LLC | 21,919 | $9.85M | 1.77% | +286+1.3% | Added |
| Summit Global Investments | 21,721 | $9.76M | 0.73% | −18,404−45.9% | Reduced |
| Motco | 21,588 | $9.70M | 0.63% | −41−0.2% | Reduced |
| Silvant Capital Management LLC | 21,502 | $9.66M | 1.73% | −3,366−13.5% | Reduced |
| Thomas Story & Son LLC | 21,383 | $9.61M | 3.93% | +49+0.2% | Added |
| B. Riley Wealth Management, Inc. | 21,340 | $9.59M | 0.74% | +938+4.6% | Added |
| CAPROCK Group, Inc. | 21,230 | $9.54M | 0.85% | −267−1.2% | Reduced |
| Banco Santander, S.A. | 21,081 | $9.47M | 0.05% | −4,887−18.8% | Reduced |
| Northstar Group, Inc. | 21,066 | $9.47M | 2.46% | −78−0.4% | Reduced |
| Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Long Beach | 21,025 | $9.45M | 2.48% | +336+1.6% | Added |
| Advisor Partners LLC | 21,028 | $9.45M | 0.64% | −658−3.0% | Reduced |
| Central Bank & Trust Co | 20,964 | $9.42M | 1.55% | +208+1.0% | Added |
| Stonnington Group, LLC | 20,801 | $9.40M | 2.10% | +720+3.6% | Added |
| Harbour Investment Management LLC | 20,867 | $9.38M | 4.75% | −739−3.4% | Reduced |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 20,821 | $9.36M | 0.12% | +6,585+46.3% | Added |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 20,815 | $9.35M | 0.07% | +2,011+10.7% | Added |
| Tower Bridge Advisors | 20,786 | $9.34M | 0.62% | −90−0.4% | Reduced |
| German American Bancorp, Inc. | 20,714 | $9.31M | 1.43% | +672+3.4% | Added |
| Stephens Inc | 20,644 | $9.28M | 0.14% | −1,214−5.6% | Reduced |
| Hutner Capital Management Inc | 20,480 | $9.20M | 6.02% | −81−0.4% | Reduced |
| Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. | 20,408 | $9.17M | 0.14% | −663−3.1% | Reduced |
| Harvest Volatility Management LLC | 20,389 | $9.16M | 0.43% | +7,686+60.5% | Added |
| Palisade Capital Management LLC | 20,386 | $9.16M | 0.20% | −266−1.3% | Reduced |
| Greenline Partners, LLC | 20,353 | $9.15M | 1.91% | +289+1.4% | Added |
| Motley Fool Wealth Management, LLC | 20,312 | $9.13M | 0.40% | −306−1.5% | Reduced |
| Leuthold Group, LLC | 20,278 | $9.11M | 1.12% | +20,278 | New |
| WoodTrust Financial Corp | 20,120 | $9.04M | 2.12% | +869+4.5% | Added |
| Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company, LLC | 20,077 | $9.02M | 0.18% | +20.0% | Added |
| Alpha Cubed Investments, LLC | 19,831 | $8.91M | 0.67% | +12+0.1% | Added |
| Sandy Spring Bank | 19,786 | $8.89M | 0.47% | −259−1.3% | Reduced |
| E. Ohman J:or Asset Management AB | 19,700 | $8.85M | 0.28% | +500+2.6% | Added |
| Kesler, Norman & Wride, LLC | 19,700 | $8.85M | 2.09% | −20.0% | Reduced |
| Nwam LLC | 19,666 | $8.84M | 0.80% | +1,983+11.2% | Added |
| Argent Trust Co | 19,619 | $8.82M | 0.57% | −186−0.9% | Reduced |
| Pallas Capital Advisors LLC | 17,469 | $8.78M | 0.96% | +5,725+48.7% | Added |
| Liberty Capital Management, Inc. | 19,526 | $8.77M | 2.59% | −30.0% | Reduced |
| Cozad Asset Management Inc | 19,510 | $8.77M | 1.37% | −569−2.8% | Reduced |
| Slow Capital, Inc. | 19,410 | $8.72M | 1.60% | −145−0.7% | Reduced |
| Whittier Trust Co of Nevada Inc | 19,406 | $8.72M | 0.36% | +172+0.9% | Added |
| Univest Financial Corp | 19,303 | $8.67M | 2.42% | −951−4.7% | Reduced |
| McGuire Investment Group, LLC | 19,290 | $8.67M | 1.63% | −107−0.6% | Reduced |
| GHP Investment Advisors, Inc. | 19,271 | $8.66M | 0.69% | +80+0.4% | Added |
| Sigma Planning Corp | 19,191 | $8.62M | 0.26% | −1,091−5.4% | Reduced |
| Nelson Capital Management, LLC | 19,010 | $8.54M | 1.70% | −8,778−31.6% | Reduced |
| Bollard Group LLC | 18,998 | $8.54M | 0.28% | +33+0.2% | Added |
| North Star Asset Management Inc | 18,949 | $8.52M | 0.47% | +1,080+6.0% | Added |