Costco Wholesale Corp
COST- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Industry
- Retail-Variety Stores
- SEC CIK
- 0000909832
No open-market purchases or sales by Costco Wholesale Corp insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 4,260 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, Q4 2021
Institutional positions in Costco Wholesale Corp as of Dec 31, 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
- 2,823
- +400 vs. Q3 2021
- Shares held
- 300.6M
- +1.80M (+0.6%) vs. Q3 2021
- Total value
- $170.2B
- +$36.1B (+26.9%) vs. Q3 2021
- New holders
- 468
- 1,025 more added
- Sold out
- 68
- 973 more reduced
40 institutions that held it in Q3 2021 haven't filed for Q4 2021 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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 | 4,260 | $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, Q4 2021
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q3 2021.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 37,561,255 | $21.3B | 0.48% | +225,236+0.6% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 31,078,322 | $17.6B | 0.45% | +944,199+3.1% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 18,301,225 | $10.4B | 0.49% | +1,697,920+10.2% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 10,665,731 | $6.05B | 0.45% | −118,455−1.1% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 7,591,123 | $4.31B | 0.46% | +85,297+1.1% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 7,372,449 | $4.17B | 0.50% | +246,857+3.5% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 5,519,321 | $3.13B | 0.39% | −552,136−9.1% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 5,412,477 | $3.07B | 0.50% | −313,059−5.5% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 5,106,207 | $2.90B | 1.03% | +133,943+2.7% | Added |
| Capital World Investors | 4,824,424 | $2.74B | 0.43% | −75,874−1.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 4,664,586 | $2.65B | 0.48% | −203,946−4.2% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 4,599,866 | $2.61B | 0.64% | −14,991−0.3% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 4,354,906 | $2.47B | 0.73% | −299,341−6.4% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 4,093,264 | $2.32B | 0.48% | −248,889−5.7% | Reduced |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 4,070,600 | $2.31B | 1.29% | +183,387+4.7% | Added |
| Jennison Associates LLC | 3,120,226 | $1.77B | 1.12% | −215,242−6.5% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 2,955,556 | $1.68B | 0.51% | −98,801−3.2% | Reduced |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 2,801,860 | $1.59B | 0.25% | −728,552−20.6% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 2,584,995 | $1.47B | 0.58% | −67,356−2.5% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 2,536,082 | $1.44B | 0.37% | −391,368−13.4% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 2,345,663 | $1.33B | 0.51% | −8,182−0.3% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 2,311,558 | $1.31B | 0.39% | +58,712+2.6% | Added |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 2,277,063 | $1.29B | 0.87% | −11,678−0.5% | Reduced |
| Parnassus Investments | 2,062,131 | $1.17B | 2.25% | −24,893−1.2% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 1,974,358 | $1.12B | 0.47% | −64,637−3.2% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 1,812,145 | $1.03B | 0.09% | −15,766−0.9% | Reduced |
| Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC | 1,766,366 | $1.00B | 0.51% | +36,375+2.1% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 1,717,581 | $969.0M | 0.52% | −279,817−14.0% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,706,313 | $968.7M | 0.24% | −239,387−12.3% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 1,680,299 | $953.9M | 0.57% | −69,500−4.0% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,628,517 | $924.5M | 0.28% | +929+0.1% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,470,120 | $834.6M | 0.38% | −48,990−3.2% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 1,446,526 | $821.2M | 0.50% | +465,780+47.5% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1,429,039 | $811.3M | 0.10% | +40,686+2.9% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 1,422,695 | $807.7M | 1.07% | +14,644+1.0% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,379,558 | $783.2M | 0.19% | −25,036−1.8% | Reduced |
| Capital International Investors | 1,357,368 | $770.4M | 0.16% | +7,557+0.6% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,340,860 | $758.7M | 0.45% | −30,722−2.2% | Reduced |
| Brown Advisory Inc | 1,316,153 | $747.2M | 0.93% | +33,778+2.6% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 1,283,949 | $728.9M | 0.45% | −54,381−4.1% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,266,646 | $717.3M | 0.20% | −183,863−12.7% | Reduced |
| Eaton Vance Management | 1,252,154 | $710.8M | 0.87% | −20,496−1.6% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,166,076 | $662.0M | 0.40% | −50,521−4.2% | Reduced |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 1,162,863 | $660.2M | 0.70% | +51,482+4.6% | Added |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 1,103,746 | $629.0M | 1.11% | −78,098−6.6% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 1,103,316 | $626.4M | 0.40% | −56,578−4.9% | Reduced |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 1,052,406 | $597.5M | 0.73% | −17,931−1.7% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 1,038,858 | $585.4M | 0.46% | +3,535+0.3% | Added |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 976,535 | $554.4M | 0.12% | +64,093+7.0% | Added |
| Amundi | 1,048,889 | $542.2M | 0.34% | −72,698−6.5% | Reduced |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 943,013 | $535.3M | 0.39% | +19,502+2.1% | Added |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP | 915,635 | $519.8M | 3.02% | +65,041+7.6% | Added |
| Everett Harris & Co | 904,312 | $513.4M | 7.12% | −1,457−0.2% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 873,361 | $495.8M | 0.42% | +39,693+4.8% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 860,713 | $488.6M | 0.44% | +182,809+27.0% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 859,899 | $488.2M | 0.49% | −5,740−0.7% | Reduced |
| Provident Trust Co | 834,123 | $473.5M | 8.44% | +9,958+1.2% | Added |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 819,712 | $465.4M | 0.91% | +294,118+56.0% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 799,430 | $453.9M | 0.37% | +23,830+3.1% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 799,060 | $453.6M | 0.53% | −1650.0% | Reduced |
| Brown Brothers Harriman & Co | 795,818 | $451.8M | 2.54% | −7,611−0.9% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 784,341 | $445.3M | 0.55% | +5,822+0.7% | Added |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 759,253 | $431.0M | 0.92% | +26,773+3.7% | Added |
| WCM Investment Management, LLC | 754,246 | $428.2M | 0.96% | +34,158+4.7% | Added |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC | 723,942 | $411.0M | 0.85% | +6,790+0.9% | Added |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 821,441 | $410.1M | 0.70% | −149,378−15.4% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 720,335 | $407.7M | 0.84% | +51,958+7.8% | Added |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 704,505 | $399.9M | 0.94% | +1,710+0.2% | Added |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 643,489 | $365.3M | 0.50% | +55,213+9.4% | Added |
| Credit Suisse AG | 640,569 | $363.7M | 0.29% | −29,281−4.4% | Reduced |
| Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado | 632,558 | $359.1M | 1.47% | −5,976−0.9% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 632,175 | $358.9M | 0.30% | +11,552+1.9% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 622,000 | $353.1M | 0.10% | −106,182−14.6% | Reduced |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 615,459 | $349.4M | 0.42% | −37,364−5.7% | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 620,991 | $348.0M | 0.63% | −37,378−5.7% | Reduced |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 576,189 | $327.1M | 0.72% | −197,707−25.5% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 566,180 | $321.4M | 0.12% | −8,679−1.5% | Reduced |
| Emerald Advisors, LLC | 558,619 | $317.1M | 76.48% | +21,448+4.0% | Added |
| US Bancorp | 555,594 | $315.4M | 0.50% | −30,068−5.1% | Reduced |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 548,498 | $311.4M | 0.56% | +3,865+0.7% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 543,424 | $308.5M | 0.15% | +47,333+9.5% | Added |
| National Pension Service | 541,940 | $307.7M | 0.54% | −7,829−1.4% | Reduced |
| Sarasin & Partners LLP | 532,723 | $302.4M | 2.76% | −48,126−8.3% | Reduced |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 532,097 | $302.1M | 0.25% | +75,026+16.4% | Added |
| Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC. | 526,517 | $298.9M | 3.73% | −2,690−0.5% | Reduced |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 524,054 | $297.5M | 0.58% | −353−0.1% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 516,532 | $293.2M | 0.29% | +4,522+0.9% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 517,023 | $292.7M | 0.31% | +5,562+1.1% | Added |
| AXA S.A. | 506,417 | $287.5M | 0.73% | −76,630−13.1% | Reduced |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 499,262 | $283.4M | 0.57% | +9,822+2.0% | Added |
| Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. | 470,777 | $267.3M | 0.48% | −3,900−0.8% | Reduced |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 459,487 | $260.8M | 0.97% | −71,041−13.4% | Reduced |
| Blair William & Co | 444,012 | $252.1M | 0.79% | +1,083+0.2% | Added |
| Comgest Global Investors S.A.S. | 442,994 | $251.5M | 3.34% | −54,333−10.9% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 439,549 | $249.5M | 0.38% | −203,691−31.7% | Reduced |
| Chilton Investment Co LLC | 425,373 | $241.5M | 5.07% | +8,771+2.1% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 416,373 | $236.4M | 0.20% | +20,704+5.2% | Added |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 411,257 | $233.5M | 0.31% | −199,462−32.7% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 408,230 | $231.8M | 0.21% | −17,057−4.0% | Reduced |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 407,198 | $231.2M | 0.44% | +17,538+4.5% | Added |