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, 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 | 4,261 | $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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardevora Asset Management LLP | 148,900 | $84.5M | 0.90% | −13,500−8.3% | Reduced |
| Calamos Advisors LLC | 148,164 | $84.1M | 0.34% | +2,574+1.8% | Added |
| Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC | 147,355 | $83.7M | 2.93% | −483−0.3% | Reduced |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama | 146,397 | $83.1M | 0.29% | −5,413−3.6% | Reduced |
| Bowen Hanes & Co Inc | 141,096 | $80.1M | 2.26% | −275−0.2% | Reduced |
| Johnson Investment Counsel Inc | 139,952 | $79.5M | 0.97% | −45,943−24.7% | Reduced |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 138,880 | $78.8M | 0.13% | +9,244+7.1% | Added |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 142,815 | $78.8M | 0.15% | +10,184+7.7% | Added |
| KCM Investment Advisors LLC | 137,699 | $78.2M | 2.72% | +1,798+1.3% | Added |
| Kornitzer Capital Management Inc | 137,255 | $77.9M | 1.16% | −5,971−4.2% | Reduced |
| State of Michigan Retirement System | 136,905 | $77.7M | 0.41% | +20,100+17.2% | Added |
| Norinchukin Bank, The | 135,978 | $77.2M | 0.97% | −20,889−13.3% | Reduced |
| Evercore Wealth Management, LLC | 135,731 | $77.1M | 1.25% | −1,284−0.9% | Reduced |
| Steginsky Capital LLC | 135,703 | $77.0M | 25.24% | +448+0.3% | Added |
| Lazard Asset Management LLC | 132,408 | $75.2M | 0.08% | −11,096−7.7% | Reduced |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 132,147 | $75.0M | 0.37% | −73,317−35.7% | Reduced |
| Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. | 128,702 | $73.1M | 0.78% | −14,472−10.1% | Reduced |
| Element Capital Management LLC | 127,599 | $72.4M | 4.66% | +127,599 | New |
| Cooper Investors Pty Ltd | 123,344 | $70.0M | 4.42% | −30,399−19.8% | Reduced |
| Segall Bryant & Hamill, LLC | 122,162 | $69.4M | 0.64% | −3,482−2.8% | Reduced |
| I.G.Y. Ltd | 121,848 | $69.2M | 35.37% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Covea Finance | 121,643 | $69.1M | 6.05% | +121,643 | New |
| Arizona State Retirement System | 121,074 | $68.7M | 0.52% | −2,332−1.9% | Reduced |
| Amalgamated Bank | 121,049 | $68.7M | 0.51% | +20,864+20.8% | Added |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 120,387 | $68.3M | 0.25% | +7,976+7.1% | Added |
| Fjarde Ap-Fonden /Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund | 119,829 | $68.0M | 0.60% | −8,111−6.3% | Reduced |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 119,820 | $67.9M | 0.10% | −12,250−9.3% | Reduced |
| Creative Planning | 117,121 | $66.5M | 0.11% | +2,546+2.2% | Added |
| Boston Financial Mangement LLC | 116,176 | $66.0M | 2.40% | −1,524−1.3% | Reduced |
| Chicago Capital, LLC | 115,761 | $65.7M | 2.45% | −1,067−0.9% | Reduced |
| EP Wealth Advisors, LLC | 115,620 | $65.6M | 1.55% | −1,131−1.0% | Reduced |
| Swedbank AB | 115,039 | $64.9M | 0.11% | −1,628−1.4% | Reduced |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 127,266 | $64.3M | 0.48% | −29,697−18.9% | Reduced |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 113,109 | $64.2M | 0.31% | −704−0.6% | Reduced |
| Forsta Ap-Fonden | 111,400 | $63.2M | 0.64% | −1,000−0.9% | Reduced |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 110,810 | $62.9M | 0.24% | +2,614+2.4% | Added |
| Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | 110,641 | $62.8M | 1.19% | −5,782−5.0% | Reduced |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 110,403 | $62.7M | 0.40% | +6,741+6.5% | Added |
| Commerce Bank | 108,566 | $61.6M | 0.40% | −1,009−0.9% | Reduced |
| Donaldson Capital Management, LLC | 108,217 | $61.4M | 2.70% | +3,978+3.8% | Added |
| Mogy Joel R Investment Counsel Inc | 107,888 | $61.2M | 4.38% | −165−0.2% | Reduced |
| Destination Wealth Management | 107,788 | $61.2M | 2.17% | −3,859−3.5% | Reduced |
| Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company, Ltd | 107,739 | $61.2M | 0.79% | −11,952−10.0% | Reduced |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 107,720 | $61.2M | 0.33% | −840−0.8% | Reduced |
| CIBC World Markets Corp | 107,416 | $61.0M | 0.32% | +65,069+153.7% | Added |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 106,727 | $60.6M | 0.48% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nicholas Company, Inc. | 105,335 | $59.8M | 0.97% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 104,641 | $59.4M | 0.27% | +6,965+7.1% | Added |
| Northeast Investment Management | 104,577 | $59.4M | 2.90% | −1,140−1.1% | Reduced |
| Davis R M Inc | 101,062 | $57.4M | 1.28% | −673−0.7% | Reduced |
| Smith Group Asset Management, LLC | 100,372 | $56.9M | 2.62% | +9,461+10.4% | Added |
| Pictet & Cie (Europe) SA | 100,210 | $56.9M | 1.94% | −100−0.1% | Reduced |
| Dearborn Partners LLC | 99,668 | $56.6M | 2.05% | −753−0.7% | Reduced |
| MUFG Americas Holdings Corp | 98,582 | $56.0M | 1.05% | −4,601−4.5% | Reduced |
| MetLife Investment Management | 97,619 | $55.4M | 0.45% | −2,228−2.2% | Reduced |
| Covington Capital Management | 97,094 | $55.1M | 1.90% | −892−0.9% | Reduced |
| Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp | 97,020 | $55.1M | 1.04% | −2,039−2.1% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 96,953 | $55.0M | 0.13% | +16,526+20.5% | Added |
| Regions Financial Corp | 90,598 | $51.4M | 0.40% | −623−0.7% | Reduced |
| Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd | 89,849 | $51.0M | 0.24% | −7,600−7.8% | Reduced |
| Lazard Freres Gestion S.A.S. | 96,211 | $50.6M | 1.37% | −1,634−1.7% | Reduced |
| Xponance, Inc. | 88,868 | $50.5M | 0.79% | +6,023+7.3% | Added |
| Chesley Taft & Associates LLC | 88,317 | $50.1M | 2.59% | +550+0.6% | Added |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 86,810 | $49.3M | 0.86% | −817−0.9% | Reduced |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 85,759 | $48.7M | 0.24% | −52,631−38.0% | Reduced |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | 85,616 | $48.6M | 1.18% | −16,342−16.0% | Reduced |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH | 85,659 | $48.5M | 0.87% | −405−0.5% | Reduced |
| DnB Asset Management AS | 84,981 | $48.2M | 0.28% | +3,349+4.1% | Added |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue | 84,899 | $48.2M | 0.46% | −5,195−5.8% | Reduced |
| Financial Counselors Inc | 84,095 | $47.7M | 0.98% | −9,565−10.2% | Reduced |
| Crestwood Advisors Group LLC | 83,096 | $47.2M | 1.22% | +1,477+1.8% | Added |
| Baskin Financial Services Inc. | 82,276 | $46.7M | 3.72% | +1,653+2.1% | Added |
| Employees Retirement System of Texas | 80,700 | $45.8M | 0.51% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Voloridge Investment Management, LLC | 80,276 | $45.6M | 0.25% | +78,526+4,487.2% | Added |
| Utah Retirement Systems | 80,256 | $45.6M | 0.56% | +200+0.2% | Added |
| Ami Asset Management Corp | 79,806 | $45.3M | 2.19% | −1,595−2.0% | Reduced |
| Trillium Asset Management, LLC | 78,742 | $44.7M | 1.05% | +60.0% | Added |
| EULAV Asset Management | 78,409 | $44.5M | 1.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Barrett Asset Management, LLC | 78,339 | $44.5M | 1.68% | +10,103+14.8% | Added |
| British Columbia Investment Management Corp | 77,739 | $44.1M | 0.25% | −4,096−5.0% | Reduced |
| Badgley Phelps Wealth Managers, LLC | 77,738 | $44.1M | 1.43% | +669+0.9% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 76,624 | $43.5M | 0.30% | +3,033+4.1% | Added |
| ING Groep NV | 76,436 | $43.4M | 0.39% | +31,542+70.3% | Added |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 75,881 | $43.1M | 3.03% | +4,324+6.0% | Added |
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 75,873 | $43.1M | 0.56% | −11,262−12.9% | Reduced |
| Spire Wealth Management | 75,611 | $42.9M | 0.95% | +8,849+13.3% | Added |
| Windward Capital Management Co | 75,138 | $42.7M | 3.53% | −51−0.1% | Reduced |
| Gabelli Funds LLC | 74,700 | $42.4M | 0.27% | −4,000−5.1% | Reduced |
| Capital Investment Counsel, Inc | 74,391 | $42.2M | 7.90% | −269−0.4% | Reduced |
| Hyman Charles D | 74,377 | $42.2M | 2.68% | +221+0.3% | Added |
| Shell Asset Management Co | 74,017 | $42.0M | 0.86% | −2,537−3.3% | Reduced |
| Yousif Capital Management, LLC | 73,421 | $41.7M | 0.43% | +73,421 | New |
| Gofen & Glossberg LLC | 72,911 | $41.4M | 0.89% | −1,497−2.0% | Reduced |
| Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co | 71,900 | $40.8M | 2.15% | +2,376+3.4% | Added |
| Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd | 71,888 | $40.8M | 0.58% | −385−0.5% | Reduced |
| Main Street Research LLC | 70,849 | $40.2M | 3.11% | +3,326+4.9% | Added |
| Investment House LLC | 70,607 | $40.1M | 2.57% | −855−1.2% | Reduced |
| Tandem Investment Advisors, Inc. | 69,739 | $39.6M | 2.57% | +4,983+7.7% | Added |
| People's United Financial, Inc. | 69,535 | $39.5M | 0.95% | −5,233−7.0% | Reduced |
| Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky | 69,495 | $39.5M | 0.35% | −5,142−6.9% | Reduced |