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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co | 69,329 | $39.4M | 0.53% | −1,685−2.4% | Reduced |
| Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC | 68,910 | $39.1M | 1.94% | −1,338−1.9% | Reduced |
| Asset Advisors Investment Management, LLC | 68,645 | $39.0M | 3.93% | −145−0.2% | Reduced |
| Stonegate Investment Group, LLC | 68,542 | $38.9M | 1.63% | +68,542 | New |
| Westpac Banking Corp | 68,332 | $38.8M | 0.40% | −5,395−7.3% | Reduced |
| Violich Capital Management, Inc. | 67,815 | $38.5M | 5.53% | −915−1.3% | Reduced |
| Comerica Bank | 80,377 | $38.4M | 0.28% | +1,727+2.2% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 67,562 | $38.4M | 0.04% | +11,583+20.7% | Added |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 67,426 | $38.3M | 0.38% | −60,323−47.2% | Reduced |
| Klingenstein Fields & Co LP | 66,482 | $37.7M | 1.52% | −519−0.8% | Reduced |
| Capital International Inc | 65,984 | $37.5M | 0.35% | −463−0.7% | Reduced |
| Mackay Shields LLC | 65,953 | $37.4M | 0.31% | −1,592−2.4% | Reduced |
| Howard Capital Management Group, LLC | 64,892 | $36.8M | 3.04% | −955−1.5% | Reduced |
| Aristotle Atlantic Partners, LLC | 64,545 | $36.6M | 2.13% | +4,558+7.6% | Added |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 63,973 | $36.3M | 0.63% | +39,354+159.9% | Added |
| Ci Investments Inc. | 63,126 | $35.8M | 0.12% | −294,262−82.3% | Reduced |
| Boston Private Wealth LLC | 63,024 | $35.8M | 0.59% | −791−1.2% | Reduced |
| Norman Fields, Gottscho Capital Management, LLC | 61,899 | $35.1M | 13.03% | −1,008−1.6% | Reduced |
| Texas Permanent School Fund | 60,941 | $34.6M | 0.42% | −7,352−10.8% | Reduced |
| Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd | 60,950 | $34.6M | 1.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cannell Peter B & Co Inc | 60,756 | $34.5M | 0.98% | −1,795−2.9% | Reduced |
| Cadinha & Co LLC | 60,529 | $34.4M | 4.62% | −4,895−7.5% | Reduced |
| Industrial Alliance Investment Management Inc. | 60,307 | $34.2M | 0.79% | +60,307 | New |
| North Point Portfolio Managers Corp | 59,490 | $33.8M | 4.43% | −2,405−3.9% | Reduced |
| RWC Asset Management LLP | 58,856 | $33.4M | 0.93% | −783−1.3% | Reduced |
| Nomura Holdings Inc | 58,799 | $33.3M | 0.19% | +12,443+26.8% | Added |
| Mutual of America Capital Management LLC | 58,306 | $33.1M | 0.34% | +326+0.6% | Added |
| Congress Wealth Management LLC | 58,191 | $33.0M | 0.66% | +58,191 | New |
| Baldwin Brothers Inc | 58,028 | $32.9M | 3.30% | +647+1.1% | Added |
| Pittenger & Anderson Inc | 57,507 | $32.6M | 1.51% | +1,398+2.5% | Added |
| IFM Investors Pty Ltd | 57,422 | $32.6M | 0.60% | −695−1.2% | Reduced |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 60,850 | $32.6M | 0.50% | +10,231+20.2% | Added |
| Guardian Capital LP | 56,911 | $32.3M | 0.62% | +280+0.5% | Added |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 56,859 | $32.3M | 1.83% | −130−0.2% | Reduced |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | 56,523 | $32.1M | 0.37% | −48,238−46.0% | Reduced |
| Flputnam Investment Management Co | 56,372 | $32.0M | 0.98% | −624−1.1% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt Sys | 55,457 | $31.5M | 0.33% | +58+0.1% | Added |
| Rempart Asset Management Inc. | 55,287 | $31.4M | 5.95% | −2,916−5.0% | Reduced |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 55,227 | $31.4M | 0.32% | −1,023−1.8% | Reduced |
| Randolph Co Inc | 54,928 | $31.2M | 3.76% | −446−0.8% | Reduced |
| Whittier Trust Co | 54,758 | $31.1M | 0.51% | +2,677+5.1% | Added |
| Ziegler Capital Management, LLC | 54,621 | $31.0M | 1.11% | −7,331−11.8% | Reduced |
| Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. | 54,600 | $31.0M | 1.18% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Achmea Investment Management B.V. | 54,575 | $31.0M | 1.47% | −466−0.8% | Reduced |
| B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG | 54,882 | $30.9M | 0.40% | +54,882 | New |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 54,490 | $30.9M | 0.57% | +4,100+8.1% | Added |
| Great Lakes Advisors, LLC | 54,433 | $30.9M | 0.47% | +6,870+14.4% | Added |
| Ocean Capital Management, LLC | 54,095 | $30.7M | 11.64% | +4,782+9.7% | Added |
| Tredje AP-fonden | 53,400 | $30.3M | 0.59% | −500−0.9% | Reduced |
| Liontrust Investment Partners LLP | 53,100 | $30.1M | 0.36% | −5,900−10.0% | Reduced |
| Norris Perne & French LLP | 53,085 | $30.1M | 2.34% | −1,484−2.7% | Reduced |
| General American Investors Co Inc | 53,000 | $30.1M | 2.36% | −7,000−11.7% | Reduced |
| Pacific Heights Asset Management LLC | 53,000 | $30.1M | 2.53% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tiaa, FSB | 52,695 | $29.8M | 0.10% | −1,572−2.9% | Reduced |
| Nissay Asset Management Corp | 52,409 | $29.8M | 0.23% | +3,325+6.8% | Added |
| Private Asset Management Inc | 52,110 | $29.6M | 3.63% | −392−0.7% | Reduced |
| MML Investors Services, LLC | 51,592 | $29.3M | 0.21% | +520+1.0% | Added |
| MAI Capital Management | 51,315 | $29.1M | 0.47% | −856−1.6% | Reduced |
| Louisiana State Employees Retirement System | 51,200 | $29.1M | 0.64% | +800+1.6% | Added |
| YHB Investment Advisors, Inc. | 50,941 | $28.9M | 2.29% | +53+0.1% | Added |
| WS Management LLLP | 50,746 | $28.8M | 4.22% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Chilton Capital Management LLC | 50,207 | $28.5M | 1.46% | −995−1.9% | Reduced |
| Dundas Partners LLP | 54,859 | $28.3M | 3.52% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Estabrook Capital Management | 49,859 | $28.3M | 4.01% | −1,926−3.7% | Reduced |
| Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc. | 49,693 | $28.2M | 2.42% | +49,693 | New |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 49,381 | $28.0M | 0.21% | −12,706−20.5% | Reduced |
| Ashfield Capital Partners, LLC | 49,350 | $28.0M | 1.80% | −218−0.4% | Reduced |
| Foster Dykema Cabot & Co Inc | 48,237 | $27.4M | 3.09% | +922+1.9% | Added |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 47,605 | $27.0M | 0.06% | −4,081−7.9% | Reduced |
| Walleye Trading LLC | 47,378 | $26.9M | 0.44% | +45,056+1,940.4% | Added |
| Ensemble Capital Management, LLC | 47,078 | $26.7M | 2.01% | −12,356−20.8% | Reduced |
| Bokf, NA | 47,012 | $26.7M | 0.41% | +1,461+3.2% | Added |
| Profund Advisors LLC | 46,630 | $26.5M | 0.87% | −1,558−3.2% | Reduced |
| Shelton Capital Management | 46,547 | $26.4M | 0.94% | +6,422+16.0% | Added |
| Trust Co of Vermont | 46,456 | $26.4M | 1.66% | −413−0.9% | Reduced |
| Marco Investment Management LLC | 46,323 | $26.3M | 2.59% | −1,300−2.7% | Reduced |
| Front Street Capital Management, Inc. | 56,198 | $26.2M | 4.84% | −2,156−3.7% | Reduced |
| Maple Capital Management, Inc. | 46,096 | $26.2M | 2.86% | +2,315+5.3% | Added |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund | 45,816 | $26.0M | 0.73% | −2,090−4.4% | Reduced |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 45,572 | $25.9M | 0.16% | +2,514+5.8% | Added |
| KBC Group NV | 45,400 | $25.8M | 0.09% | −30,051−39.8% | Reduced |
| Payden & Rygel | 45,320 | $25.7M | 1.19% | −5,700−11.2% | Reduced |
| Godsey & Gibb Associates | 45,173 | $25.6M | 8.22% | +45,173 | New |
| Hartford Investment Management Co | 44,855 | $25.5M | 0.59% | +3,531+8.5% | Added |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC | 44,523 | $25.3M | 0.78% | −1,244−2.7% | Reduced |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 44,494 | $25.3M | 0.36% | +2,500+6.0% | Added |
| JTC Employer Solutions Trusteee Ltd | 44,470 | $25.2M | 3.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 44,226 | $25.1M | 0.15% | +17,526+65.6% | Added |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | 44,368 | $25.0M | 0.13% | −6,453−12.7% | Reduced |
| Vancity Investment Management Ltd | 44,010 | $25.0M | 2.87% | +627+1.4% | Added |
| Wealthfront Advisers LLC | 43,836 | $24.9M | 0.11% | +1,247+2.9% | Added |
| Vestcor Inc | 43,445 | $24.7M | 0.87% | +1,422+3.4% | Added |
| Braun Stacey Associates Inc | 42,929 | $24.4M | 0.89% | −2,227−4.9% | Reduced |
| Freestone Capital Holdings, LLC | 42,899 | $24.4M | 1.03% | +1,558+3.8% | Added |
| Bailard, Inc. | 42,792 | $24.3M | 0.77% | +491+1.2% | Added |
| Buffington Mohr McNeal | 42,781 | $24.3M | 4.16% | +126+0.3% | Added |
| Ieq Capital, LLC | 42,679 | $24.2M | 0.56% | +2,527+6.3% | Added |
| NorthCrest Asset Manangement, LLC | 42,417 | $24.1M | 1.32% | +42,417 | New |
| Wedbush Securities Inc | 42,190 | $24.0M | 1.03% | +2,464+6.2% | Added |
| Azimuth Capital Management LLC | 41,552 | $23.6M | 0.95% | −1,154−2.7% | Reduced |