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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
+399 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
69
973 more reduced

39 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.

Institutional holdersQ4 2021: 2,823 institutions
Q1 2021: 2,359 institutionsQ2 2021: 2,394 institutionsQ3 2021: 2,463 institutionsQ4 2021: 2,823 institutionsQ1 2022: 2,863 institutionsQ2 2022: 2,785 institutionsQ3 2022: 2,826 institutionsQ4 2022: 2,939 institutionsQ1 2023: 2,944 institutionsQ2 2023: 3,042 institutionsQ3 2023: 3,078 institutionsQ4 2023: 3,344 institutionsQ1 2024: 3,420 institutionsQ2 2024: 3,527 institutionsQ3 2024: 3,591 institutionsQ4 2024: 3,942 institutionsQ1 2025: 3,953 institutionsQ2 2025: 4,012 institutionsQ3 2025: 3,942 institutionsQ4 2025: 4,139 institutionsQ1 2026: 4,275 institutionsQ2 2026: 4,261 institutions
Value heldQ4 2021: $170.2B
Q1 2021: $104.1BQ2 2021: $119.0BQ3 2021: $134.3BQ4 2021: $170.2BQ1 2022: $172.4BQ2 2022: $143.4BQ3 2022: $141.6BQ4 2022: $137.2BQ1 2023: $149.2BQ2 2023: $162.0BQ3 2023: $169.9BQ4 2023: $201.0BQ1 2024: $222.0BQ2 2024: $258.3BQ3 2024: $266.7BQ4 2024: $279.6BQ1 2025: $287.8BQ2 2025: $302.3BQ3 2025: $274.4BQ4 2025: $272.0BQ1 2026: $311.5BQ2 2026: $301.8B
Institutions holding COST and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 20264,261$301.8B
Q1 20264,275$311.5B
Q4 20254,139$272.0B
Q3 20253,942$274.4B
Q2 20254,012$302.3B
Q1 20253,953$287.8B
Q4 20243,942$279.6B
Q3 20243,591$266.7B
Q2 20243,527$258.3B
Q1 20243,420$222.0B
Q4 20233,344$201.0B
Q3 20233,078$169.9B
Q2 20233,042$162.0B
Q1 20232,944$149.2B
Q4 20222,939$137.2B
Q3 20222,826$141.6B
Q2 20222,785$143.4B
Q1 20222,863$172.4B
Q4 20212,823$170.2B
Q3 20212,463$134.3B
Q2 20212,394$119.0B
Q1 20212,359$104.1B

Institutions, Q4 2021

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q3 2021.

Institutions holding COST in Q4 2021
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Steel Peak Wealth Management LLC27,414$15.6M0.94%+13,756+100.7%Added
McCollum Christoferson Group LLC27,255$15.5M3.48%−189−0.7%Reduced
Avitas Wealth Management LLC27,127$15.4M2.58%+566+2.1%Added
First Horizon Advisors, Inc.27,112$15.4M0.46%−411−1.5%Reduced
New Mexico Educational Retirement Board26,965$15.3M0.51%−2,000−6.9%Reduced
Harvest Volatility Management LLC26,950$15.3M0.76%+6,561+32.2%Added
Doyle Wealth Management26,917$15.3M1.10%+334+1.3%Added
Millennium Management LLC26,879$15.3M0.02%+2,601+10.7%Added
Woodstock Corp26,845$15.2M1.60%−16−0.1%Reduced
Kentucky Retirement Systems26,777$15.2M0.62%+878+3.4%Added
Central Trust Co26,735$15.2M0.43%−210−0.8%Reduced
Adviser Investments LLC26,735$15.2M1.02%+58+0.2%Added
WealthPLAN Partners, LLC29,961$15.1M1.00%+583+2.0%Added
Bristlecone Advisors, LLC26,657$15.1M1.82%−2,218−7.7%Reduced
Atria Investments LLC26,623$15.1M0.27%−7,208−21.3%Reduced
Rosenblum Silverman Sutton S F Inc26,452$15.0M3.38%−827−3.0%Reduced
Texas Capital Bank Wealth Management Services Inc26,450$15.0M1.30%−1,266−4.6%Reduced
HFR Wealth Management, LLC26,381$15.0M3.76%+27+0.1%Added
South State Corp.26,292$14.9M1.16%+244+0.9%Added
Camden National Bank26,221$14.9M2.61%−627−2.3%Reduced
Galvin, Gaustad & Stein, LLC25,892$14.7M1.27%−1,876−6.8%Reduced
Jacobson & Schmitt Advisors, LLC25,874$14.7M3.56%+1,213+4.9%Added
Appleton Partners Inc25,856$14.7M1.10%−554−2.1%Reduced
National Asset Management, Inc.25,747$14.6M0.42%+1,696+7.1%Added
Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc25,668$14.6M0.45%+710+2.8%Added
Independent Advisor Alliance25,640$14.6M0.72%+995+4.0%Added
Paragon Capital Management LLC25,447$14.4M7.27%−1,562−5.8%Reduced
Becker Capital Management Inc25,305$14.4M0.57%−705−2.7%Reduced
Terry L. Blaker25,285$14.4M1.11%−85−0.3%Reduced
Blue Chip Partners, Inc.25,277$14.3M1.80%+23,309+1,184.4%Added
Tudor Investment Corp Et Al25,232$14.3M0.28%+20,860+477.1%Added
Factory Mutual Insurance Co29,700$14.1M0.20%−7,701−20.6%Reduced
Copeland Capital Management, LLC24,841$14.1M0.37%+461+1.9%Added
Addenda Capital Inc.24,771$14.1M0.60%+545+2.2%Added
Axiom Investors LLC24,726$14.0M0.26%+24,726New
Renaissance Investment Group LLC24,653$14.0M3.32%+30.0%Added
Evergreen Capital Management LLC24,523$13.9M0.56%−238−1.0%Reduced
Frontier Wealth Management LLC24,062$13.7M0.90%+1,208+5.3%Added
Cetera Advisors LLC23,747$13.5M0.27%−1,227−4.9%Reduced
Brasada Capital Management, LP26,700$13.4M2.56%+144+0.5%Added
Transform Wealth, LLC23,631$13.4M1.40%+414+1.8%Added
Girard Partners Ltd.23,609$13.4M1.46%+542+2.3%Added
Mechanics Bank Trust Department23,567$13.4M1.98%−664−2.7%Reduced
Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC23,558$13.4M0.35%−3,849−14.0%Reduced
Advisory Services Network, LLC23,559$13.4M0.38%−641−2.6%Reduced
Gradient Investments LLC23,504$13.3M0.34%−904−3.7%Reduced
Connors Investor Services Inc23,241$13.2M1.29%+5,740+32.8%Added
U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC23,131$13.1M0.52%+693+3.1%Added
Alpha Cubed Investments, LLC23,045$13.1M0.86%+3,214+16.2%Added
NFJ Investment Group, LLC22,974$13.0M0.24%−7,951−25.7%Reduced
Parallel Advisors, LLC22,944$13.0M0.48%+492+2.2%Added
Summit Global Investments22,933$13.0M0.84%+1,212+5.6%Added
Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC22,816$13.0M0.26%+16,758+276.6%Added
Spearhead Capital Advisors, LLC22,480$12.8M1.54%+281+1.3%Added
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc.22,434$12.7M0.43%−475−2.1%Reduced
Cresset Asset Management, LLC22,261$12.6M0.12%+3,434+18.2%Added
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.22,306$12.6M0.43%−31,153−58.3%Reduced
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC22,153$12.6M0.12%+1,332+6.4%Added
B. Riley Wealth Management, Inc.22,028$12.5M0.87%+688+3.2%Added
Strategic Wealth Advisors Group, LLC22,054$12.5M0.59%−415−1.8%Reduced
Chapman Investment Management, LLC22,019$12.5M5.71%00.0%Unchanged
Nwam LLC22,011$12.5M0.99%+2,345+11.9%Added
Alley Co LLC21,849$12.4M1.97%−70−0.3%Reduced
BLB&B Advisors, LLC21,763$12.4M0.80%−1,295−5.6%Reduced
Dixon Hubard Feinour & Brown Inc21,752$12.3M1.19%+21,752New
Harbour Investment Management LLC21,747$12.3M5.63%+880+4.2%Added
Andra AP-fonden21,600$12.3M0.25%−5,900−21.5%Reduced
Cardinal Capital Management21,597$12.3M2.43%−443−2.0%Reduced
FourThought Financial, LLC21,401$12.2M1.53%−741−3.3%Reduced
Banco Santander, S.A.21,270$12.1M0.07%+189+0.9%Added
Davenport & Co LLC21,219$12.0M0.08%+404+1.9%Added
CAPROCK Group, Inc.21,053$12.0M0.99%−177−0.8%Reduced
German American Bancorp, Inc.21,039$11.9M1.67%+325+1.6%Added
Northstar Group, Inc.20,996$11.9M2.84%−70−0.3%Reduced
Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Long Beach20,988$11.9M2.90%−37−0.2%Reduced
Sigma Planning Corp20,987$11.9M0.33%+1,796+9.4%Added
Perfromance Wealth Partners, LLC20,971$11.9M0.48%+20,971New
Thomas Story & Son LLC20,908$11.9M4.62%−475−2.2%Reduced
Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.20,873$11.8M0.16%−1,548−6.9%Reduced
Motco20,841$11.8M0.73%−747−3.5%Reduced
Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, Inc20,793$11.8M0.34%−2,583−11.0%Reduced
Artemis Investment Management LLP20,766$11.8M0.09%+20,766New
Polaris Wealth Advisory Group, LLC20,640$11.7M0.67%−2,553−11.0%Reduced
Tower Bridge Advisors20,576$11.7M0.72%−210−1.0%Reduced
Greenline Partners, LLC20,534$11.7M2.20%+181+0.9%Added
Aigen Investment Management, LP21,783$11.7M0.72%+21,783New
Advisor Partners LLC20,522$11.6M0.70%−506−2.4%Reduced
Silvant Capital Management LLC20,511$11.6M1.99%−991−4.6%Reduced
WoodTrust Financial Corp20,488$11.6M2.41%+368+1.8%Added
Nippon Life Global Investors Americas, Inc.20,340$11.5M0.55%−2,260−10.0%Reduced
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.20,327$11.5M0.16%−81−0.4%Reduced
Motley Fool Wealth Management, LLC20,281$11.5M0.50%−31−0.2%Reduced
Palisade Capital Management LLC20,240$11.5M0.23%−146−0.7%Reduced
Hutner Capital Management Inc20,200$11.5M6.70%−280−1.4%Reduced
Sandy Spring Bank20,167$11.4M0.55%+381+1.9%Added
Central Bank & Trust Co20,129$11.4M1.76%−835−4.0%Reduced
Stonnington Group, LLC21,841$11.4M2.46%+1,040+5.0%Added
Leuthold Group, LLC19,931$11.3M1.33%−347−1.7%Reduced
Whittier Trust Co of Nevada Inc19,930$11.3M0.41%+524+2.7%Added
Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company, LLC19,876$11.3M0.22%−201−1.0%Reduced