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, Q1 2022
Institutional positions in Costco Wholesale Corp as of Mar 31, 2022. 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
- 2,863
- +76 vs. Q4 2021
- Shares held
- 300.2M
- −188.6K (−0.1%) vs. Q4 2021
- Total value
- $172.4B
- +$2.29B (+1.3%) vs. Q4 2021
- New holders
- 191
- 1,163 more added
- Sold out
- 115
- 1,096 more reduced
36 institutions that held it in Q4 2021 haven't filed for Q1 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2022
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q4 2021.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 38,028,886 | $21.9B | 0.52% | +467,631+1.2% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 31,340,294 | $18.0B | 0.49% | +261,972+0.8% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 19,039,672 | $11.0B | 0.54% | +738,447+4.0% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 10,379,349 | $5.98B | 0.48% | −286,382−2.7% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 7,754,353 | $4.47B | 0.47% | +163,230+2.2% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 7,717,896 | $4.43B | 0.55% | +345,447+4.7% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 5,190,135 | $2.99B | 0.53% | −222,342−4.1% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 5,146,196 | $2.96B | 0.40% | −373,125−6.8% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 4,820,107 | $2.78B | 1.07% | −286,100−5.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 4,592,842 | $2.64B | 0.51% | −71,744−1.5% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 4,468,142 | $2.57B | 0.68% | −131,724−2.9% | Reduced |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 4,221,255 | $2.43B | 1.43% | +150,655+3.7% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 4,203,000 | $2.42B | 0.53% | +109,736+2.7% | Added |
| Capital World Investors | 4,123,625 | $2.37B | 0.41% | −700,799−14.5% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 4,157,475 | $2.31B | 0.75% | −197,431−4.5% | Reduced |
| Jennison Associates LLC | 3,271,513 | $1.88B | 1.39% | +151,287+4.8% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 3,121,546 | $1.80B | 0.55% | +165,990+5.6% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 2,796,980 | $1.61B | 0.28% | −4,880−0.2% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 2,578,314 | $1.48B | 0.63% | −6,681−0.3% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 2,556,800 | $1.47B | 0.39% | +20,718+0.8% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 2,376,250 | $1.37B | 0.41% | +64,692+2.8% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 2,285,117 | $1.32B | 0.56% | −60,546−2.6% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 2,224,893 | $1.28B | 0.13% | +412,748+22.8% | Added |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 2,216,181 | $1.28B | 0.99% | −60,882−2.7% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 1,913,699 | $1.10B | 0.62% | +233,400+13.9% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1,837,053 | $1.06B | 0.14% | +408,014+28.6% | Added |
| Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC | 1,826,321 | $1.05B | 0.55% | +59,955+3.4% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,807,742 | $1.04B | 0.26% | +101,429+5.9% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 1,740,979 | $1.00B | 0.48% | −233,379−11.8% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,651,389 | $951.0M | 0.30% | +22,872+1.4% | Added |
| Parnassus Investments | 1,597,085 | $919.7M | 1.86% | −465,046−22.6% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,582,299 | $911.2M | 0.23% | +202,741+14.7% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 1,552,718 | $895.1M | 0.51% | −164,863−9.6% | Reduced |
| Eaton Vance Management | 1,374,020 | $791.2M | 0.91% | +121,866+9.7% | Added |
| Capital International Investors | 1,359,182 | $782.7M | 0.18% | +1,814+0.1% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,343,616 | $773.2M | 0.23% | +76,970+6.1% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,330,614 | $766.2M | 0.48% | −10,246−0.8% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,293,781 | $745.0M | 0.35% | −176,339−12.0% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 1,284,599 | $739.7M | 0.60% | −161,927−11.2% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 1,239,588 | $713.8M | 0.60% | +200,730+19.3% | Added |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP | 1,187,767 | $684.0M | 2.76% | +272,132+29.7% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,156,908 | $666.2M | 0.44% | −9,168−0.8% | Reduced |
| Brown Advisory Inc | 1,152,006 | $663.4M | 0.99% | −164,147−12.5% | Reduced |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 1,160,115 | $658.9M | 1.08% | +56,369+5.1% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 1,142,106 | $657.7M | 0.43% | −141,843−11.0% | Reduced |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 1,100,291 | $633.6M | 0.50% | +157,278+16.7% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 1,075,883 | $619.5M | 0.42% | −27,433−2.5% | Reduced |
| Amundi | 910,194 | $553.4M | 0.37% | −138,695−13.2% | Reduced |
| Everett Harris & Co | 900,933 | $518.8M | 7.38% | −3,379−0.4% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 896,984 | $516.5M | 0.47% | +23,623+2.7% | Added |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 869,897 | $500.9M | 0.12% | −106,638−10.9% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 851,845 | $490.5M | 0.52% | −8,054−0.9% | Reduced |
| Provident Trust Co | 831,063 | $478.6M | 9.78% | −3,060−0.4% | Reduced |
| Brown Brothers Harriman & Co | 810,748 | $466.9M | 3.30% | +14,930+1.9% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 806,550 | $464.5M | 0.63% | −616,145−43.3% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 799,866 | $460.6M | 0.59% | +15,525+2.0% | Added |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 797,097 | $459.0M | 0.99% | −22,615−2.8% | Reduced |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 795,191 | $457.9M | 1.08% | +35,938+4.7% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 791,921 | $456.1M | 0.38% | −7,509−0.9% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 782,700 | $450.7M | 0.47% | −78,013−9.1% | Reduced |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 781,277 | $449.9M | 0.60% | −381,586−32.8% | Reduced |
| WCM Investment Management, LLC | 765,434 | $440.8M | 1.23% | +11,188+1.5% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 717,854 | $434.6M | 0.91% | −2,481−0.3% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 754,464 | $434.5M | 0.57% | −44,596−5.6% | Reduced |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC | 728,459 | $419.5M | 0.92% | +4,517+0.6% | Added |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 706,623 | $406.9M | 1.01% | +2,118+0.3% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 691,405 | $398.1M | 0.53% | +263,541+61.6% | Added |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 732,306 | $379.0M | 0.72% | −89,135−10.9% | Reduced |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 656,775 | $378.2M | 0.79% | +157,513+31.5% | Added |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 641,408 | $369.4M | 0.32% | +9,233+1.5% | Added |
| Credit Suisse AG | 637,751 | $367.2M | 0.32% | −2,818−0.4% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 626,965 | $361.0M | 0.14% | +60,785+10.7% | Added |
| Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado | 623,159 | $358.8M | 1.63% | −9,399−1.5% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 576,597 | $332.0M | 0.17% | +33,173+6.1% | Added |
| Putnam Investments LLC | 568,211 | $327.2M | 0.49% | +390,288+219.4% | Added |
| Emerald Advisors, LLC | 568,158 | $327.2M | 76.85% | +9,539+1.7% | Added |
| National Pension Service | 550,882 | $317.2M | 0.58% | +8,942+1.6% | Added |
| US Bancorp | 547,681 | $315.4M | 0.52% | −7,913−1.4% | Reduced |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 541,373 | $311.8M | 0.60% | −7,125−1.3% | Reduced |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 531,421 | $306.3M | 0.40% | −112,068−17.4% | Reduced |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 524,371 | $302.0M | 0.62% | +317+0.1% | Added |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 523,933 | $301.7M | 0.27% | −8,164−1.5% | Reduced |
| Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC. | 513,798 | $295.9M | 4.12% | −12,719−2.4% | Reduced |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 510,419 | $293.9M | 0.39% | −105,040−17.1% | Reduced |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 504,948 | $290.8M | 0.78% | +323,591+178.4% | Added |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 494,920 | $289.2M | 0.74% | −81,269−14.1% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 496,846 | $286.1M | 0.33% | +429,284+635.4% | Added |
| AXA S.A. | 486,991 | $280.4M | 0.80% | −19,426−3.8% | Reduced |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 481,330 | $277.2M | 0.37% | +70,073+17.0% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 465,395 | $268.0M | 0.23% | +49,022+11.8% | Added |
| First Republic Investment Management, Inc. | 460,737 | $265.3M | 0.57% | +103,195+28.9% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 448,198 | $258.1M | 0.26% | −68,334−13.2% | Reduced |
| Blair William & Co | 448,191 | $258.1M | 0.90% | +4,179+0.9% | Added |
| Chilton Investment Co LLC | 422,626 | $243.4M | 5.85% | −2,747−0.6% | Reduced |
| Sarasin & Partners LLP | 422,050 | $243.0M | 2.44% | −110,673−20.8% | Reduced |
| Winslow Capital Management, LLC | 421,881 | $242.9M | 1.05% | +421,881 | New |
| Comgest Global Investors S.A.S. | 421,418 | $242.7M | 3.79% | −21,576−4.9% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 419,699 | $242.2M | 0.33% | −97,324−18.8% | Reduced |
| Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. | 418,387 | $240.9M | 0.46% | −52,390−11.1% | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 409,154 | $235.6M | 0.45% | −211,837−34.1% | Reduced |