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 2023
Institutional positions in Costco Wholesale Corp as of Mar 31, 2023. 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
- 2,944
- +67 vs. Q4 2022
- Shares held
- 349.1M
- +49.1M (+16.4%) vs. Q4 2022
- Total value
- $149.2B
- +$12.2B (+8.9%) vs. Q4 2022
- New holders
- 195
- 1,255 more added
- Sold out
- 128
- 1,084 more reduced
62 institutions that held it in Q4 2022 haven't filed for Q1 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 2022: 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 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q4 2022.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 39,756,309 | $19.8B | 0.50% | +188,792+0.5% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 31,039,437 | $15.4B | 0.46% | +1,071,456+3.6% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 18,775,347 | $9.33B | 0.53% | −406,475−2.1% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 9,448,612 | $4.69B | 0.43% | −252,241−2.6% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 8,571,732 | $4.26B | 0.46% | −62,895−0.7% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 8,210,385 | $4.07B | 0.53% | +111,505+1.4% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 8,123,753 | $4.04B | 0.46% | +354,121+4.6% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 5,595,523 | $2.78B | 0.61% | +535,776+10.6% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 5,188,964 | $2.58B | 0.56% | +87,443+1.7% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 5,151,579 | $2.56B | 0.51% | +212,617+4.3% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 4,986,381 | $2.48B | 1.06% | +69,342+1.4% | Added |
| Jennison Associates LLC | 4,295,463 | $2.13B | 1.96% | +12,855+0.3% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 4,204,026 | $2.09B | 0.63% | −184,335−4.2% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 4,044,421 | $2.01B | 0.75% | −148,582−3.5% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 3,401,825 | $1.69B | 0.52% | +60,726+1.8% | Added |
| Capital World Investors | 3,373,490 | $1.68B | 0.35% | +30,146+0.9% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 2,985,318 | $1.48B | 0.19% | +574,251+23.8% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 2,917,549 | $1.45B | 0.52% | +179,375+6.6% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 2,755,004 | $1.37B | 0.27% | −7,516−0.3% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 2,730,443 | $1.36B | 0.37% | +401,449+17.2% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 2,616,202 | $1.30B | 0.60% | +55,590+2.2% | Added |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 2,606,516 | $1.30B | 0.79% | +35,763+1.4% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 2,537,267 | $1.26B | 0.38% | +44,445+1.8% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 2,211,887 | $1.10B | 0.53% | +211,527+10.6% | Added |
| Amundi | 2,136,619 | $1.06B | 0.57% | +290,690+15.7% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,858,131 | $923.2M | 0.26% | +144,963+8.5% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 1,795,151 | $892.0M | 0.13% | −404,043−18.4% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 1,756,500 | $872.8M | 0.60% | −43,800−2.4% | Reduced |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 1,752,422 | $870.7M | 0.77% | −140,383−7.4% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,678,175 | $834.4M | 0.27% | +11,809+0.7% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,644,827 | $817.2M | 0.28% | +23,727+1.5% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 1,608,047 | $799.9M | 0.52% | −209,667−11.5% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,384,319 | $687.8M | 0.49% | +18,795+1.4% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,350,785 | $671.2M | 0.50% | +126,163+10.3% | Added |
| Parnassus Investments | 1,294,266 | $643.1M | 1.59% | −4,838−0.4% | Reduced |
| Capital International Investors | 1,262,766 | $627.3M | 0.16% | −3,712−0.3% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 1,255,344 | $623.7M | 0.58% | −32,584−2.5% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 1,234,246 | $611.8M | 0.48% | +136,425+12.4% | Added |
| Winslow Capital Management, LLC | 1,127,075 | $560.0M | 2.86% | +88,268+8.5% | Added |
| Brown Advisory Inc | 1,065,884 | $529.6M | 0.90% | +59,989+6.0% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,064,327 | $528.8M | 0.29% | −101,730−8.7% | Reduced |
| Public Investment Fund | 1,036,576 | $515.0M | 1.45% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 901,297 | $447.8M | 0.55% | +29,647+3.4% | Added |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 891,980 | $443.2M | 0.70% | +338,135+61.1% | Added |
| Everett Harris & Co | 886,262 | $440.4M | 7.14% | −3,844−0.4% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 869,459 | $432.0M | 0.46% | +13,229+1.5% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 866,913 | $430.7M | 0.52% | +36,711+4.4% | Added |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP | 861,306 | $428.0M | 2.61% | −76,215−8.1% | Reduced |
| Provident Trust Co | 859,795 | $427.2M | 11.02% | +14,763+1.7% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 845,632 | $420.2M | 0.37% | +8,204+1.0% | Added |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 838,115 | $416.4M | 0.99% | +171,756+25.8% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 836,522 | $415.7M | 0.60% | −25,238−2.9% | Reduced |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 797,240 | $396.1M | 1.06% | +258,821+48.1% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 773,609 | $384.4M | 0.52% | −32,361−4.0% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 749,463 | $372.4M | 0.55% | −7,663−1.0% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 716,270 | $355.9M | 0.23% | −6,551−0.9% | Reduced |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 695,993 | $345.8M | 0.54% | +66,997+10.7% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 689,585 | $342.6M | 0.46% | −12,259−1.7% | Reduced |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC | 672,930 | $334.4M | 0.97% | −3,888−0.6% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 663,994 | $330.3M | 0.82% | −13,892−2.0% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 662,649 | $329.3M | 0.17% | −17,257−2.5% | Reduced |
| Putnam Investments LLC | 626,191 | $311.1M | 0.50% | −42,582−6.4% | Reduced |
| Credit Suisse AG | 621,436 | $308.8M | 0.32% | −24,034−3.7% | Reduced |
| Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado | 618,104 | $307.1M | 1.59% | −4,930−0.8% | Reduced |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 614,151 | $305.1M | 0.09% | +1,455+0.2% | Added |
| National Pension Service | 620,269 | $304.8M | 0.56% | −17,606−2.8% | Reduced |
| US Bancorp | 605,543 | $300.9M | 0.51% | −14,801−2.4% | Reduced |
| Emerald Advisors, LLC | 605,283 | $300.7M | 77.54% | −13,270−2.1% | Reduced |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 603,955 | $300.1M | 0.74% | −860−0.1% | Reduced |
| Brown Brothers Harriman & Co | 598,219 | $297.2M | 2.49% | −9,371−1.5% | Reduced |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 593,700 | $295.0M | 0.46% | +164,745+38.4% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 586,650 | $291.5M | 0.47% | −73,463−11.1% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 584,948 | $290.5M | 0.37% | −102,907−15.0% | Reduced |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 581,163 | $288.8M | 0.79% | −119,304−17.0% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 573,937 | $285.2M | 0.25% | +1,920+0.3% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 562,137 | $279.3M | 0.22% | +28,153+5.3% | Added |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 600,519 | $274.6M | 0.58% | −30,989−4.9% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 548,749 | $272.7M | 0.28% | −404,149−42.4% | Reduced |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 544,060 | $270.3M | 0.68% | +29,887+5.8% | Added |
| WCM Investment Management, LLC | 524,324 | $260.5M | 0.83% | −23,597−4.3% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 523,982 | $260.4M | 0.13% | −6,600−1.2% | Reduced |
| First Republic Investment Management, Inc. | 519,041 | $257.9M | 0.55% | +41,082+8.6% | Added |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 507,417 | $252.1M | 0.59% | −11,886−2.3% | Reduced |
| Blair William & Co | 499,350 | $248.1M | 0.99% | +25,044+5.3% | Added |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 492,940 | $244.9M | 0.57% | +1,730+0.4% | Added |
| Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC. | 479,567 | $238.3M | 3.73% | −5,390−1.1% | Reduced |
| AXA S.A. | 468,714 | $232.9M | 0.80% | +706+0.2% | Added |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 464,475 | $230.8M | 0.47% | −3,528−0.8% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | 464,200 | $230.4M | 0.54% | −2,017−0.4% | Reduced |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 456,071 | $226.6M | 0.49% | +36,221+8.6% | Added |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 452,342 | $224.8M | 0.33% | −24,007−5.0% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 441,592 | $219.4M | 0.25% | +34,567+8.5% | Added |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 435,506 | $216.4M | 0.66% | +44,281+11.3% | Added |
| Korea Investment CORP | 431,007 | $214.2M | 0.62% | −8,191−1.9% | Reduced |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 428,311 | $212.8M | 0.37% | −3,787−0.9% | Reduced |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 423,159 | $210.3M | 0.53% | +37,959+9.9% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 419,666 | $208.5M | 0.24% | +33,040+8.5% | Added |
| ABN AMRO Bank N.V. | 418,519 | $208.3M | 4.65% | +418,519 | New |
| Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec | 414,621 | $206.0M | 0.59% | +29,595+7.7% | Added |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 414,530 | $206.0M | 0.49% | +33,643+8.8% | Added |