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, 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 | 4,261 | $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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. | 412,977 | $205.2M | 0.46% | −7,900−1.9% | Reduced |
| Chilton Investment Co LLC | 412,255 | $204.8M | 6.33% | −404−0.1% | Reduced |
| Harding Loevner LP | 408,573 | $203.0M | 1.16% | +127,905+45.6% | Added |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc. | 405,053 | $201.3M | 0.80% | +686+0.2% | Added |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 391,264 | $194.4M | 0.30% | −178,249−31.3% | Reduced |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 384,141 | $190.8M | 0.23% | +91,615+31.3% | Added |
| Keybank National Association | 373,581 | $185.6M | 0.88% | −9,569−2.5% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 370,896 | $183.8M | 0.40% | −43,851−10.6% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | 369,263 | $183.5M | 0.45% | +7,216+2.0% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 363,672 | $180.7M | 0.40% | +10,614+3.0% | Added |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 362,178 | $180.0M | 1.31% | +6,102+1.7% | Added |
| William Blair Investment Management, LLC | 361,503 | $179.6M | 0.63% | −123,661−25.5% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 356,045 | $176.9M | 0.10% | −289,162−44.8% | Reduced |
| Capital Counsel LLC | 354,612 | $176.2M | 10.13% | −7,966−2.2% | Reduced |
| Haverford Trust Co | 346,074 | $172.0M | 2.05% | +4,313+1.3% | Added |
| Truist Financial Corp | 344,464 | $171.2M | 0.30% | −1,351−0.4% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 327,147 | $162.5M | 0.31% | −14,380−4.2% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 326,237 | $162.1M | 0.47% | +10,995+3.5% | Added |
| Comgest Global Investors S.A.S. | 317,077 | $157.5M | 2.96% | −18,404−5.5% | Reduced |
| SEI Investments Co | 313,886 | $156.0M | 0.29% | +33,685+12.0% | Added |
| Rathbone Brothers plc | 305,841 | $152.0M | 1.55% | +1,807+0.6% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 300,065 | $149.1M | 0.54% | +13,055+4.5% | Added |
| TCW Group Inc | 298,967 | $148.5M | 1.90% | −1,818−0.6% | Reduced |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 295,114 | $146.6M | 1.27% | −11,417−3.7% | Reduced |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 288,418 | $143.3M | 0.05% | −3,752−1.3% | Reduced |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 286,979 | $142.6M | 0.49% | +15,687+5.8% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 284,947 | $141.5M | 0.28% | −69,002−19.5% | Reduced |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 288,809 | $141.0M | 0.35% | −6,597−2.2% | Reduced |
| Congress Asset Management Co | 283,194 | $140.7M | 1.31% | −12,013−4.1% | Reduced |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 279,792 | $139.0M | 0.41% | +54,068+24.0% | Added |
| Axiom Investors LLC | 276,787 | $137.5M | 2.27% | −40,879−12.9% | Reduced |
| National Bank of Canada | 275,818 | $137.0M | 0.37% | +55,285+25.1% | Added |
| M&T Bank Corp | 274,821 | $136.6M | 0.53% | −7,860−2.8% | Reduced |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 274,304 | $136.3M | 0.59% | +11,336+4.3% | Added |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 270,530 | $134.4M | 0.56% | −15,781−5.5% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 267,831 | $133.1M | 0.25% | +3,467+1.3% | Added |
| Waverton Investment Management Ltd | 267,837 | $133.1M | 4.11% | −3,797−1.4% | Reduced |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D | 263,207 | $130.8M | 0.47% | +1,264+0.5% | Added |
| Sarasin & Partners LLP | 261,483 | $129.9M | 1.64% | −9,245−3.4% | Reduced |
| Douglass Winthrop Advisors, LLC | 257,572 | $128.0M | 3.32% | −14,651−5.4% | Reduced |
| ING Groep NV | 254,654 | $126.5M | 1.23% | +150,207+143.8% | Added |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama | 252,253 | $125.3M | 0.54% | −10,640−4.0% | Reduced |
| Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP | 249,460 | $123.9M | 1.42% | +2,159+0.9% | Added |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 244,853 | $121.6M | 0.20% | −77,612−24.1% | Reduced |
| Bristol John W & Co Inc | 242,068 | $120.3M | 2.47% | +46,957+24.1% | Added |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 239,907 | $119.2M | 0.55% | +21,999+10.1% | Added |
| Pictet Asset Management SA | 237,519 | $118.0M | 0.15% | −32,187−11.9% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 232,792 | $115.7M | 0.15% | +93,809+67.5% | Added |
| Greenbrier Partners Capital Management, LLC | 226,510 | $112.5M | 13.85% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 225,515 | $111.7M | 0.25% | −21,973−8.9% | Reduced |
| Asset Management One Co.,Ltd. | 221,970 | $110.3M | 0.50% | +2,976+1.4% | Added |
| Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. | 220,700 | $109.7M | 1.13% | +7,600+3.6% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 218,853 | $108.7M | 0.23% | −111,701−33.8% | Reduced |
| Westfield Capital Management Co LP | 215,399 | $107.0M | 0.76% | −6,602−3.0% | Reduced |
| United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC | 212,855 | $105.8M | 0.59% | −4,300−2.0% | Reduced |
| Aviva PLC | 212,622 | $105.6M | 0.48% | −15,497−6.8% | Reduced |
| Munro Partners | 211,798 | $105.2M | 5.15% | −67,720−24.2% | Reduced |
| Ci Investments Inc. | 211,669 | $105.2M | 0.53% | −40,998−16.2% | Reduced |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 204,603 | $101.7M | 0.21% | −102,897−33.5% | Reduced |
| Empower Advisory Group, LLC | 201,818 | $100.3M | 0.45% | +201,818 | New |
| Fifth Third Bancorp | 199,494 | $99.1M | 0.46% | −3,328−1.6% | Reduced |
| Treasurer of the State of North Carolina | 193,792 | $96.3M | 0.55% | −5,304−2.7% | Reduced |
| Nomura Asset Management Co Ltd | 190,647 | $94.7M | 0.50% | +4,299+2.3% | Added |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 190,599 | $94.7M | 0.38% | −13,044−6.4% | Reduced |
| Umb Bank N A | 190,025 | $94.4M | 1.51% | −2,096−1.1% | Reduced |
| Hosking Partners LLP | 188,050 | $93.4M | 4.33% | −48,356−20.5% | Reduced |
| Huntington National Bank | 187,579 | $93.2M | 0.93% | −2,963−1.6% | Reduced |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 181,793 | $90.3M | 0.54% | +16,444+9.9% | Added |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 179,015 | $88.9M | 0.12% | +222+0.1% | Added |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 177,522 | $88.2M | 0.15% | +51,452+40.8% | Added |
| Welch & Forbes LLC | 172,597 | $85.8M | 1.45% | +1,091+0.6% | Added |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 159,962 | $85.4M | 0.88% | −126−0.1% | Reduced |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 170,120 | $84.5M | 0.08% | +4,286+2.6% | Added |
| Creative Planning | 169,737 | $84.3M | 0.12% | +1,071+0.6% | Added |
| STRS Ohio | 169,199 | $84.1M | 0.36% | +359+0.2% | Added |
| Bartlett & Co. LLC | 163,905 | $81.4M | 1.57% | +2,092+1.3% | Added |
| Bartlett & Co. Wealth Management LLC | 163,905 | $81.4M | 1.57% | +2,092+1.3% | Added |
| Swedbank AB | 163,773 | $81.4M | 0.16% | +50,305+44.3% | Added |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 159,299 | $79.6M | 0.32% | +2,787+1.8% | Added |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 158,997 | $79.0M | 0.13% | −75,232−32.1% | Reduced |
| D.A. Davidson & Co. | 158,547 | $78.8M | 0.89% | −7,467−4.5% | Reduced |
| Ardevora Asset Management LLP | 154,970 | $77.0M | 1.38% | +54,740+54.6% | Added |
| Connectus Wealth, LLC | 153,935 | $76.4M | 1.88% | −706−0.5% | Reduced |
| Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc | 153,619 | $76.3M | 1.82% | +2,772+1.8% | Added |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 151,479 | $75.1M | 0.59% | +33,518+28.4% | Added |
| Norinchukin Bank, The | 146,278 | $72.7M | 1.43% | +23,283+18.9% | Added |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc | 143,226 | $71.2M | 0.44% | −50,608−26.1% | Reduced |
| Steginsky Capital LLC | 141,809 | $70.5M | 25.15% | −4,989−3.4% | Reduced |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 141,495 | $70.3M | 0.31% | +12,682+9.8% | Added |
| American International Group, Inc. | 140,505 | $69.8M | 0.46% | +929+0.7% | Added |
| State of Michigan Retirement System | 140,269 | $69.7M | 0.46% | +1,600+1.2% | Added |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 139,654 | $69.4M | 0.34% | +4,085+3.0% | Added |
| Atalanta Sosnoff Capital, LLC | 139,075 | $69.1M | 2.01% | −7,814−5.3% | Reduced |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 138,289 | $68.7M | 0.55% | −41,047−22.9% | Reduced |
| Bowen Hanes & Co Inc | 137,198 | $68.2M | 2.34% | −275−0.2% | Reduced |
| Marsico Capital Management LLC | 136,494 | $67.8M | 3.17% | −1,644−1.2% | Reduced |
| Teacher Retirement System of Texas | 135,408 | $67.3M | 0.45% | −33,409−19.8% | Reduced |
| KCM Investment Advisors LLC | 134,793 | $67.0M | 2.71% | +455+0.3% | Added |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 132,879 | $66.0M | 0.38% | +77,141+138.4% | Added |
| MetLife Investment Management | 132,178 | $65.7M | 0.47% | −1,059−0.8% | Reduced |