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
- 2,943
- +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
- 1,254 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 64,298 | $31.9M | 0.24% | +1,062+1.7% | Added |
| Industrial Alliance Investment Management Inc. | 64,254 | $31.9M | 0.89% | −12,737−16.5% | Reduced |
| Violich Capital Management, Inc. | 63,935 | $31.8M | 5.41% | −400−0.6% | Reduced |
| EULAV Asset Management | 63,800 | $31.7M | 1.25% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cannell Peter B & Co Inc | 63,553 | $31.6M | 1.13% | −450−0.7% | Reduced |
| Mutual of America Capital Management LLC | 63,530 | $31.6M | 0.38% | +264+0.4% | Added |
| Westpac Banking Corp | 63,367 | $31.5M | 0.42% | −180.0% | Reduced |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 62,858 | $31.2M | 0.09% | −7,043−10.1% | Reduced |
| Klingenstein Fields & Co LP | 62,514 | $31.1M | 1.55% | −471−0.7% | Reduced |
| Pacific Heights Asset Management LLC | 62,500 | $31.1M | 2.92% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Norman Fields, Gottscho Capital Management, LLC | 62,396 | $31.0M | 13.69% | −615−1.0% | Reduced |
| Dundas Partners LLP | 62,170 | $30.9M | 3.23% | −1,225−1.9% | Reduced |
| Howard Capital Management Group, LLC | 61,201 | $30.4M | 3.22% | −247−0.4% | Reduced |
| Scopus Asset Management, L.P. | 61,000 | $30.3M | 1.13% | +61,000 | New |
| Cornerstone Advisors, LLC | 60,700 | $30.2M | 1.40% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Guardian Capital LP | 60,523 | $30.1M | 0.96% | +394+0.7% | Added |
| Asset Advisors Investment Management, LLC | 60,518 | $30.1M | 3.93% | −1,019−1.7% | Reduced |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 60,253 | $29.9M | 0.14% | +439+0.7% | Added |
| Railway Pension Investments Ltd | 60,142 | $29.9M | 0.31% | −171,870−74.1% | Reduced |
| BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S | 59,858 | $29.7M | 0.79% | −7,939−11.7% | Reduced |
| Whittier Trust Co | 58,290 | $29.0M | 0.53% | +387+0.7% | Added |
| Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd | 58,287 | $29.0M | 0.61% | −15,244−20.7% | Reduced |
| Congress Wealth Management LLC | 57,974 | $28.8M | 0.69% | +188+0.3% | Added |
| RWC Asset Management LLP | 57,702 | $28.7M | 0.88% | −2,283−3.8% | Reduced |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 57,693 | $28.7M | 0.18% | +891+1.6% | Added |
| Pittenger & Anderson Inc | 57,671 | $28.7M | 1.48% | −351−0.6% | Reduced |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 57,588 | $28.5M | 0.04% | −39,135−40.5% | Reduced |
| Shelton Capital Management | 56,686 | $28.2M | 1.18% | +40,186+243.6% | Added |
| B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG | 56,614 | $28.1M | 0.44% | +757+1.4% | Added |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. | 56,599 | $28.1M | 0.20% | +3,504+6.6% | Added |
| Braun Stacey Associates Inc | 56,182 | $27.9M | 0.73% | +30,788+121.2% | Added |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 56,195 | $27.9M | 0.07% | −95,018−62.8% | Reduced |
| Ieq Capital, LLC | 55,546 | $27.6M | 0.64% | +2,748+5.2% | Added |
| Element Capital Management LLC | 54,910 | $27.3M | 2.06% | +54,910 | New |
| Baldwin Brothers Inc | 54,895 | $27.3M | 2.38% | −409−0.7% | Reduced |
| Randolph Co Inc | 54,880 | $27.3M | 3.94% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 54,712 | $27.2M | 0.29% | −13,025−19.2% | Reduced |
| Ocean Capital Management, LLC | 54,198 | $26.9M | 13.59% | +143+0.3% | Added |
| Ziegler Capital Management, LLC | 53,867 | $26.8M | 1.06% | +3,722+7.4% | Added |
| Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company, Ltd | 53,482 | $26.6M | 0.58% | −4,862−8.3% | Reduced |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 53,148 | $26.4M | 2.59% | −4,638−8.0% | Reduced |
| Nippon Life Global Investors Americas, Inc. | 53,020 | $26.3M | 1.69% | −9,080−14.6% | Reduced |
| General American Investors Co Inc | 53,000 | $26.3M | 2.49% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | 52,598 | $26.1M | 0.11% | +37,738+254.0% | Added |
| North Point Portfolio Managers Corp | 52,501 | $26.1M | 4.15% | −207−0.4% | Reduced |
| Agf Management Ltd | 52,444 | $26.1M | 0.18% | −33,844−39.2% | Reduced |
| Czech National Bank | 52,273 | $26.0M | 0.64% | +445+0.9% | Added |
| Invictus Private Wealth, LLC | 52,242 | $26.0M | 3.05% | −2,563−4.7% | Reduced |
| Liontrust Investment Partners LLP | 52,100 | $25.9M | 0.39% | +9,000+20.9% | Added |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. | 51,961 | $25.8M | 0.38% | −1,432−2.7% | Reduced |
| Boston Private Wealth LLC | 51,806 | $25.7M | 0.36% | −4,089−7.3% | Reduced |
| Unigestion Holding SA | 52,156 | $25.6M | 1.39% | −31,737−37.8% | Reduced |
| Kiwi Wealth Investments Limited Partnership | 51,448 | $25.6M | 1.66% | −817−1.6% | Reduced |
| Smith Chas P & Associates Pa Cpas | 51,272 | $25.5M | 1.73% | +30,899+151.7% | Added |
| Louisiana State Employees Retirement System | 50,900 | $25.3M | 0.64% | +300+0.6% | Added |
| WS Management LLLP | 50,746 | $25.2M | 3.85% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Ltd | 50,565 | $25.1M | 0.45% | −244−0.5% | Reduced |
| Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC | 50,405 | $25.0M | 1.56% | −2,150−4.1% | Reduced |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 50,392 | $25.0M | 0.38% | −283−0.6% | Reduced |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 50,494 | $25.0M | 0.31% | +2,883+6.1% | Added |
| YHB Investment Advisors, Inc. | 49,791 | $24.7M | 2.48% | +1,340+2.8% | Added |
| Rempart Asset Management Inc. | 49,404 | $24.5M | 5.43% | +545+1.1% | Added |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 49,243 | $24.5M | 0.23% | +2,471+5.3% | Added |
| Wealthfront Advisers LLC | 48,827 | $24.3M | 0.11% | +242+0.5% | Added |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 48,820 | $24.3M | 0.18% | −6,283−11.4% | Reduced |
| Payden & Rygel | 48,690 | $24.2M | 1.43% | +70+0.1% | Added |
| Private Asset Management Inc | 48,468 | $24.1M | 3.97% | +969+2.0% | Added |
| Gratus Capital LLC | 48,225 | $24.0M | 1.84% | −1,044−2.1% | Reduced |
| Close Asset Management Ltd | 48,032 | $23.9M | 1.18% | −172,932−78.3% | Reduced |
| Absher Wealth Management, LLC | 47,074 | $23.4M | 4.05% | +3,789+8.8% | Added |
| Chilton Capital Management LLC | 46,942 | $23.3M | 1.35% | −111−0.2% | Reduced |
| Bokf, NA | 46,823 | $23.3M | 0.49% | −4,033−7.9% | Reduced |
| Foster Dykema Cabot & Co Inc | 46,685 | $23.2M | 2.98% | +883+1.9% | Added |
| Trust Co of Vermont | 46,653 | $23.2M | 1.62% | +711+1.5% | Added |
| Shell Asset Management Co | 46,217 | $23.0M | 0.95% | +52+0.1% | Added |
| Parallel Advisors, LLC | 45,985 | $22.8M | 0.77% | +23,150+101.4% | Added |
| Wedbush Securities Inc | 45,739 | $22.7M | 1.14% | −779−1.7% | Reduced |
| Front Street Capital Management, Inc. | 45,456 | $22.6M | 4.87% | −299−0.7% | Reduced |
| Spire Wealth Management | 44,973 | $22.3M | 0.87% | +11,367+33.8% | Added |
| Estabrook Capital Management | 44,645 | $22.2M | 3.85% | −126−0.3% | Reduced |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 44,105 | $21.9M | 0.35% | +1,061+2.5% | Added |
| NorthCrest Asset Manangement, LLC | 43,765 | $21.7M | 0.91% | +1,344+3.2% | Added |
| Marco Investment Management LLC | 43,670 | $21.7M | 2.45% | −491−1.1% | Reduced |
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 43,425 | $21.6M | 0.32% | −17,757−29.0% | Reduced |
| united american securities inc. (d/b/a uas asset management) | 42,969 | $21.4M | 7.28% | −2,164−4.8% | Reduced |
| Vontobel Holding Ltd. | 42,878 | $21.3M | 0.20% | −1,246−2.8% | Reduced |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 42,841 | $21.3M | 0.19% | −673−1.5% | Reduced |
| TruWealth Advisors, LLC | 42,349 | $21.0M | 1.93% | +587+1.4% | Added |
| Godsey & Gibb Associates | 42,166 | $21.0M | 2.45% | +42,166 | New |
| Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC | 42,072 | $20.9M | 0.83% | +4,343+11.5% | Added |
| Synovus Financial Corp | 41,820 | $20.8M | 0.23% | +503+1.2% | Added |
| Cadinha & Co LLC | 40,912 | $20.3M | 5.60% | −13,663−25.0% | Reduced |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 40,182 | $20.0M | 1.48% | −550−1.4% | Reduced |
| Capital International Ltd | 39,882 | $19.8M | 1.19% | +1,491+3.9% | Added |
| United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund | 39,759 | $19.8M | 1.00% | +14,159+55.3% | Added |
| Private Wealth Partners, LLC | 39,752 | $19.8M | 1.97% | +2,991+8.1% | Added |
| British Columbia Investment Management Corp | 39,576 | $19.7M | 0.20% | +266+0.7% | Added |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC | 39,515 | $19.6M | 0.88% | −1,300−3.2% | Reduced |
| Vancity Investment Management Ltd | 39,266 | $19.5M | 2.74% | −602−1.5% | Reduced |
| Markel Group Inc.SuperinvestorMarkel Group | 39,150 | $19.5M | 0.25% | 00.0% | Unchanged |