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, Q4 2023
Institutional positions in Costco Wholesale Corp as of Dec 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
- 3,344
- +324 vs. Q3 2023
- Shares held
- 304.1M
- +4.28M (+1.4%) vs. Q3 2023
- Total value
- $201.0B
- +$31.6B (+18.6%) vs. Q3 2023
- New holders
- 407
- 1,334 more added
- Sold out
- 83
- 1,218 more reduced
58 institutions that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 2023: 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, Q4 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q3 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 40,360,168 | $26.6B | 0.58% | +485,051+1.2% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 30,611,986 | $20.2B | 0.52% | +594,814+2.0% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 18,661,237 | $12.6B | 0.61% | +202,311+1.1% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 9,287,562 | $6.13B | 0.47% | +254,260+2.8% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 8,803,280 | $5.81B | 0.51% | +68,297+0.8% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 8,783,173 | $5.78B | 0.60% | +188,781+2.2% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 7,679,117 | $5.07B | 0.58% | −8870.0% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 5,508,646 | $3.64B | 0.74% | −242,017−4.2% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 5,497,355 | $3.63B | 0.63% | +143,640+2.7% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 5,018,900 | $3.31B | 0.60% | −116,047−2.3% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 4,448,609 | $2.94B | 1.13% | +18,661+0.4% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 4,447,886 | $2.94B | 0.30% | +767,392+20.9% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 4,286,291 | $2.83B | 0.70% | −115,029−2.6% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 3,903,301 | $2.58B | 0.83% | −64,624−1.6% | Reduced |
| Capital World Investors | 3,539,245 | $2.34B | 0.42% | +132,292+3.9% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 3,445,104 | $2.27B | 0.50% | +734,861+27.1% | Added |
| Jennison Associates LLC | 3,359,739 | $2.22B | 1.65% | −215,106−6.0% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 3,314,753 | $2.19B | 0.62% | −16,791−0.5% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 2,872,311 | $1.90B | 0.76% | +153,122+5.6% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 2,837,865 | $1.87B | 0.58% | +46,972+1.7% | Added |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 2,790,935 | $1.84B | 0.97% | +81,853+3.0% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 2,657,994 | $1.75B | 0.45% | +77,345+3.0% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 2,642,120 | $1.74B | 0.42% | +553,447+26.5% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 2,479,532 | $1.64B | 0.31% | −209,982−7.8% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 2,097,519 | $1.38B | 0.54% | −36,351−1.7% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 1,884,422 | $1.27B | 0.69% | +166,546+9.7% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 1,741,318 | $1.15B | 0.15% | −41,219−2.3% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,626,603 | $1.08B | 0.32% | −141,207−8.0% | Reduced |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 1,537,841 | $1.02B | 0.77% | −131,249−7.9% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 1,426,584 | $941.7M | 0.49% | +305,812+27.3% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 1,384,400 | $913.8M | 0.67% | −41,100−2.9% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,378,218 | $909.7M | 0.58% | −27,557−2.0% | Reduced |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 1,355,353 | $894.6M | 1.13% | +193,723+16.7% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 1,327,217 | $876.1M | 0.60% | +7,175+0.5% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 1,278,824 | $844.1M | 0.83% | +316,426+32.9% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,268,981 | $837.7M | 0.24% | −208,877−14.1% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,148,155 | $757.9M | 0.56% | −7,061−0.6% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 1,072,806 | $708.2M | 0.62% | −58,826−5.2% | Reduced |
| Public Investment Fund | 1,036,576 | $684.2M | 1.94% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Brown Advisory Inc | 982,145 | $648.3M | 0.91% | +29,615+3.1% | Added |
| Amundi | 968,360 | $646.0M | 0.29% | −1,071,458−52.5% | Reduced |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 967,726 | $638.8M | 1.18% | +111,239+13.0% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 915,354 | $604.2M | 0.63% | −2,148−0.2% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 894,133 | $590.1M | 0.54% | +159,752+21.8% | Added |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 887,471 | $585.8M | 1.14% | −4,610−0.5% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 885,826 | $584.7M | 0.30% | +7,660+0.9% | Added |
| Everett Harris & Co | 873,937 | $576.9M | 8.25% | −1,105−0.1% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 866,994 | $572.3M | 0.43% | −9,907−1.1% | Reduced |
| Provident Trust Co | 814,090 | $537.4M | 11.02% | −22,525−2.7% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 810,219 | $534.9M | 0.67% | +17,952+2.3% | Added |
| Parnassus Investments | 776,727 | $512.7M | 1.14% | −503,714−39.3% | Reduced |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 763,811 | $504.2M | 0.12% | +89,109+13.2% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 718,897 | $474.5M | 0.28% | −8,738−1.2% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 717,796 | $473.8M | 0.65% | +10,588+1.5% | Added |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP | 687,572 | $453.9M | 2.54% | −140,612−17.0% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 681,063 | $449.6M | 0.62% | −48,539−6.7% | Reduced |
| National Pension Service | 675,450 | $445.9M | 0.62% | +13,326+2.0% | Added |
| National Bank of Canada | 667,260 | $434.0M | 0.79% | +222,240+49.9% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 652,733 | $430.9M | 0.26% | +29,173+4.7% | Added |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main | 645,567 | $426.1M | 0.56% | +19,871+3.2% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 645,349 | $423.9M | 0.93% | −12,053−1.8% | Reduced |
| Emerald Advisors, LLC | 633,667 | $418.3M | 79.68% | +36,246+6.1% | Added |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 630,275 | $416.0M | 0.95% | +122,053+24.0% | Added |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 627,356 | $414.1M | 1.00% | −37,175−5.6% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 622,802 | $411.1M | 0.17% | −10,900−1.7% | Reduced |
| C WorldWide Group Holding A/S | 615,871 | $406.5M | 5.46% | −75,559−10.9% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 610,373 | $402.9M | 0.19% | −3,029−0.5% | Reduced |
| US Bancorp | 586,450 | $387.1M | 0.57% | −13,507−2.3% | Reduced |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 641,570 | $383.4M | 0.75% | +51,151+8.7% | Added |
| Blair William & Co | 573,586 | $378.6M | 1.29% | +10,759+1.9% | Added |
| Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado | 567,641 | $374.7M | 1.73% | −36,551−6.0% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 562,425 | $371.2M | 0.29% | −428−0.1% | Reduced |
| Credit Suisse AG | 554,952 | $366.3M | 0.36% | −50,451−8.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 553,972 | $365.6M | 0.69% | +352,915+175.5% | Added |
| WCM Investment Management, LLC | 536,822 | $356.0M | 0.98% | +6,083+1.1% | Added |
| Putnam Investments LLC | 537,646 | $354.9M | 0.47% | −22,415−4.0% | Reduced |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 529,196 | $349.3M | 0.66% | +82,612+18.5% | Added |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 515,636 | $340.4M | 0.44% | +24,115+4.9% | Added |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | 493,764 | $326.0M | 0.66% | −18,487−3.6% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 503,064 | $324.4M | 0.57% | +28,163+5.9% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 493,053 | $320.1M | 0.48% | −34,241−6.5% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 482,032 | $318.2M | 0.33% | +10,064+2.1% | Added |
| Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC. | 479,136 | $316.3M | 4.43% | −4,996−1.0% | Reduced |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 478,939 | $316.1M | 0.66% | +12,745+2.7% | Added |
| AXA S.A. | 476,019 | $314.2M | 1.01% | +7,332+1.6% | Added |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC | 464,166 | $306.4M | 0.65% | −74,168−13.8% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 459,098 | $303.0M | 0.40% | +30,564+7.1% | Added |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 455,239 | $300.5M | 0.57% | −130,568−22.3% | Reduced |
| Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd | 451,331 | $297.9M | 3.02% | +451,331 | New |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 451,105 | $297.8M | 0.31% | −178,117−28.3% | Reduced |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 447,984 | $295.7M | 0.66% | −14,526−3.1% | Reduced |
| Brown Brothers Harriman & Co | 445,474 | $294.0M | 2.44% | −129,725−22.6% | Reduced |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc. | 436,890 | $288.4M | 1.03% | +4,104+0.9% | Added |
| Winslow Capital Management, LLC | 429,028 | $283.2M | 1.17% | −159,452−27.1% | Reduced |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 426,609 | $281.6M | 1.15% | +126,003+41.9% | Added |
| Korea Investment CORP | 413,892 | $273.2M | 0.72% | +10,081+2.5% | Added |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 401,734 | $265.2M | 0.81% | −72,871−15.4% | Reduced |
| ABN AMRO Bank N.V. | 396,427 | $262.9M | 4.32% | −11,211−2.8% | Reduced |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 396,177 | $261.5M | 0.65% | −27,221−6.4% | Reduced |
| William Blair Investment Management, LLC | 394,168 | $260.2M | 0.76% | −43,333−9.9% | Reduced |