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, 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
- 3,343
- +324 vs. Q3 2023
- Shares held
- 304.0M
- +4.28M (+1.4%) vs. Q3 2023
- Total value
- $201.0B
- +$31.6B (+18.6%) vs. Q3 2023
- New holders
- 407
- 1,333 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 | 4,261 | $301.8B |
| Q1 2026 | 4,274 | $311.5B |
| Q4 2025 | 4,138 | $272.0B |
| Q3 2025 | 3,941 | $274.4B |
| Q2 2025 | 4,011 | $302.3B |
| Q1 2025 | 3,952 | $287.8B |
| Q4 2024 | 3,941 | $279.6B |
| Q3 2024 | 3,590 | $266.7B |
| Q2 2024 | 3,526 | $258.3B |
| Q1 2024 | 3,419 | $222.0B |
| Q4 2023 | 3,343 | $201.0B |
| Q3 2023 | 3,077 | $169.9B |
| Q2 2023 | 3,041 | $162.0B |
| Q1 2023 | 2,943 | $149.2B |
| Q4 2022 | 2,938 | $137.2B |
| Q3 2022 | 2,825 | $141.6B |
| Q2 2022 | 2,784 | $143.4B |
| Q1 2022 | 2,862 | $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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire Life Investments Inc. | 25,419 | $16.8M | 1.08% | +12,182+92.0% | Added |
| Terry L. Blaker | 25,453 | $16.8M | 1.38% | −665−2.5% | Reduced |
| BLB&B Advisors, LLC | 25,499 | $16.8M | 1.06% | −830−3.2% | Reduced |
| Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co | 25,578 | $16.9M | 1.90% | −227−0.9% | Reduced |
| Mengis Capital Management, Inc. | 25,683 | $17.0M | 3.18% | −196−0.8% | Reduced |
| Perfromance Wealth Partners, LLC | 25,740 | $17.0M | 0.75% | +1,908+8.0% | Added |
| Becker Capital Management Inc | 25,199 | $17.0M | 0.61% | −292−1.1% | Reduced |
| Clarity Financial LLC | 25,790 | $17.0M | 2.99% | −1,567−5.7% | Reduced |
| Ardevora Asset Management LLP | 25,796 | $17.0M | 1.52% | −29,623−53.5% | Reduced |
| Connors Investor Services Inc | 25,918 | $17.1M | 1.92% | +190+0.7% | Added |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 25,955 | $17.1M | 0.38% | −2,707−9.4% | Reduced |
| Apollon Wealth Management, LLC | 26,179 | $17.3M | 0.60% | +6,058+30.1% | Added |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. | 26,201 | $17.3M | 0.36% | −408−1.5% | Reduced |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC | 26,206 | $17.3M | 0.96% | −4,500−14.7% | Reduced |
| TownSquare Capital, LLC | 26,393 | $17.4M | 0.30% | +1,873+7.6% | Added |
| Thornburg Investment Management Inc | 26,431 | $17.5M | 0.25% | −8,128−23.5% | Reduced |
| Colonial Trust Advisors | 26,573 | $17.5M | 1.86% | −728−2.7% | Reduced |
| Haverford Financial Services, Inc. | 26,679 | $17.6M | 5.28% | +92+0.3% | Added |
| Braun Stacey Associates Inc | 26,692 | $17.6M | 0.79% | −1,309−4.7% | Reduced |
| Lyell Wealth Management, LP | 26,695 | $17.6M | 2.00% | +249+0.9% | Added |
| Gradient Investments LLC | 26,815 | $17.7M | 0.43% | +2,322+9.5% | Added |
| National Asset Management, Inc. | 26,246 | $17.7M | 0.48% | −2,609−9.0% | Reduced |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 26,962 | $17.8M | 0.62% | +3,861+16.7% | Added |
| Jag Capital Management, LLC | 27,123 | $17.9M | 2.74% | −8,705−24.3% | Reduced |
| Payden & Rygel | 27,300 | $18.0M | 1.31% | −7,290−21.1% | Reduced |
| Empirical Financial Services, LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management | 27,537 | $18.2M | 0.62% | −383−1.4% | Reduced |
| Kelly Lawrence W & Associates Inc | 27,564 | $18.2M | 4.37% | +147+0.5% | Added |
| Arcadia Investment Management Corp | 27,681 | $18.3M | 3.49% | +284+1.0% | Added |
| Prudential PLC | 27,725 | $18.3M | 0.19% | +5,286+23.6% | Added |
| Group One Trading, L.P. | 27,734 | $18.3M | 0.58% | +3,679+15.3% | Added |
| King Luther Capital Management Corp | 27,746 | $18.3M | 0.09% | +9,243+50.0% | Added |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 27,822 | $18.4M | 0.45% | +27,822 | New |
| Cary Street Partner Investment Advisory LLC | 27,902 | $18.4M | 0.88% | +1,627+6.2% | Added |
| Munro Partners | 27,998 | $18.5M | 0.85% | −84,825−75.2% | Reduced |
| Securian Asset Management, Inc | 28,075 | $18.5M | 0.53% | −3,727−11.7% | Reduced |
| Patten & Patten Inc | 28,114 | $18.6M | 1.52% | −2,245−7.4% | Reduced |
| Vancity Investment Management Ltd | 28,116 | $18.6M | 2.72% | −11,150−28.4% | Reduced |
| Harbour Trust & Investment Management Co | 28,214 | $18.6M | 2.63% | +28,214 | New |
| DDD Partners, LLC | 28,775 | $19.0M | 2.55% | −48−0.2% | Reduced |
| Assetmark, Inc | 29,057 | $19.2M | 0.07% | −716−2.4% | Reduced |
| Sawgrass Asset Management LLC | 29,187 | $19.3M | 2.17% | −10,673−26.8% | Reduced |
| LGT Group Foundation | 29,163 | $19.3M | 0.43% | −4,563−13.5% | Reduced |
| Colony Group, LLC | 29,311 | $19.3M | 0.25% | +29,311 | New |
| Whittier Trust Co of Nevada Inc | 29,536 | $19.5M | 0.62% | −38−0.1% | Reduced |
| Jacobs & Co | 29,613 | $19.5M | 2.22% | −430−1.4% | Reduced |
| Exencial Wealth Advisors, LLC | 29,663 | $19.6M | 0.80% | −6,912−18.9% | Reduced |
| Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. | 29,665 | $19.6M | 0.83% | −2,949−9.0% | Reduced |
| Hartford Investment Management Co | 29,831 | $19.7M | 0.73% | −367−1.2% | Reduced |
| Weatherly Asset Management L. P. | 29,197 | $19.7M | 2.12% | −78−0.3% | Reduced |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 29,951 | $19.8M | 0.20% | +574+2.0% | Added |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 29,990 | $19.8M | 0.20% | +14,554+94.3% | Added |
| Barlow Wealth Partners, Inc. | 29,990 | $19.8M | 2.81% | +29,990 | New |
| Taurus Asset Management, LLC | 30,208 | $19.9M | 2.15% | −144−0.5% | Reduced |
| Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company, Ltd | 30,341 | $20.0M | 0.42% | +1,751+6.1% | Added |
| Albion Financial Group | 30,439 | $20.1M | 1.66% | +700+2.4% | Added |
| Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. | 30,628 | $20.2M | 0.21% | −2,545−7.7% | Reduced |
| Auxano Advisors, LLC | 30,870 | $20.4M | 6.85% | −306−1.0% | Reduced |
| Washington Trust Bank | 30,939 | $20.4M | 1.81% | −1,293−4.0% | Reduced |
| Rothschild Investment LLC | 31,035 | $20.5M | 1.72% | +31,035 | New |
| Beese Fulmer Investment Management, Inc. | 31,068 | $20.5M | 2.12% | −100.0% | Reduced |
| Factory Mutual Insurance Co | 31,200 | $20.6M | 0.26% | −7,300−19.0% | Reduced |
| Hoylecohen, LLC | 31,207 | $20.6M | 1.68% | +644+2.1% | Added |
| Alpha Cubed Investments, LLC | 31,295 | $20.7M | 1.16% | +1,349+4.5% | Added |
| Motley Fool Asset Management LLC | 31,360 | $20.7M | 1.54% | +733+2.4% | Added |
| Capital International Ltd | 31,381 | $20.7M | 1.06% | +40+0.1% | Added |
| Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 31,400 | $20.7M | 0.23% | +23,229+284.3% | Added |
| Middleton & Co Inc | 31,403 | $20.7M | 2.59% | −517−1.6% | Reduced |
| Bristlecone Advisors, LLC | 31,746 | $21.0M | 2.12% | +1,391+4.6% | Added |
| Zevin Asset Management LLC | 31,789 | $21.0M | 3.77% | +167+0.5% | Added |
| Retirement Planning Group | 31,868 | $21.0M | 1.88% | +31,473+7,967.8% | Added |
| Quantitative Investment Management, LLC | 31,904 | $21.1M | 1.21% | +20,153+171.5% | Added |
| Hansen & Associates Financial Group, Inc. | 29,744 | $21.1M | 11.06% | +29,744 | New |
| Dividend Assets Capital, LLC | 32,084 | $21.2M | 4.17% | −276−0.9% | Reduced |
| Sonora Investment Management Group, LLC | 32,128 | $21.2M | 1.72% | −255−0.8% | Reduced |
| Van Hulzen Asset Management, LLC | 32,168 | $21.2M | 1.49% | −193−0.6% | Reduced |
| Zacks Investment Management | 32,182 | $21.2M | 0.26% | −2,510−7.2% | Reduced |
| Galvin, Gaustad & Stein, LLC | 32,229 | $21.3M | 1.99% | −2,635−7.6% | Reduced |
| Azimuth Capital Investment Management LLC | 32,296 | $21.3M | 0.96% | −210−0.6% | Reduced |
| Independent Advisor Alliance | 32,482 | $21.4M | 0.77% | +1,477+4.8% | Added |
| JTC Employer Solutions Trusteee Ltd | 32,470 | $21.5M | 1.95% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Abbrea Capital, LLC | 31,930 | $21.6M | 3.10% | +337+1.1% | Added |
| Cornerstone Advisors, LLC | 33,000 | $21.8M | 0.96% | −4,500−12.0% | Reduced |
| Kiley Juergens Wealth Management, LLC | 33,008 | $21.8M | 7.29% | −476−1.4% | Reduced |
| Washington Trust Co | 33,111 | $21.9M | 0.86% | −444−1.3% | Reduced |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC | 33,130 | $21.9M | 0.45% | +257+0.8% | Added |
| Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc | 33,233 | $21.9M | 0.52% | −62−0.2% | Reduced |
| Great Lakes Advisors, LLC | 33,978 | $22.4M | 0.21% | +2,424+7.7% | Added |
| Boston Private Wealth LLC | 34,022 | $22.5M | 0.55% | −10,253−23.2% | Reduced |
| Harvey Investment Co LLC | 34,088 | $22.5M | 2.72% | −1,225−3.5% | Reduced |
| Annex Advisory Services, LLC | 34,264 | $22.6M | 0.94% | +3,216+10.4% | Added |
| Blue Chip Partners, Inc. | 34,269 | $22.6M | 2.36% | +1,340+4.1% | Added |
| Lido Advisors, LLC | 33,566 | $22.6M | 0.23% | +464+1.4% | Added |
| Papp L Roy & Associates | 34,352 | $22.7M | 2.81% | −389−1.1% | Reduced |
| Maryland State Retirement & Pension System | 34,493 | $22.8M | 0.47% | +367+1.1% | Added |
| Ironvine Capital Partners, LLC | 34,598 | $22.8M | 2.74% | +64+0.2% | Added |
| Park National Corp | 34,826 | $23.0M | 0.94% | −1,110−3.1% | Reduced |
| Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc | 35,059 | $23.1M | 1.89% | +860+2.5% | Added |
| Kentucky Retirement Systems | 35,424 | $23.4M | 0.73% | +738+2.1% | Added |
| Adell Harriman & Carpenter Inc | 35,900 | $23.7M | 2.19% | +1,352+3.9% | Added |
| Capital International Inc | 36,039 | $23.8M | 0.37% | +5,152+16.7% | Added |