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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.

Institutional holdersQ4 2023: 3,344 institutions
Q1 2021: 2,359 institutionsQ2 2021: 2,394 institutionsQ3 2021: 2,463 institutionsQ4 2021: 2,823 institutionsQ1 2022: 2,863 institutionsQ2 2022: 2,785 institutionsQ3 2022: 2,826 institutionsQ4 2022: 2,939 institutionsQ1 2023: 2,944 institutionsQ2 2023: 3,042 institutionsQ3 2023: 3,078 institutionsQ4 2023: 3,344 institutionsQ1 2024: 3,420 institutionsQ2 2024: 3,527 institutionsQ3 2024: 3,591 institutionsQ4 2024: 3,942 institutionsQ1 2025: 3,953 institutionsQ2 2025: 4,012 institutionsQ3 2025: 3,942 institutionsQ4 2025: 4,139 institutionsQ1 2026: 4,275 institutionsQ2 2026: 4,261 institutions
Value heldQ4 2023: $201.0B
Q1 2021: $104.1BQ2 2021: $119.0BQ3 2021: $134.3BQ4 2021: $170.2BQ1 2022: $172.4BQ2 2022: $143.4BQ3 2022: $141.6BQ4 2022: $137.2BQ1 2023: $149.2BQ2 2023: $162.0BQ3 2023: $169.9BQ4 2023: $201.0BQ1 2024: $222.0BQ2 2024: $258.3BQ3 2024: $266.7BQ4 2024: $279.6BQ1 2025: $287.8BQ2 2025: $302.3BQ3 2025: $274.4BQ4 2025: $272.0BQ1 2026: $311.5BQ2 2026: $301.8B
Institutions holding COST and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 20264,261$301.8B
Q1 20264,275$311.5B
Q4 20254,139$272.0B
Q3 20253,942$274.4B
Q2 20254,012$302.3B
Q1 20253,953$287.8B
Q4 20243,942$279.6B
Q3 20243,591$266.7B
Q2 20243,527$258.3B
Q1 20243,420$222.0B
Q4 20233,344$201.0B
Q3 20233,078$169.9B
Q2 20233,042$162.0B
Q1 20232,944$149.2B
Q4 20222,939$137.2B
Q3 20222,826$141.6B
Q2 20222,785$143.4B
Q1 20222,863$172.4B
Q4 20212,823$170.2B
Q3 20212,463$134.3B
Q2 20212,394$119.0B
Q1 20212,359$104.1B

Institutions, Q4 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q3 2023.

Institutions holding COST in Q4 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Maple Capital Management, Inc.71,425$47.1M4.72%+1,009+1.4%Added
Shelton Capital Management71,028$46.9M1.49%+5,724+8.8%Added
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.70,625$46.6M0.29%+4,197+6.3%Added
GWM Advisors LLC68,859$46.4M0.44%+7,551+12.3%Added
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)69,732$46.0M0.57%+35,492+103.7%Added
Granite Bay Wealth Management, LLC77,577$46.0M0.41%−1,425−1.8%Reduced
New York Life Investment Management LLC69,149$45.6M0.47%−4,401−6.0%Reduced
Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd68,743$45.4M0.27%−1,942−2.7%Reduced
Flputnam Investment Management Co68,482$45.2M1.07%+949+1.4%Added
Intech Investment Management LLC68,016$44.9M0.65%+14,866+28.0%Added
Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co67,935$44.8M1.60%−1,984−2.8%Reduced
Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc.67,522$44.6M0.89%+46,774+225.4%Added
Investment House LLC66,483$43.9M3.10%−463−0.7%Reduced
Natixis66,313$43.8M0.33%−139,879−67.8%Reduced
State of Alaska, Department of Revenue65,544$43.3M0.52%−3,725−5.4%Reduced
Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd64,864$42.9M0.51%+20,046+44.7%Added
AE Wealth Management LLC62,260$42.8M0.22%+4,830+8.4%Added
Yousif Capital Management, LLC64,699$42.7M0.50%−1,717−2.6%Reduced
EULAV Asset Management63,803$42.1M1.30%00.0%Unchanged
Cannell Peter B & Co Inc62,959$41.6M1.32%−211−0.3%Reduced
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund62,318$41.1M0.69%+3,296+5.6%Added
Nippon Life Global Investors Americas, Inc.61,110$41.1M2.29%+1,090+1.8%Added
Dundas Partners LLP62,170$41.0M3.58%00.0%Unchanged
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System62,000$40.9M0.85%−600−1.0%Reduced
BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S61,761$40.8M0.87%+1,561+2.6%Added
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd61,411$40.5M0.24%+45,115+276.8%Added
Congress Wealth Management LLC61,190$40.4M0.74%+818+1.4%Added
Allianz Asset Management GmbH61,039$40.3M0.07%−18,989−23.7%Reduced
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC61,001$40.3M0.33%+5,295+9.5%Added
Violich Capital Management, Inc.60,640$40.0M6.50%−665−1.1%Reduced
Railway Pension Investments Ltd60,142$39.7M0.41%00.0%Unchanged
Norman Fields, Gottscho Capital Management, LLC59,723$39.4M15.72%−250.0%Reduced
B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG59,686$39.4M0.50%−2,435−3.9%Reduced
Mutual of America Capital Management LLC59,288$39.1M0.45%−2,768−4.5%Reduced
Klingenstein Fields & Co LP59,246$39.1M1.74%−1,810−3.0%Reduced
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd58,983$38.9M0.95%−7,500−11.3%Reduced
Howard Capital Management Group, LLC58,898$38.9M3.37%−1,456−2.4%Reduced
Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC58,847$38.8M0.99%+1,599+2.8%Added
Vontobel Holding Ltd.58,688$38.7M0.32%−6,034−9.3%Reduced
Asset Advisors Investment Management, LLC58,578$38.7M4.72%−61−0.1%Reduced
Ieq Capital, LLC58,099$38.3M0.64%+1,756+3.1%Added
United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund58,089$38.3M1.95%00.0%Unchanged
Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc.57,474$38.2M0.48%+1,629+2.9%Added
Whittier Trust Co57,380$37.9M0.61%−71−0.1%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.57,364$37.9M0.05%−52,615−47.8%Reduced
Pacific Heights Asset Management LLC57,000$37.6M3.22%00.0%Unchanged
Smith Chas P & Associates Pa Cpas56,516$37.3M2.46%+1,653+3.0%Added
Gunn & Co Investment Management, Inc.56,516$37.3M2.46%+51,456+1,016.9%Added
Private Advisor Group, LLC56,059$37.0M0.29%+2,473+4.6%Added
Pittenger & Anderson Inc55,926$36.9M1.65%−552−1.0%Reduced
Ocean Capital Management, LLC55,214$36.4M14.74%+530+1.0%Added
Pacer Advisors, Inc.54,786$36.2M0.10%+6,979+14.6%Added
Cresset Asset Management, LLC53,796$36.2M0.22%+2,774+5.4%Added
Randolph Co Inc54,585$36.0M4.79%+230.0%Added
Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC54,357$35.9M0.50%−66,916−55.2%Reduced
Baldwin Brothers Inc53,344$35.2M2.77%−438−0.8%Reduced
Invictus Private Wealth, LLC53,018$35.0M3.42%−71−0.1%Reduced
General American Investors Co Inc53,000$35.0M2.89%00.0%Unchanged
Ofi Invest Asset Management57,647$34.4M1.16%−36,104−38.5%Reduced
Rafferty Asset Management, LLC52,134$34.4M0.15%+3,148+6.4%Added
Main Street Research LLC50,706$34.2M2.75%+42,835+544.2%Added
Agf Management Ltd51,218$33.8M0.20%−2,802−5.2%Reduced
British Columbia Investment Management Corp50,965$33.6M0.27%+10,639+26.4%Added
WS Management LLLP50,746$33.5M3.29%00.0%Unchanged
Guardian Capital LP50,624$33.4M1.20%−1,571−3.0%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Ltd50,602$33.4M0.44%−434−0.9%Reduced
Ziegler Capital Management, LLC50,028$33.0M1.50%−1,012−2.0%Reduced
Wealthfront Advisers LLC49,816$32.9M0.13%−71−0.1%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC49,684$32.8M0.03%−261,433−84.0%Reduced
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund49,602$32.7M0.58%−8,632−14.8%Reduced
HRT Financial LP49,499$32.7M0.24%+29,606+148.8%Added
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC49,356$32.6M0.43%+2,510+5.4%Added
QRG Capital Management, Inc.49,224$32.5M0.48%+7,609+18.3%Added
Prime Capital Investment Advisors, LLC48,857$32.2M0.49%+11,403+30.4%Added
Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD.48,594$32.1M0.60%−340−0.7%Reduced
Sanibel Captiva Trust Company, Inc.48,140$31.8M1.17%+48,140New
Cumberland Partners Ltd54,974$31.8M2.91%+502+0.9%Added
Trust Co of Vermont47,748$31.5M2.10%−2,436−4.9%Reduced
Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC47,610$31.4M1.67%−1,751−3.5%Reduced
Gratus Capital LLC47,572$31.4M1.78%−184−0.4%Reduced
Madison Asset Management, LLC47,316$31.2M0.42%−860−1.8%Reduced
Rempart Asset Management Inc.47,295$31.2M6.45%−917−1.9%Reduced
Trexquant Investment LP47,095$31.1M0.70%−11,751−20.0%Reduced
Pinnacle Associates Ltd46,361$30.6M0.51%+237+0.5%Added
Dakota Wealth Management46,183$30.6M1.19%+12,909+38.8%Added
YHB Investment Advisors, Inc.46,086$30.4M2.95%−2,985−6.1%Reduced
Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC45,925$30.3M0.38%+35,529+341.8%Added
Parallel Advisors, LLC45,926$30.3M0.90%+201+0.4%Added
Chilton Capital Management LLC45,924$30.3M1.54%−697−1.5%Reduced
Wedbush Securities Inc43,865$29.0M1.28%−1,035−2.3%Reduced
Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc.44,413$28.9M1.05%+44,413New
Achmea Investment Management B.V.43,696$28.8M0.60%−2,538−5.5%Reduced
Tokio Marine Asset Management Co Ltd43,626$28.8M1.59%−5,765−11.7%Reduced
Front Street Capital Management, Inc.43,625$28.8M5.75%−718−1.6%Reduced
TruWealth Advisors, LLC43,150$28.5M2.17%−65−0.2%Reduced
CWM, LLC42,955$28.4M0.15%+7,552+21.3%Added
Estabrook Capital Management42,796$28.2M4.61%−977−2.2%Reduced
Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners, LLC41,389$27.9M2.96%+41,389New
Storebrand Asset Management AS42,177$27.8M0.10%+769+1.9%Added
Marco Investment Management LLC41,939$27.7M2.84%−739−1.7%Reduced