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, Q3 2024
Institutional positions in Costco Wholesale Corp as of Sep 30, 2024. 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
- 3,591
- +107 vs. Q2 2024
- Shares held
- 308.6M
- +38.0M (+14.1%) vs. Q2 2024
- Total value
- $266.7B
- +$37.1B (+16.2%) vs. Q2 2024
- New holders
- 191
- 1,483 more added
- Sold out
- 84
- 1,440 more reduced
43 institutions that held it in Q2 2024 haven't filed for Q3 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 2024: 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, Q3 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q2 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 41,746,567 | $37.0B | 0.66% | +373,021+0.9% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 33,555,577 | $29.7B | 0.63% | +33,555,577 | New |
| State Street Corp | 18,042,064 | $16.0B | 0.65% | −586,023−3.1% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 9,487,057 | $8.38B | 0.68% | +162,191+1.7% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 9,448,475 | $8.38B | 0.61% | +8,379+0.1% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 9,308,615 | $8.25B | 0.50% | +324,973+3.6% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 7,079,335 | $6.28B | 0.55% | −169,940−2.3% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 5,511,361 | $4.89B | 0.68% | +197,929+3.7% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 4,670,506 | $4.14B | 0.68% | −153,204−3.2% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 4,477,807 | $3.97B | 0.74% | −337,054−7.0% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 4,376,417 | $3.88B | 1.30% | +60,073+1.4% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 4,024,764 | $3.57B | 0.79% | +15,030+0.4% | Added |
| Capital World Investors | 3,972,060 | $3.52B | 0.55% | +56,696+1.4% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 3,672,419 | $3.26B | 0.63% | +599,540+19.5% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 3,582,081 | $3.18B | 0.25% | −173,879−4.6% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 3,519,532 | $3.12B | 0.88% | −144,338−3.9% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 3,487,826 | $3.09B | 0.59% | +384,256+12.4% | Added |
| Jennison Associates LLC | 3,399,127 | $3.01B | 1.87% | +125,444+3.8% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 3,273,248 | $2.90B | 0.70% | −28,556−0.9% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 3,075,065 | $2.73B | 0.70% | +70,561+2.3% | Added |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 3,034,491 | $2.69B | 1.10% | +78,590+2.7% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 2,808,255 | $2.49B | 0.48% | +32,074+1.2% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 2,702,086 | $2.40B | 0.63% | −123,063−4.4% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 2,588,645 | $2.29B | 0.64% | +26,172+1.0% | Added |
| Amundi | 2,067,566 | $1.84B | 0.68% | −188,122−8.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 1,873,555 | $1.66B | 0.78% | +49,280+2.7% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,803,904 | $1.60B | 0.39% | +265,826+17.3% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 1,728,411 | $1.53B | 0.18% | +28,872+1.7% | Added |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 1,608,015 | $1.43B | 1.00% | +329,107+25.7% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,511,718 | $1.34B | 0.34% | −62,216−4.0% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 1,426,956 | $1.27B | 0.73% | +32,896+2.4% | Added |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 1,381,446 | $1.22B | 1.93% | −42,804−3.0% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 1,315,900 | $1.17B | 0.76% | +2,800+0.2% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,305,951 | $1.16B | 0.63% | −28,413−2.1% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,292,678 | $1.15B | 0.47% | +178,113+16.0% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 1,240,791 | $1.10B | 0.48% | −120,134−8.8% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 1,192,071 | $1.06B | 0.93% | −44,131−3.6% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,056,273 | $936.4M | 0.65% | +22,585+2.2% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 1,052,656 | $933.7M | 0.58% | −100,573−8.7% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 988,380 | $879.4M | 0.25% | −13,405−1.3% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 990,885 | $878.4M | 0.69% | −21,632−2.1% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 899,549 | $797.5M | 0.72% | −21,372−2.3% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 876,365 | $776.9M | 0.47% | −19,168−2.1% | Reduced |
| Everett Harris & Co | 855,370 | $758.3M | 9.40% | −3,587−0.4% | Reduced |
| Provident Trust Co | 838,129 | $743.0M | 13.40% | −2,356−0.3% | Reduced |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 830,171 | $736.0M | 0.70% | −36,137−4.2% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 818,807 | $725.9M | 0.32% | +57,370+7.5% | Added |
| National Pension Service | 812,686 | $720.5M | 0.69% | +108,643+15.4% | Added |
| Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd | 801,658 | $710.7M | 4.20% | +97,980+13.9% | Added |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 784,653 | $695.6M | 1.15% | +1,356+0.2% | Added |
| Parnassus Investments | 762,199 | $675.7M | 1.43% | −937−0.1% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 752,160 | $666.8M | 0.65% | −145,774−16.2% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 738,627 | $655.0M | 0.69% | −24,719−3.2% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 724,485 | $642.3M | 0.75% | −1,527−0.2% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 703,044 | $623.2M | 0.67% | +53,307+8.2% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 691,761 | $613.3M | 0.57% | +46,547+7.2% | Added |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 686,405 | $608.5M | 1.26% | −149,842−17.9% | Reduced |
| Brown Advisory Inc | 654,745 | $580.4M | 0.73% | −79,630−10.8% | Reduced |
| Emerald Advisors, LLC | 626,951 | $557.7M | 80.72% | −5,512−0.9% | Reduced |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 627,348 | $556.2M | 1.10% | −64,346−9.3% | Reduced |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 610,775 | $541.5M | 1.05% | −14,797−2.4% | Reduced |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 601,235 | $533.0M | 0.89% | +34,371+6.1% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 600,177 | $532.1M | 0.72% | −39,152−6.1% | Reduced |
| Blair William & Co | 588,458 | $521.7M | 1.53% | +19,805+3.5% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 562,988 | $499.1M | 0.16% | −103,025−15.5% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 560,010 | $496.5M | 0.32% | +1,126+0.2% | Added |
| Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado | 556,533 | $493.4M | 1.96% | −34,669−5.9% | Reduced |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 555,682 | $492.1M | 0.50% | −109,013−16.4% | Reduced |
| US Bancorp | 552,314 | $489.7M | 0.63% | −4,659−0.8% | Reduced |
| National Bank of Canada | 483,456 | $428.6M | 0.58% | +126,732+35.5% | Added |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 473,672 | $419.9M | 1.03% | +29,890+6.7% | Added |
| Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC. | 465,564 | $412.7M | 4.84% | −5,421−1.2% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 453,869 | $402.8M | 0.70% | −87,165−16.1% | Reduced |
| C WorldWide Group Holding A/S | 444,836 | $394.4M | 4.09% | −156,919−26.1% | Reduced |
| Swedbank AB | 443,747 | $393.4M | 0.50% | +6,495+1.5% | Added |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 432,151 | $383.1M | 0.08% | +390+0.1% | Added |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 431,964 | $382.9M | 0.84% | +18,754+4.5% | Added |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 429,891 | $381.1M | 0.73% | −9,526−2.2% | Reduced |
| Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec | 428,956 | $380.3M | 0.76% | +75,023+21.2% | Added |
| Brown Brothers Harriman & Co | 428,179 | $379.6M | 2.58% | −5,335−1.2% | Reduced |
| AXA S.A. | 427,379 | $378.9M | 1.12% | −12,900−2.9% | Reduced |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc. | 423,947 | $375.8M | 1.15% | −5,672−1.3% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 418,773 | $371.2M | 0.19% | −167,902−28.6% | Reduced |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 412,578 | $365.8M | 0.91% | +135,120+48.7% | Added |
| Axiom Investors LLC | 409,793 | $363.3M | 3.19% | −29,168−6.6% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 404,181 | $358.3M | 0.35% | −35,172−8.0% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 401,704 | $356.1M | 0.54% | −11,771−2.8% | Reduced |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 399,302 | $354.0M | 0.73% | −16,485−4.0% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 396,711 | $351.7M | 0.47% | +3,090+0.8% | Added |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 393,817 | $345.8M | 0.81% | +5,138+1.3% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 385,397 | $341.7M | 0.48% | −7,671−2.0% | Reduced |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 384,175 | $340.6M | 0.75% | +71,898+23.0% | Added |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 382,584 | $339.4M | 0.49% | −1,522−0.4% | Reduced |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 382,139 | $338.8M | 0.76% | +6,293+1.7% | Added |
| Chilton Investment Co LLC | 380,682 | $337.5M | 8.84% | −3,965−1.0% | Reduced |
| Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. | 375,198 | $332.6M | 0.59% | +13,571+3.8% | Added |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 371,483 | $329.3M | 1.76% | −548−0.1% | Reduced |
| Capital International Investors | 363,066 | $321.9M | 0.06% | +2,122+0.6% | Added |
| Korea Investment CORP | 360,520 | $319.6M | 0.76% | +25,958+7.8% | Added |
| Loomis Sayles & Co L P | 353,454 | $313.3M | 0.41% | +5,253+1.5% | Added |