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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, 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
3,590
+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.

Institutional holdersQ3 2024: 3,590 institutions
Q1 2021: 2,359 institutionsQ2 2021: 2,394 institutionsQ3 2021: 2,463 institutionsQ4 2021: 2,823 institutionsQ1 2022: 2,862 institutionsQ2 2022: 2,784 institutionsQ3 2022: 2,825 institutionsQ4 2022: 2,938 institutionsQ1 2023: 2,943 institutionsQ2 2023: 3,041 institutionsQ3 2023: 3,077 institutionsQ4 2023: 3,343 institutionsQ1 2024: 3,419 institutionsQ2 2024: 3,526 institutionsQ3 2024: 3,590 institutionsQ4 2024: 3,941 institutionsQ1 2025: 3,952 institutionsQ2 2025: 4,011 institutionsQ3 2025: 3,941 institutionsQ4 2025: 4,138 institutionsQ1 2026: 4,274 institutionsQ2 2026: 4,261 institutions
Value heldQ3 2024: $266.7B
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 20264,274$311.5B
Q4 20254,138$272.0B
Q3 20253,941$274.4B
Q2 20254,011$302.3B
Q1 20253,952$287.8B
Q4 20243,941$279.6B
Q3 20243,590$266.7B
Q2 20243,526$258.3B
Q1 20243,419$222.0B
Q4 20233,343$201.0B
Q3 20233,077$169.9B
Q2 20233,041$162.0B
Q1 20232,943$149.2B
Q4 20222,938$137.2B
Q3 20222,825$141.6B
Q2 20222,784$143.4B
Q1 20222,862$172.4B
Q4 20212,823$170.2B
Q3 20212,463$134.3B
Q2 20212,394$119.0B
Q1 20212,359$104.1B

Institutions, Q3 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q2 2024.

Institutions holding COST in Q3 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Dearborn Partners LLC42,300$37.5M1.52%−14,748−25.9%Reduced
Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co42,134$37.4M0.80%+612+1.5%Added
Investment Management Corp of Ontario41,946$37.2M0.83%+13,697+48.5%Added
Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners, LLC41,625$36.9M3.10%−60−0.1%Reduced
Fiduciary Trust Co41,608$36.9M0.52%+247+0.6%Added
TruWealth Advisors, LLC41,583$36.9M2.26%−551−1.3%Reduced
Marco Investment Management LLC41,072$36.4M3.15%−137−0.3%Reduced
Baldwin Brothers Inc41,007$36.4M2.48%−388−0.9%Reduced
General American Investors Co Inc41,000$36.3M2.53%−1,000−2.4%Reduced
Andra AP-fonden41,000$36.3M0.54%+7,900+23.9%Added
Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC40,802$36.2M0.42%−1,628−3.8%Reduced
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP41,818$35.5M0.51%00.0%Unchanged
Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC40,085$35.5M1.67%−2,516−5.9%Reduced
Freestone Capital Holdings, LLC40,074$35.5M1.23%+3,382+9.2%Added
Chilton Capital Management LLC40,020$35.5M1.48%−2,580−6.1%Reduced
Baltimore-Washington Financial Advisors, Inc.39,973$35.4M1.91%+769+2.0%Added
Rempart Asset Management Inc.39,797$35.4M6.58%−2,356−5.6%Reduced
Tokio Marine Asset Management Co Ltd39,705$35.2M1.54%−250−0.6%Reduced
Highland Capital Management, LLC39,700$35.2M2.01%−221−0.6%Reduced
King Luther Capital Management Corp39,631$35.1M0.15%+225+0.6%Added
Assetmark, Inc39,631$35.1M0.10%+4,785+13.7%Added
Cadinha & Co LLC39,336$34.9M5.96%−281−0.7%Reduced
Estabrook Capital Management39,324$34.9M5.20%−1,348−3.3%Reduced
Advisors Capital Management, LLC39,287$34.8M0.57%−213−0.5%Reduced
Markel Group Inc.SuperinvestorMarkel Group39,150$34.7M0.31%00.0%Unchanged
Bailard, Inc.39,066$34.6M0.90%−109−0.3%Reduced
Avantax Advisory Services, Inc.38,893$34.5M0.23%−3,468−8.2%Reduced
Capital International Ltd38,684$34.3M1.48%+1,237+3.3%Added
Zacks Investment Management38,336$34.0M0.29%+710+1.9%Added
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund37,940$33.6M0.63%−181−0.5%Reduced
Lido Advisors, LLC37,787$33.5M0.25%−8,530−18.4%Reduced
CWA Asset Management Group, LLC37,679$33.4M1.78%+37,679New
united american securities inc. (d/b/a uas asset management)37,528$33.3M8.08%−478−1.3%Reduced
Synovus Financial Corp37,093$32.9M0.38%−460−1.2%Reduced
Adell Harriman & Carpenter Inc36,926$32.7M2.38%+615+1.7%Added
Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc36,514$32.4M2.38%−453−1.2%Reduced
Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc36,494$32.4M0.65%+1,801+5.2%Added
Lincoln Capital LLC36,402$32.3M6.82%−755−2.0%Reduced
Charter Trust Co36,368$32.2M2.06%−713−1.9%Reduced
Motley Fool Asset Management LLC36,695$32.2M1.90%+379+1.0%Added
Vancity Investment Management Ltd36,051$32.0M3.83%−36,989−50.6%Reduced
Clarity Financial LLC35,877$31.8M3.74%+7,812+27.8%Added
Great Lakes Advisors, LLC35,827$31.8M0.27%−6,954−16.3%Reduced
Private Wealth Partners, LLC35,636$31.6M2.52%+611+1.7%Added
Carnegie Capital Asset Management, LLC35,521$31.5M0.93%−117−0.3%Reduced
Aquatic Capital Management LLC35,480$31.5M0.82%+32,640+1,149.3%Added
Madison Asset Management, LLC35,458$31.4M0.35%−1,613−4.4%Reduced
Buffington Mohr McNeal35,337$31.3M5.15%+149+0.4%Added
Trajan Wealth LLC35,319$31.3M1.85%+3,276+10.2%Added
Rakuten Investment Management, Inc.35,204$31.2M0.18%+9,038+34.5%Added
Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP35,000$31.2M2.85%+35,000New
Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd35,005$31.0M0.80%−1,363−3.7%Reduced
Capitolis Liquid Global Markets LLC35,000$31.0M0.33%−37,000−51.4%Reduced
Nomura Holdings Inc34,852$30.9M0.23%+6,795+24.2%Added
Front Street Capital Management, Inc.34,725$30.8M4.98%−4,009−10.4%Reduced
Sonora Investment Management Group, LLC34,598$30.7M2.27%−59−0.2%Reduced
Pinnacle Associates Ltd46,361$30.6M0.53%+5,717+14.1%Added
Profund Advisors LLC34,316$30.4M1.15%−2,632−7.1%Reduced
Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital, LLC34,091$30.3M0.58%+17,174+101.5%Added
Ironvine Capital Partners, LLC33,750$29.9M3.21%+550+1.7%Added
Spire Wealth Management33,749$29.9M1.01%+4,459+15.2%Added
Harvey Investment Co LLC33,608$29.8M3.36%00.0%Unchanged
Shell Asset Management Co33,515$29.7M1.31%+33,515New
Retirement Planning Group33,411$29.6M1.61%+120+0.4%Added
Engineers Gate Manager LP33,296$29.5M0.58%+5,988+21.9%Added
Azimuth Capital Investment Management LLC33,294$29.5M1.15%+750+2.3%Added
Kiley Juergens Wealth Management, LLC33,187$29.4M7.64%+112+0.3%Added
Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC33,130$29.4M0.20%+67+0.2%Added
Independent Advisor Alliance32,981$29.2M1.06%−1,183−3.5%Reduced
Godsey & Gibb Associates32,849$29.1M2.79%−1,325−3.9%Reduced
Harvest Fund Management Co., Ltd32,858$29.1M1.73%+10,054+44.1%Added
Mediolanum International Funds Ltd32,711$28.9M0.40%−1,080−3.2%Reduced
Bokf, NA32,948$28.9M0.51%−825−2.4%Reduced
Blue Chip Partners, Inc.32,303$28.6M2.49%−437−1.3%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC32,220$28.6M0.03%+32,220New
Allworth Financial LP31,909$28.3M0.17%−528−1.6%Reduced
Envestnet Portfolio Solutions, Inc.31,662$28.1M0.09%−306−1.0%Reduced
Whittier Trust Co of Nevada Inc31,656$28.1M0.72%+1,680+5.6%Added
Barlow Wealth Partners, Inc.32,116$28.1M3.67%+416+1.3%Added
Dividend Assets Capital, LLC31,618$28.0M5.36%+222+0.7%Added
Independent Financial Group, LLC31,529$28.0M1.03%+5,730+22.2%Added
Empirical Financial Services, LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management31,522$27.9M0.79%−1,038−3.2%Reduced
Park National Corp31,458$27.9M0.98%−1,660−5.0%Reduced
CenterBook Partners LP31,431$27.9M1.71%+31,431New
Beese Fulmer Investment Management, Inc.31,088$27.6M2.37%−593−1.9%Reduced
North Point Portfolio Managers Corp31,066$27.5M4.42%−228−0.7%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC31,051$27.5M0.04%+26,108+528.2%Added
Washington Trust Co30,929$27.4M0.96%−662−2.1%Reduced
Kentucky Retirement Systems30,885$27.4M0.81%−2,536−7.6%Reduced
Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc.30,637$27.2M0.26%−996−3.1%Reduced
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)30,295$26.9M0.12%−3,274−9.8%Reduced
Auxano Advisors, LLC30,165$26.7M6.92%+369+1.2%Added
TownSquare Capital, LLC29,895$26.5M0.32%+1,068+3.7%Added
Trexquant Investment LP29,818$26.4M0.33%+11,599+63.7%Added
Papp L Roy & Associates29,450$26.1M3.16%−793−2.6%Reduced
Alpha Cubed Investments, LLC29,376$26.0M1.16%−4,500−13.3%Reduced
Weatherly Asset Management L. P.29,302$26.0M2.28%+46+0.2%Added
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd29,288$25.9M0.53%−18,612−38.9%Reduced
Factory Mutual Insurance Co29,200$25.9M0.27%−500−1.7%Reduced
Cornerstone Advisors, LLC29,200$25.9M1.02%+400+1.4%Added