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 2024
Institutional positions in Costco Wholesale Corp as of Dec 31, 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
- 3,942
- +422 vs. Q3 2024
- Shares held
- 305.2M
- −1.69M (−0.6%) vs. Q3 2024
- Total value
- $279.6B
- +$14.4B (+5.4%) vs. Q3 2024
- New holders
- 509
- 1,498 more added
- Sold out
- 87
- 1,460 more reduced
71 institutions that held it in Q3 2024 haven't filed for Q4 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q3 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 42,201,610 | $38.7B | 0.67% | +455,043+1.1% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 34,761,491 | $31.9B | 0.65% | +1,205,914+3.6% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 18,085,371 | $16.6B | 0.65% | +43,307+0.2% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 9,739,175 | $8.90B | 0.69% | +252,118+2.7% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 9,574,648 | $8.77B | 0.61% | +126,173+1.3% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 9,457,824 | $8.67B | 0.52% | +149,209+1.6% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 6,821,434 | $6.25B | 0.58% | −257,901−3.6% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 5,655,883 | $5.18B | 0.68% | +144,522+2.6% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 5,257,809 | $4.82B | 0.68% | +587,303+12.6% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 4,332,833 | $3.97B | 0.73% | −144,974−3.2% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 4,313,964 | $3.95B | 1.34% | −62,453−1.4% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 4,188,106 | $3.84B | 0.83% | +163,342+4.1% | Added |
| Capital World Investors | 3,990,957 | $3.66B | 0.56% | +18,897+0.5% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 3,715,685 | $3.40B | 0.63% | +43,266+1.2% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 3,521,064 | $3.23B | 0.26% | −61,017−1.7% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 3,503,384 | $3.21B | 0.91% | −16,148−0.5% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 3,284,152 | $3.01B | 0.70% | +209,087+6.8% | Added |
| Jennison Associates LLC | 3,232,189 | $2.96B | 1.80% | −166,938−4.9% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 3,186,490 | $2.92B | 0.56% | −301,336−8.6% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 3,130,564 | $2.87B | 0.69% | −142,684−4.4% | Reduced |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 3,077,905 | $2.82B | 1.12% | +43,414+1.4% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 2,899,904 | $2.66B | 0.49% | +91,649+3.3% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 2,664,603 | $2.44B | 0.55% | +75,958+2.9% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 2,612,631 | $2.39B | 0.63% | −89,455−3.3% | Reduced |
| Amundi | 2,299,535 | $2.13B | 0.74% | +231,969+11.2% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,962,750 | $1.80B | 0.43% | +158,846+8.8% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 1,759,500 | $1.61B | 0.81% | −114,055−6.1% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 1,714,002 | $1.57B | 0.18% | −14,409−0.8% | Reduced |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 1,713,777 | $1.57B | 1.05% | +105,762+6.6% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,517,467 | $1.39B | 0.36% | +5,749+0.4% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,455,570 | $1.33B | 0.52% | +162,892+12.6% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 1,435,813 | $1.32B | 0.65% | +195,022+15.7% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 1,407,506 | $1.29B | 0.74% | −19,450−1.4% | Reduced |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 1,374,168 | $1.25B | 2.08% | −7,278−0.5% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 1,348,991 | $1.24B | 0.46% | +1,348,991 | New |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,261,508 | $1.16B | 0.63% | −44,443−3.4% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 1,251,700 | $1.15B | 0.76% | −64,200−4.9% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 1,198,192 | $1.10B | 0.97% | +6,121+0.5% | Added |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 1,068,772 | $979.3M | 1.76% | +382,367+55.7% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,056,933 | $968.4M | 0.65% | +660+0.1% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 1,050,094 | $962.7M | 0.60% | −2,562−0.2% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 987,137 | $904.5M | 0.25% | −1,243−0.1% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 977,971 | $896.1M | 0.71% | −12,914−1.3% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 913,745 | $837.2M | 0.34% | +94,938+11.6% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 884,288 | $810.2M | 0.72% | −15,261−1.7% | Reduced |
| Everett Harris & Co | 851,949 | $780.6M | 9.86% | −3,421−0.4% | Reduced |
| National Pension Service | 822,633 | $753.8M | 0.71% | +9,947+1.2% | Added |
| Provident Trust Co | 815,340 | $747.1M | 12.93% | −22,789−2.7% | Reduced |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 775,541 | $710.6M | 0.15% | +343,390+79.5% | Added |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 775,364 | $710.4M | 1.16% | −9,289−1.2% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 762,208 | $698.6M | 0.68% | +59,164+8.4% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 737,494 | $675.9M | 0.70% | −1,133−0.2% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 711,790 | $652.2M | 0.50% | −40,370−5.4% | Reduced |
| Parnassus Investments | 710,831 | $651.3M | 1.45% | −51,368−6.7% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 706,197 | $647.1M | 0.76% | −18,288−2.5% | Reduced |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 705,326 | $646.3M | 0.62% | −124,845−15.0% | Reduced |
| Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd | 652,143 | $597.5M | 3.25% | −149,515−18.7% | Reduced |
| Emerald Advisors, LLC | 643,510 | $589.6M | 81.26% | +16,559+2.6% | Added |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 615,293 | $563.8M | 1.08% | +4,518+0.7% | Added |
| Brown Advisory Inc | 603,899 | $553.3M | 0.70% | −50,846−7.8% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 597,073 | $547.1M | 0.73% | −3,104−0.5% | Reduced |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 588,028 | $542.3M | 0.52% | +32,346+5.8% | Added |
| Blair William & Co | 588,056 | $538.8M | 1.57% | −402−0.1% | Reduced |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 586,584 | $537.5M | 1.02% | −40,764−6.5% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 583,810 | $534.9M | 0.36% | +23,800+4.2% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 581,395 | $532.7M | 0.17% | +18,407+3.3% | Added |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 567,737 | $520.2M | 1.19% | +94,065+19.9% | Added |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 555,784 | $509.2M | 0.91% | −45,451−7.6% | Reduced |
| US Bancorp | 544,164 | $498.6M | 0.65% | −8,150−1.5% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 537,353 | $492.4M | 0.47% | −154,408−22.3% | Reduced |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 470,447 | $430.9M | 0.99% | +88,308+23.1% | Added |
| Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado | 463,176 | $424.4M | 1.69% | −93,357−16.8% | Reduced |
| Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC. | 451,603 | $413.8M | 4.99% | −13,961−3.0% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 448,899 | $411.3M | 0.56% | +66,315+17.3% | Added |
| National Bank of Canada | 440,482 | $403.6M | 0.52% | −42,974−8.9% | Reduced |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 426,459 | $390.8M | 0.74% | −3,432−0.8% | Reduced |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc. | 425,008 | $389.4M | 1.19% | +1,061+0.3% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 417,821 | $382.8M | 0.19% | −952−0.2% | Reduced |
| Swedbank AB | 416,925 | $382.0M | 0.47% | −26,822−6.0% | Reduced |
| Brown Brothers Harriman & Co | 416,439 | $381.6M | 2.68% | −11,740−2.7% | Reduced |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 415,746 | $380.9M | 0.83% | −16,218−3.8% | Reduced |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 414,275 | $379.6M | 0.62% | +117,432+39.6% | Added |
| C WorldWide Group Holding A/S | 410,719 | $376.3M | 4.59% | −34,117−7.7% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 406,755 | $372.7M | 0.54% | +5,051+1.3% | Added |
| Capital International Investors | 401,853 | $368.2M | 0.07% | +38,787+10.7% | Added |
| AXA S.A. | 394,148 | $361.1M | 1.10% | −33,231−7.8% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 387,435 | $354.8M | 0.61% | −66,434−14.6% | Reduced |
| Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. | 387,195 | $354.8M | 0.62% | +11,997+3.2% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 386,380 | $354.0M | 0.49% | +983+0.3% | Added |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 385,352 | $353.1M | 1.86% | +13,869+3.7% | Added |
| Chilton Investment Co LLC | 379,135 | $347.4M | 8.93% | −1,547−0.4% | Reduced |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 378,682 | $347.0M | 0.73% | −20,620−5.2% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 372,227 | $341.1M | 0.34% | −31,954−7.9% | Reduced |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 372,150 | $339.6M | 0.74% | −12,025−3.1% | Reduced |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 376,815 | $333.4M | 0.93% | +199,226+112.2% | Added |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 363,566 | $333.1M | 0.97% | +191,520+111.3% | Added |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 362,294 | $332.0M | 0.70% | +13,730+3.9% | Added |
| Korea Investment CORP | 361,253 | $331.0M | 0.78% | +733+0.2% | Added |
| Mariner, LLC | 356,151 | $326.3M | 0.55% | +9,032+2.6% | Added |
| Axiom Investors LLC | 345,816 | $316.9M | 2.33% | −63,977−15.6% | Reduced |