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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 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.

Institutional holdersQ4 2024: 3,942 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 2024: $279.6B
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 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q3 2024.

Institutions holding COST in Q4 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Nissay Asset Management Corp129,825$122.0M0.74%+2,133+1.7%Added
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd.128,977$120.9M0.49%+15,805+14.0%Added
Marsico Capital Management LLC131,489$120.5M3.28%−1,035−0.8%Reduced
Toronto Dominion Bank130,958$120.0M0.23%−83,822−39.0%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership130,403$119.5M0.10%+29,043+28.7%Added
KBC Group NV130,110$119.2M0.33%+41,904+47.5%Added
Bowen Hanes & Co Inc128,984$118.2M3.17%−1,117−0.9%Reduced
Arizona State Retirement System128,775$118.0M0.72%+1,692+1.3%Added
Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB (publ)128,556$117.8M0.66%+128,556New
STRS Ohio127,575$116.9M0.46%−8,601−6.3%Reduced
Davenport & Co LLC126,815$116.3M0.68%+580+0.5%Added
Comerica Bank126,561$116.0M0.47%−7,505−5.6%Reduced
CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC124,840$115.8M0.21%−5,632−4.3%Reduced
Sanctuary Advisors, LLC117,003$114.5M0.72%−2,939−2.5%Reduced
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.124,596$114.2M0.38%+1,337+1.1%Added
Forsta Ap-Fonden123,700$113.3M0.81%+7,800+6.7%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.123,651$113.3M0.12%−3,533−2.8%Reduced
Van Eck Associates Corp121,630$111.4M0.14%−1,662−1.3%Reduced
Glenmede Trust Co NA120,793$110.7M0.57%−9,718−7.4%Reduced
KCM Investment Advisors LLC119,830$109.8M3.79%−1,703−1.4%Reduced
Wedbush Securities Inc119,435$109.4M3.90%+1,937+1.6%Added
Nan Shan Life Insurance Co., Ltd.118,406$108.5M2.61%+56,508+91.3%Added
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC118,297$108.4M0.30%+1,001+0.9%Added
Pictet & Cie (Europe) SA117,254$107.4M2.36%+36,384+45.0%Added
Evercore Wealth Management, LLC114,472$104.9M1.57%−1,327−1.1%Reduced
Xponance, Inc.112,846$103.4M0.94%+1,519+1.4%Added
Commerce Bank112,685$103.2M0.64%−2,012−1.8%Reduced
Employees Retirement System of Texas112,149$102.8M0.88%00.0%Unchanged
Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec110,369$101.1M0.51%+3,539+3.3%Added
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.110,094$100.9M0.45%+4,473+4.2%Added
Kornitzer Capital Management Inc108,684$99.6M1.95%−6,268−5.5%Reduced
Mercer Global Advisors Inc109,294$99.4M0.24%−284,523−72.2%Reduced
MML Investors Services, LLC108,238$99.2M0.34%+7,422+7.4%Added
Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC107,849$98.8M3.55%−2,028−1.8%Reduced
Amalgamated Bank107,683$98.7M0.81%−2,296−2.1%Reduced
Calamos Advisors LLC107,588$98.6M0.45%−159−0.1%Reduced
Man Group plc106,396$97.5M0.30%−16,102−13.1%Reduced
Nicholas Company, Inc.105,435$96.6M1.56%00.0%Unchanged
Davis R M Inc104,103$95.4M1.86%−886−0.8%Reduced
Marshall Wace, LLP103,077$94.4M0.12%+101,099+5,111.2%Added
Mogy Joel R Investment Counsel Inc101,194$92.7M5.51%−67−0.1%Reduced
Sapient Capital LLC101,099$92.6M1.77%−5,036−4.7%Reduced
Public Sector Pension Investment Board100,278$91.9M0.39%+47,965+91.7%Added
BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S99,289$91.0M0.96%+6,708+7.2%Added
MAI Capital Management98,107$89.9M0.67%+11,737+13.6%Added
Erste Asset Management GmbH96,059$89.6M1.10%−5,696−5.6%Reduced
Gateway Investment Advisers LLC97,109$89.0M0.99%−8,275−7.9%Reduced
Holocene Advisors, LP97,000$88.9M0.29%+97,000New
Oppenheimer & Co Inc96,657$88.6M1.32%+2,541+2.7%Added
Regions Financial Corp96,427$88.4M0.65%−1,915−1.9%Reduced
GF Fund Management Co. Ltd.96,361$88.3M1.93%+96,361New
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.96,271$88.2M1.21%−1,261−1.3%Reduced
Czech National Bank96,068$88.0M0.82%+5,756+6.4%Added
I.G.Y. Ltd96,011$88.0M36.66%00.0%Unchanged
Northeast Investment Management95,953$87.9M3.90%−1,094−1.1%Reduced
Umb Bank N A95,080$87.1M1.38%−16,555−14.8%Reduced
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt Sys94,211$86.3M0.54%−2,299−2.4%Reduced
Chicago Capital, LLC94,094$86.2M2.29%−1,422−1.5%Reduced
Badgley Phelps Wealth Managers, LLC92,718$85.0M1.98%−1,830−1.9%Reduced
United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC91,345$83.7M0.71%−7,299−7.4%Reduced
Worldly Partners Management, LLC91,031$83.4M43.64%+615+0.7%Added
Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super90,544$83.0M1.32%+90,544New
Fjarde Ap-Fonden /Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund90,256$82.7M0.84%−3,200−3.4%Reduced
Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp89,893$82.4M1.19%−3,593−3.8%Reduced
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC90,217$82.1M0.13%−20,564−18.6%Reduced
DnB Asset Management AS89,582$82.1M0.36%+9,115+11.3%Added
Atalanta Sosnoff Capital, LLC88,036$80.7M1.75%−7,957−8.3%Reduced
Donaldson Capital Management, LLC87,190$79.9M3.05%+1,085+1.3%Added
Tredje AP-fonden87,131$79.8M0.72%−3,500−3.9%Reduced
Voloridge Investment Management, LLC85,771$78.6M0.28%+85,771New
Johnson Investment Counsel Inc85,650$78.5M0.77%−2,583−2.9%Reduced
British Columbia Investment Management Corp84,846$77.7M0.46%+10,874+14.7%Added
GWM Advisors LLC84,274$77.2M0.46%+1,687+2.0%Added
USS Investment Management Ltd82,949$76.0M0.55%−764−0.9%Reduced
Kames Capital plc82,023$75.2M0.99%−25,193−23.5%Reduced
Aristotle Atlantic Partners, LLC81,549$74.7M2.35%−3,629−4.3%Reduced
Hosking Partners LLP81,069$74.3M2.91%+1,437+1.8%Added
Bridgewater Associates, LP80,394$73.7M0.34%−88,497−52.4%Reduced
Financial Counselors Inc80,302$73.6M1.07%−829−1.0%Reduced
IFM Investors Pty Ltd79,787$73.1M0.74%−7,547−8.6%Reduced
Crestwood Advisors Group LLC79,284$72.6M1.36%−2,566−3.1%Reduced
Stonegate Investment Group, LLC77,231$70.8M1.89%−378−0.5%Reduced
Gabelli Funds LLC77,005$70.6M0.53%−1,760−2.2%Reduced
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC76,996$70.5M0.60%+4,782+6.6%Added
ING Groep NV76,714$70.3M0.47%−52,429−40.6%Reduced
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.76,608$69.5M0.94%−14,551−16.0%Reduced
Quantinno Capital Management LP75,549$69.2M0.68%+21,752+40.4%Added
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC74,864$68.6M0.38%+5,844+8.5%Added
Norinchukin Bank, The74,772$68.5M1.45%−4,859−6.1%Reduced
Destination Wealth Management74,459$68.2M2.13%−2,802−3.6%Reduced
Groupe la Francaise65,877$67.8M1.74%+65,877New
Utah Retirement Systems73,552$67.4M0.74%+173+0.2%Added
Benjamin Edwards Inc72,826$66.9M0.96%+2,222+3.1%Added
Hollencrest Capital Management72,891$66.8M2.69%−320.0%Reduced
Fiera Capital Corp72,818$66.7M0.21%−5,789−7.4%Reduced
Meitav Dash Investments Ltd72,175$66.1M1.11%−170.0%Reduced
Windward Capital Management Co71,948$65.9M5.04%−1,685−2.3%Reduced
Nippon Life Global Investors Americas, Inc.71,850$65.8M3.03%−8,290−10.3%Reduced
Private Advisor Group, LLC69,695$63.9M0.36%+4,315+6.6%Added
Chesley Taft & Associates LLC69,451$63.6M2.95%−1,340−1.9%Reduced