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, Q1 2025
Institutional positions in Costco Wholesale Corp as of Mar 31, 2025. 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
- 3,953
- +81 vs. Q4 2024
- Shares held
- 304.6M
- +3.58M (+1.2%) vs. Q4 2024
- Total value
- $287.8B
- +$12.1B (+4.4%) vs. Q4 2024
- New holders
- 203
- 1,605 more added
- Sold out
- 122
- 1,683 more reduced
70 institutions that held it in Q4 2024 haven't filed for Q1 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q4 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 42,644,711 | $40.3B | 0.73% | +443,101+1.0% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 34,932,168 | $33.0B | 0.70% | +170,677+0.5% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 18,235,309 | $17.2B | 0.71% | +149,938+0.8% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 10,124,212 | $9.55B | 0.75% | +385,037+4.0% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 9,518,862 | $9.00B | 0.57% | +61,038+0.6% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 9,514,874 | $9.00B | 0.64% | −59,774−0.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 6,710,789 | $6.35B | 0.56% | −110,645−1.6% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 5,608,976 | $5.30B | 0.74% | −46,907−0.8% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 5,109,095 | $4.83B | 0.72% | −148,714−2.8% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 4,332,009 | $4.10B | 1.48% | +18,045+0.4% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 4,170,799 | $3.94B | 0.78% | −162,034−3.7% | Reduced |
| Capital World Investors | 4,000,157 | $3.78B | 0.61% | +9,200+0.2% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 3,907,670 | $3.70B | 0.70% | +191,985+5.2% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 3,833,927 | $3.63B | 0.81% | −354,179−8.5% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 3,659,581 | $3.46B | 1.09% | +3,659,581 | New |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 3,610,063 | $3.41B | 0.26% | +88,999+2.5% | Added |
| Jennison Associates LLC | 3,357,630 | $3.18B | 2.23% | +125,441+3.9% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 3,226,620 | $3.05B | 0.78% | −57,532−1.8% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 3,144,134 | $2.97B | 0.72% | +13,570+0.4% | Added |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 3,131,239 | $2.96B | 1.28% | +53,334+1.7% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 3,011,397 | $2.85B | 0.53% | +111,493+3.8% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 2,856,225 | $2.70B | 0.51% | −330,265−10.4% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 2,729,159 | $2.58B | 0.57% | +64,556+2.4% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 2,658,383 | $2.51B | 0.68% | +45,752+1.8% | Added |
| Amundi | 1,996,162 | $1.93B | 0.70% | −303,373−13.2% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,997,863 | $1.89B | 0.47% | +35,113+1.8% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 1,705,815 | $1.61B | 0.20% | −8,187−0.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 1,605,269 | $1.52B | 0.81% | −154,231−8.8% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,544,958 | $1.46B | 0.40% | +27,491+1.8% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,486,284 | $1.41B | 0.56% | +30,714+2.1% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 1,469,538 | $1.39B | 0.63% | +33,725+2.3% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 1,335,929 | $1.26B | 0.48% | −13,062−1.0% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 1,310,592 | $1.24B | 0.76% | −96,914−6.9% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 1,252,000 | $1.18B | 0.84% | +3000.0% | Added |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 1,248,319 | $1.18B | 0.82% | −465,458−27.2% | Reduced |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 1,227,295 | $1.16B | 1.90% | −146,873−10.7% | Reduced |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 1,203,857 | $1.14B | 2.03% | +135,085+12.6% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,178,273 | $1.11B | 0.63% | −83,235−6.6% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 1,129,346 | $1.07B | 0.98% | −68,846−5.7% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,074,587 | $1.02B | 0.72% | +17,654+1.7% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 1,049,423 | $990.7M | 0.66% | −671−0.1% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 975,377 | $922.5M | 0.36% | +61,632+6.7% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 939,764 | $888.8M | 0.26% | −47,373−4.8% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 939,014 | $887.6M | 0.74% | −38,957−4.0% | Reduced |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 898,653 | $849.9M | 0.18% | +123,112+15.9% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 883,977 | $836.0M | 0.78% | −3110.0% | Reduced |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 876,584 | $829.1M | 1.49% | +101,220+13.1% | Added |
| National Pension Service | 861,645 | $814.9M | 0.78% | +39,012+4.7% | Added |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 858,243 | $811.7M | 0.75% | +96,035+12.6% | Added |
| Everett Harris & Co | 847,191 | $801.3M | 10.29% | −4,758−0.6% | Reduced |
| National Bank of Canada | 812,188 | $768.1M | 0.90% | +371,706+84.4% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 734,430 | $694.8M | 0.74% | −3,064−0.4% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 702,842 | $664.7M | 0.82% | −3,355−0.5% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 669,378 | $633.1M | 0.48% | +132,025+24.6% | Added |
| Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd | 653,855 | $618.4M | 4.19% | +1,712+0.3% | Added |
| Emerald Advisors, LLC | 647,523 | $612.4M | 81.39% | +4,013+0.6% | Added |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 647,188 | $612.1M | 1.38% | +79,451+14.0% | Added |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 605,173 | $572.4M | 1.10% | −10,120−1.6% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 596,414 | $564.1M | 0.18% | +15,019+2.6% | Added |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 580,290 | $548.8M | 0.29% | −3,520−0.6% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 569,978 | $539.1M | 0.41% | −141,812−19.9% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 567,848 | $537.1M | 0.79% | −29,225−4.9% | Reduced |
| Provident Trust Co | 564,669 | $534.1M | 9.97% | −250,671−30.7% | Reduced |
| Blair William & Co | 548,899 | $519.1M | 1.57% | −39,157−6.7% | Reduced |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 546,047 | $516.4M | 0.69% | +442,970+429.7% | Added |
| Brown Advisory Inc | 545,260 | $515.7M | 0.74% | −58,639−9.7% | Reduced |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 553,554 | $514.6M | 0.52% | −34,474−5.9% | Reduced |
| US Bancorp | 532,399 | $503.6M | 0.67% | −11,765−2.2% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 526,275 | $497.7M | 0.49% | +256,275+94.9% | Added |
| Capital International Investors | 515,757 | $487.7M | 0.10% | +113,904+28.3% | Added |
| Parnassus Investments | 507,363 | $479.9M | 1.15% | −203,468−28.6% | Reduced |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 488,840 | $462.3M | 0.72% | +74,565+18.0% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 487,102 | $460.7M | 0.55% | +363,451+293.9% | Added |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 453,339 | $428.8M | 0.83% | −133,245−22.7% | Reduced |
| Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC. | 443,562 | $419.5M | 5.36% | −8,041−1.8% | Reduced |
| Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado | 442,552 | $418.6M | 1.79% | −20,624−4.5% | Reduced |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 432,534 | $409.1M | 0.88% | +16,788+4.0% | Added |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 439,093 | $408.4M | 0.42% | +136,876+45.3% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 430,018 | $406.7M | 0.36% | +108,809+33.9% | Added |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 428,399 | $405.2M | 0.80% | +1,940+0.5% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 427,359 | $404.2M | 0.57% | +20,604+5.1% | Added |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc. | 426,717 | $403.6M | 1.29% | +1,709+0.4% | Added |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 416,592 | $394.0M | 0.53% | −32,307−7.2% | Reduced |
| Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec | 403,905 | $382.0M | 0.80% | +65,579+19.4% | Added |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 402,455 | $380.6M | 0.87% | −67,992−14.5% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 408,549 | $379.8M | 0.21% | −9,272−2.2% | Reduced |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 386,991 | $366.0M | 0.75% | +14,841+4.0% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 385,434 | $365.1M | 0.64% | −2,001−0.5% | Reduced |
| Chilton Investment Co LLC | 382,685 | $361.9M | 8.83% | +3,550+0.9% | Added |
| Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. | 382,277 | $361.5M | 0.67% | −4,918−1.3% | Reduced |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 381,354 | $357.4M | 0.70% | +154,373+68.0% | Added |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 374,659 | $354.3M | 1.90% | −10,693−2.8% | Reduced |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 371,795 | $351.6M | 0.75% | +9,501+2.6% | Added |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 371,736 | $351.6M | 0.78% | +104,464+39.1% | Added |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 396,217 | $346.9M | 1.08% | +19,402+5.1% | Added |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 364,139 | $344.4M | 0.79% | −14,543−3.8% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 362,772 | $343.1M | 0.35% | −9,455−2.5% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 358,517 | $339.1M | 0.38% | +51,252+16.7% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 357,075 | $337.7M | 0.48% | −29,305−7.6% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 357,112 | $337.7M | 0.56% | +961+0.3% | Added |