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 2025
Institutional positions in Costco Wholesale Corp as of Sep 30, 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
- 3,942
- +1 vs. Q2 2025
- Shares held
- 296.9M
- −2.55M (−0.9%) vs. Q2 2025
- Total value
- $274.4B
- −$21.6B (−7.3%) vs. Q2 2025
- New holders
- 170
- 1,660 more added
- Sold out
- 169
- 1,589 more reduced
71 institutions that held it in Q2 2025 haven't filed for Q3 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 2025: 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 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q2 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 43,455,368 | $40.2B | 0.60% | +99,097+0.2% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 34,781,929 | $32.2B | 0.57% | −801,895−2.3% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 18,164,785 | $16.8B | 0.58% | −160,631−0.9% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 10,361,829 | $9.56B | 0.61% | +86,773+0.8% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 9,415,648 | $8.72B | 0.53% | −156,701−1.6% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 7,953,470 | $7.36B | 0.38% | −1,460,694−15.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 6,871,419 | $6.36B | 0.48% | −112,411−1.6% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 5,059,990 | $4.68B | 0.60% | +5,438+0.1% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 4,185,579 | $3.87B | 0.61% | −105,978−2.5% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 3,886,967 | $3.60B | 0.64% | +46,670+1.2% | Added |
| Capital World Investors | 3,859,636 | $3.57B | 0.49% | −88,964−2.3% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 3,688,791 | $3.41B | 0.49% | +617,351+20.1% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 3,347,362 | $3.10B | 0.56% | −88,286−2.6% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 3,261,077 | $3.02B | 0.19% | −105,046−3.1% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 3,202,862 | $2.96B | 0.47% | +125,062+4.1% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 3,165,920 | $2.93B | 0.60% | +51,443+1.7% | Added |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 3,145,241 | $2.91B | 1.05% | +34,826+1.1% | Added |
| Amundi | 3,176,606 | $2.89B | 0.93% | +986,182+45.0% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 3,065,325 | $2.84B | 0.62% | −143,014−4.5% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 3,059,401 | $2.83B | 0.89% | −237,123−7.2% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 2,857,562 | $2.65B | 0.52% | −80,977−2.8% | Reduced |
| Jennison Associates LLC | 2,824,116 | $2.61B | 1.52% | −345,078−10.9% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 2,540,548 | $2.35B | 0.53% | −46,918−1.8% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 2,509,101 | $2.32B | 0.61% | −953,575−27.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 1,880,925 | $1.74B | 0.76% | +396,911+26.7% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 1,723,305 | $1.60B | 0.17% | +15,749+0.9% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,706,368 | $1.58B | 0.34% | −152,400−8.2% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 1,619,703 | $1.50B | 0.76% | +127,495+8.5% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,487,327 | $1.37B | 0.32% | −68,334−4.4% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 1,449,080 | $1.34B | 0.49% | +130,321+9.9% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 1,342,451 | $1.24B | 0.40% | +5,735+0.4% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 1,278,400 | $1.18B | 0.69% | −64,600−4.8% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,210,837 | $1.12B | 0.57% | +8,259+0.7% | Added |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 1,160,702 | $1.07B | 0.64% | +136,072+13.3% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,125,249 | $1.04B | 0.35% | −160,537−12.5% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 1,123,958 | $1.04B | 0.61% | +53,645+5.0% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,106,319 | $1.02B | 0.59% | +9,636+0.9% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 1,082,774 | $1.00B | 0.29% | +10,395+1.0% | Added |
| National Pension Service | 997,577 | $923.4M | 0.72% | +26,542+2.7% | Added |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 955,800 | $884.7M | 0.64% | +38,682+4.2% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 928,498 | $859.4M | 0.70% | −163,800−15.0% | Reduced |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 927,892 | $858.9M | 0.60% | +437,021+89.0% | Added |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 876,537 | $811.3M | 0.59% | −62,438−6.6% | Reduced |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 869,356 | $804.7M | 0.15% | −28,727−3.2% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 852,291 | $788.9M | 0.63% | −11,145−1.3% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 835,962 | $773.8M | 0.19% | −125,497−13.1% | Reduced |
| Everett Harris & Co | 787,470 | $728.9M | 8.99% | −3,692−0.5% | Reduced |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 751,391 | $695.5M | 1.06% | −133,166−15.1% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 746,608 | $691.3M | 0.63% | −1,965−0.3% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 710,609 | $657.8M | 0.67% | +4,599+0.7% | Added |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 652,437 | $603.6M | 0.95% | −194,943−23.0% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 640,500 | $592.9M | 1.19% | +3,200+0.5% | Added |
| Swedbank AB | 632,841 | $585.8M | 0.59% | +50,451+8.7% | Added |
| Emerald Advisors, LLC | 623,564 | $577.2M | 76.59% | −5,406−0.9% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 607,350 | $562.2M | 0.16% | −13,632−2.2% | Reduced |
| National Bank of Canada | 599,620 | $555.0M | 0.63% | −181,276−23.2% | Reduced |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 592,702 | $548.6M | 0.88% | −8,867−1.5% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 581,610 | $538.4M | 0.33% | −548−0.1% | Reduced |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 575,805 | $533.0M | 0.75% | +77,759+15.6% | Added |
| Provident Trust Co | 570,628 | $528.2M | 8.81% | +6,125+1.1% | Added |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 555,158 | $513.9M | 1.08% | −126,123−18.5% | Reduced |
| Blair William & Co | 551,558 | $510.5M | 1.36% | −428−0.1% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 530,261 | $490.8M | 0.38% | −192,955−26.7% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 529,981 | $490.6M | 0.34% | −140,723−21.0% | Reduced |
| Capital International Investors | 526,525 | $487.3M | 0.08% | +8,940+1.7% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 517,488 | $479.0M | 0.62% | −42,300−7.6% | Reduced |
| US Bancorp | 514,535 | $476.3M | 0.56% | −6,853−1.3% | Reduced |
| Brown Advisory Inc | 495,867 | $459.0M | 0.60% | −23,668−4.6% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 489,848 | $453.4M | 0.34% | +47,253+10.7% | Added |
| Voloridge Investment Management, LLC | 477,425 | $441.9M | 1.48% | +252,453+112.2% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 476,130 | $440.7M | 0.35% | +422,238+783.5% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 466,702 | $432.0M | 0.35% | +339,924+268.1% | Added |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 461,577 | $423.2M | 0.33% | −60,498−11.6% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 451,482 | $414.1M | 0.59% | +64,451+16.7% | Added |
| Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC. | 434,958 | $402.6M | 4.61% | −1,719−0.4% | Reduced |
| Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC | 434,819 | $402.5M | 1.74% | +207,509+91.3% | Added |
| Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado | 434,488 | $402.2M | 1.48% | −4,888−1.1% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 424,814 | $393.3M | 0.45% | +10,149+2.4% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 420,640 | $389.4M | 0.45% | +261,034+163.5% | Added |
| Parnassus Investments | 420,438 | $389.2M | 0.90% | −13,713−3.2% | Reduced |
| Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec | 418,438 | $387.3M | 0.70% | +52,391+14.3% | Added |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 412,089 | $381.4M | 0.24% | +166,499+67.8% | Added |
| Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd | 408,002 | $377.7M | 3.69% | −130,987−24.3% | Reduced |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc. | 407,114 | $376.8M | 1.04% | −22,198−5.2% | Reduced |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 405,704 | $375.5M | 0.66% | −25,807−6.0% | Reduced |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 403,482 | $373.5M | 0.61% | +9,775+2.5% | Added |
| Man Group plc | 400,831 | $371.0M | 0.72% | +110,166+37.9% | Added |
| Mariner, LLC | 399,894 | $370.1M | 0.48% | +5,937+1.5% | Added |
| Aviva PLC | 396,180 | $366.7M | 0.67% | +22,797+6.1% | Added |
| Chilton Investment Co LLC | 394,978 | $365.6M | 7.45% | +13,449+3.5% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 392,130 | $363.0M | 0.43% | −1,714−0.4% | Reduced |
| AXA Investment Managers S.A. | 390,392 | $361.4M | 0.98% | +390,392 | New |
| Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. | 390,277 | $361.3M | 0.57% | +42,400+12.2% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 386,749 | $357.9M | 0.41% | +4,433+1.2% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 386,163 | $357.4M | 0.16% | −4,553−1.2% | Reduced |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 385,425 | $356.8M | 1.52% | +13,576+3.7% | Added |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich | 381,094 | $352.7M | 0.99% | +1,685+0.4% | Added |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 378,354 | $350.2M | 0.51% | −58,354−13.4% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 377,451 | $349.4M | 0.45% | −37,418−9.0% | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 377,416 | $345.6M | 0.22% | −225,532−37.4% | Reduced |