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 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
- 3,941
- +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
- 1,588 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 | 4,261 | $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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MetLife Investment Management | 131,062 | $121.3M | 0.58% | −2,202−1.7% | Reduced |
| Marsico Capital Management LLC | 130,533 | $120.8M | 3.10% | −6,880−5.0% | Reduced |
| Arizona State Retirement System | 129,511 | $119.9M | 0.64% | −172−0.1% | Reduced |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 128,285 | $118.5M | 0.64% | +184+0.1% | Added |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP | 128,045 | $118.5M | 0.72% | +121,293+1,796.4% | Added |
| Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc | 128,041 | $118.5M | 1.75% | −1,871−1.4% | Reduced |
| Comgest Global Investors S.A.S. | 127,470 | $118.0M | 2.09% | −9,232−6.8% | Reduced |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 125,736 | $116.4M | 0.28% | +5,638+4.7% | Added |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 125,264 | $115.9M | 0.85% | −4,326−3.3% | Reduced |
| Steginsky Capital LLC | 125,253 | $115.9M | 21.29% | −4,802−3.7% | Reduced |
| Glenmede Investment Management, LP | 125,248 | $115.9M | 0.56% | −216−0.2% | Reduced |
| MML Investors Services, LLC | 124,893 | $115.6M | 0.31% | +7,171+6.1% | Added |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 124,725 | $114.3M | 0.08% | +17,809+16.7% | Added |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 122,425 | $113.3M | 0.48% | +39,184+47.1% | Added |
| Forsta Ap-Fonden | 121,400 | $112.4M | 0.67% | −1,200−1.0% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 119,713 | $110.8M | 0.10% | +2,413+2.1% | Added |
| Lazard Asset Management LLC | 119,524 | $110.6M | 0.15% | +22,197+22.8% | Added |
| Comerica Bank | 119,237 | $110.4M | 0.42% | −7,092−5.6% | Reduced |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 118,891 | $109.7M | 0.18% | +118,891 | New |
| Bowen Hanes & Co Inc | 118,281 | $109.5M | 2.74% | −8,195−6.5% | Reduced |
| Pictet & Cie (Europe) SA | 117,254 | $108.5M | 2.17% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nissay Asset Management Corp | 117,234 | $108.5M | 0.60% | −4,538−3.7% | Reduced |
| Xponance, Inc. | 116,701 | $108.0M | 0.86% | −1,459−1.2% | Reduced |
| ABN AMRO Bank N.V. | 116,688 | $107.6M | 1.06% | +18,609+19.0% | Added |
| KCM Investment Advisors LLC | 116,010 | $107.4M | 3.46% | +470.0% | Added |
| Axiom Investors LLC | 115,759 | $107.2M | 0.79% | −98,018−45.9% | Reduced |
| Fjarde Ap-Fonden /Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund | 113,556 | $105.1M | 0.91% | −1,000−0.9% | Reduced |
| Lido Advisors, LLC | 113,499 | $105.1M | 0.43% | +34,342+43.4% | Added |
| Teacher Retirement System of Texas | 112,804 | $104.4M | 0.42% | −15,395−12.0% | Reduced |
| Czech National Bank | 112,634 | $104.3M | 0.72% | +4,183+3.9% | Added |
| Wedbush Securities Inc | 112,631 | $104.3M | 3.41% | −2,579−2.2% | Reduced |
| Commerce Bank | 111,059 | $102.8M | 0.57% | +58+0.1% | Added |
| Sanctuary Advisors, LLC | 110,752 | $102.5M | 0.59% | −4,539−3.9% | Reduced |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC | 110,032 | $101.8M | 0.17% | +2,328+2.2% | Added |
| Bristol John W & Co Inc | 109,395 | $101.3M | 1.60% | −3,624−3.2% | Reduced |
| Alecta Pensionsforsakring, Omsesidigt | 107,700 | $99.7M | 0.44% | −32,300−23.1% | Reduced |
| Davis R M Inc | 107,621 | $99.6M | 1.74% | +260+0.2% | Added |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt Sys | 106,495 | $98.6M | 0.49% | −2,321−2.1% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 106,190 | $98.3M | 0.10% | −225,724−68.0% | Reduced |
| BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S | 105,956 | $98.1M | 0.89% | −16,194−13.3% | Reduced |
| Amalgamated Bank | 105,142 | $97.3M | 0.70% | +1,248+1.2% | Added |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 104,185 | $96.4M | 0.38% | −2,129−2.0% | Reduced |
| Capula Management Ltd | 103,389 | $95.7M | 0.71% | +103,166+46,262.8% | Added |
| MAI Capital Management | 102,747 | $95.1M | 0.60% | +6,929+7.2% | Added |
| Evercore Wealth Management, LLC | 101,742 | $94.2M | 1.38% | −2,139−2.1% | Reduced |
| Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC | 101,615 | $94.1M | 3.13% | −2,164−2.1% | Reduced |
| Nan Shan Life Insurance Co., Ltd. | 100,506 | $93.0M | 1.98% | +4,071+4.2% | Added |
| Kornitzer Capital Management Inc | 99,952 | $92.5M | 1.86% | +1,274+1.3% | Added |
| Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital, LLC | 99,316 | $91.9M | 0.59% | +9,045+10.0% | Added |
| Mogy Joel R Investment Counsel Inc | 98,776 | $91.4M | 5.01% | +168+0.2% | Added |
| Groupe la Francaise | 99,306 | $91.3M | 1.24% | +429+0.4% | Added |
| Employees Retirement System of Texas | 98,349 | $91.0M | 0.73% | −6,200−5.9% | Reduced |
| Steadfast Capital Management LP | 98,330 | $91.0M | 1.64% | +98,330 | New |
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 97,315 | $90.1M | 0.47% | −4,304−4.2% | Reduced |
| Agf Management Ltd | 96,849 | $89.6M | 0.39% | +17,135+21.5% | Added |
| GF Fund Management Co. Ltd. | 95,756 | $88.6M | 1.61% | −3,612−3.6% | Reduced |
| I.G.Y. Ltd | 95,746 | $88.6M | 37.13% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Calamos Advisors LLC | 95,630 | $88.5M | 0.36% | −9,704−9.2% | Reduced |
| Sapient Capital LLC | 96,365 | $88.4M | 1.36% | −3,296−3.3% | Reduced |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 95,043 | $88.0M | 0.40% | +19,101+25.2% | Added |
| AMF Pensionsforsakring AB | 94,974 | $87.9M | 0.56% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ieq Capital, LLC | 94,638 | $87.6M | 0.27% | +7,386+8.5% | Added |
| ING Groep NV | 93,564 | $86.6M | 0.47% | −46,148−33.0% | Reduced |
| ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. | 93,197 | $86.3M | 1.05% | +1,539+1.7% | Added |
| Regions Financial Corp | 92,931 | $86.0M | 0.56% | −1,298−1.4% | Reduced |
| Northeast Investment Management | 92,296 | $85.4M | 3.44% | −1,062−1.1% | Reduced |
| Westfield Capital Management Co LP | 92,163 | $85.3M | 0.36% | −52,463−36.3% | Reduced |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 91,724 | $84.9M | 1.04% | −2,038−2.2% | Reduced |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 91,603 | $84.8M | 0.50% | −170−0.2% | Reduced |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 91,594 | $84.8M | 0.39% | +4,168+4.8% | Added |
| Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | 91,410 | $84.6M | 0.98% | −827−0.9% | Reduced |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 91,045 | $84.3M | 0.09% | −232,446−71.9% | Reduced |
| Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super | 90,544 | $83.8M | 1.15% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Gateway Investment Advisers LLC | 89,649 | $83.0M | 0.80% | −5,825−6.1% | Reduced |
| Badgley Phelps Wealth Managers, LLC | 89,070 | $82.4M | 1.73% | −2,759−3.0% | Reduced |
| Nicholas Company, Inc. | 88,276 | $81.7M | 1.39% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Umb Bank N A | 87,856 | $81.3M | 1.20% | −941−1.1% | Reduced |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 87,423 | $80.9M | 0.26% | +8,181+10.3% | Added |
| Donaldson Capital Management, LLC | 86,942 | $80.5M | 2.55% | −575−0.7% | Reduced |
| Benjamin Edwards Inc | 86,728 | $80.3M | 0.91% | +14,776+20.5% | Added |
| DnB Asset Management AS | 85,512 | $79.2M | 0.30% | −13,966−14.0% | Reduced |
| Johnson Investment Counsel Inc | 84,919 | $78.6M | 0.66% | −291−0.3% | Reduced |
| Lazard Freres Gestion S.A.S. | 84,700 | $78.4M | 1.49% | +7,835+10.2% | Added |
| United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC | 84,313 | $78.0M | 0.56% | −1,166−1.4% | Reduced |
| Nomura Holdings Inc | 84,279 | $78.0M | 0.35% | +79,701+1,741.0% | Added |
| Worldly Partners Management, LLC | 83,641 | $77.4M | 46.23% | −7,878−8.6% | Reduced |
| IFM Investors Pty Ltd | 83,294 | $76.3M | 0.67% | −108−0.1% | Reduced |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 83,080 | $76.2M | 0.12% | +1,899+2.3% | Added |
| Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp | 81,026 | $75.0M | 0.98% | −1,139−1.4% | Reduced |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 80,561 | $74.6M | 0.22% | −127,283−61.2% | Reduced |
| Atalanta Sosnoff Capital, LLC | 80,089 | $74.1M | 1.42% | −1,766−2.2% | Reduced |
| Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC | 79,754 | $73.8M | 0.45% | +4,193+5.5% | Added |
| Storebrand Asset Management AS | 78,883 | $73.0M | 0.19% | +6,675+9.2% | Added |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 78,605 | $72.8M | 0.36% | +2,318+3.0% | Added |
| Midwest Trust Co | 75,190 | $69.6M | 0.91% | −283−0.4% | Reduced |
| Stonegate Investment Group, LLC | 75,070 | $69.5M | 1.61% | −1,258−1.6% | Reduced |
| Norinchukin Bank, The | 73,951 | $68.5M | 0.92% | +3,052+4.3% | Added |
| Utah Retirement Systems | 73,351 | $67.9M | 0.66% | +259+0.4% | Added |
| Gabelli Funds LLC | 72,815 | $67.4M | 0.46% | −190−0.3% | Reduced |
| Crestwood Advisors Group LLC | 72,718 | $67.3M | 1.15% | −2,382−3.2% | Reduced |