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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund | 45,679 | $42.3M | 1.54% | −1,700−3.6% | Reduced |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 45,430 | $42.1M | 0.03% | −13,444−22.8% | Reduced |
| Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc. | 45,016 | $41.7M | 0.75% | −409−0.9% | Reduced |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | 44,929 | $41.6M | 0.68% | +44,514+10,726.3% | Added |
| Kepler Cheuvreux (Suisse) SA | 44,691 | $41.4M | 2.23% | +44,691 | New |
| Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd | 43,841 | $40.6M | 0.22% | −2,777−6.0% | Reduced |
| Fiduciary Trust Co | 43,756 | $40.5M | 0.46% | −315−0.7% | Reduced |
| Baltimore-Washington Financial Advisors, Inc. | 43,685 | $40.4M | 1.73% | +897+2.1% | Added |
| NorthCrest Asset Manangement, LLC | 43,897 | $40.2M | 0.96% | +664+1.5% | Added |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd | 43,303 | $40.1M | 2.62% | −5,752−11.7% | Reduced |
| Advisors Capital Management, LLC | 43,198 | $40.0M | 0.50% | +2,047+5.0% | Added |
| Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC | 42,840 | $39.7M | 0.34% | +6,612+18.3% | Added |
| Chilton Capital Management LLC | 42,836 | $39.7M | 1.34% | +749+1.8% | Added |
| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | 42,697 | $39.5M | 0.30% | +5,772+15.6% | Added |
| Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC | 42,608 | $39.4M | 0.15% | +2,401+6.0% | Added |
| Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners, LLC | 42,201 | $39.1M | 2.56% | +289+0.7% | Added |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 42,128 | $39.0M | 0.25% | +7,510+21.7% | Added |
| YHB Investment Advisors, Inc. | 42,065 | $38.9M | 2.85% | −340−0.8% | Reduced |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP | 41,494 | $38.4M | 0.15% | +16,434+65.6% | Added |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 41,398 | $38.3M | 0.34% | −2,636−6.0% | Reduced |
| Tokio Marine Asset Management Co Ltd | 40,998 | $37.9M | 1.35% | −1,857−4.3% | Reduced |
| Covea Finance | 40,664 | $37.6M | 1.31% | −1,578−3.7% | Reduced |
| Marco Investment Management LLC | 40,511 | $37.5M | 2.87% | +317+0.8% | Added |
| Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc | 40,478 | $37.5M | 0.90% | −4,953−10.9% | Reduced |
| Bailard, Inc. | 40,108 | $37.1M | 0.81% | −909−2.2% | Reduced |
| Unio Capital LLC | 39,999 | $37.0M | 8.82% | +9,135+29.6% | Added |
| Zacks Investment Management | 39,928 | $37.0M | 0.29% | +159+0.4% | Added |
| Trajan Wealth LLC | 39,868 | $36.9M | 1.59% | −374−0.9% | Reduced |
| Randolph Co Inc | 39,768 | $36.8M | 3.58% | +101+0.3% | Added |
| Citizens Financial Group Inc | 39,743 | $36.8M | 0.50% | +6,248+18.7% | Added |
| Freestone Capital Holdings, LLC | 39,613 | $36.7M | 1.12% | +768+2.0% | Added |
| Capital International Ltd | 39,569 | $36.6M | 1.33% | −801−2.0% | Reduced |
| Adell Harriman & Carpenter Inc | 39,518 | $36.6M | 2.22% | +1,343+3.5% | Added |
| Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 39,428 | $36.5M | 0.27% | +4,036+11.4% | Added |
| Howard Capital Management Inc. | 39,282 | $36.4M | 0.48% | +7,573+23.9% | Added |
| Martingale Asset Management L P | 39,205 | $36.3M | 0.91% | −6,051−13.4% | Reduced |
| Markel Group Inc.SuperinvestorMarkel Group | 39,150 | $36.2M | 0.29% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cadinha & Co LLC | 38,547 | $35.7M | 4.85% | −446−1.1% | Reduced |
| TruWealth Advisors, LLC | 38,487 | $35.6M | 1.80% | +581+1.5% | Added |
| Synovus Financial Corp | 38,449 | $35.6M | 0.41% | +359+0.9% | Added |
| united american securities inc. (d/b/a uas asset management) | 38,403 | $35.5M | 7.52% | −2,530−6.2% | Reduced |
| Annex Advisory Services, LLC | 38,395 | $35.5M | 0.76% | +2,841+8.0% | Added |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | 38,347 | $35.5M | 0.14% | +16,375+74.5% | Added |
| Baldwin Brothers Inc | 37,783 | $35.0M | 2.28% | −511−1.3% | Reduced |
| Kames Capital plc | 37,712 | $34.9M | 0.41% | −18,771−33.2% | Reduced |
| Meitav Dash Investments Ltd | 37,557 | $34.8M | 0.48% | +32+0.1% | Added |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 36,580 | $33.9M | 0.45% | −246−0.7% | Reduced |
| Meeder Asset Management Inc | 36,570 | $33.9M | 1.93% | −10,954−23.0% | Reduced |
| Profund Advisors LLC | 35,914 | $33.2M | 1.08% | −1,854−4.9% | Reduced |
| Dearborn Partners LLC | 35,898 | $33.2M | 1.56% | −804−2.2% | Reduced |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 35,853 | $33.2M | 0.34% | +7,444+26.2% | Added |
| CWA Asset Management Group, LLC | 35,840 | $33.2M | 1.23% | +357+1.0% | Added |
| Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC | 35,524 | $32.9M | 1.39% | −146−0.4% | Reduced |
| Carnegie Capital Asset Management, LLC | 35,468 | $32.8M | 0.62% | +354+1.0% | Added |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 35,390 | $32.8M | 0.32% | +4,857+15.9% | Added |
| Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp | 35,326 | $32.7M | 0.62% | +573+1.6% | Added |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 35,520 | $32.6M | 0.03% | +3,838+12.1% | Added |
| Harvest Fund Management Co., Ltd | 35,194 | $32.6M | 1.38% | −228−0.6% | Reduced |
| Barlow Wealth Partners, Inc. | 34,452 | $32.5M | 3.62% | +740+2.2% | Added |
| Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC | 35,081 | $32.5M | 0.21% | −56−0.2% | Reduced |
| Charter Trust Co | 34,682 | $32.1M | 1.93% | −287−0.8% | Reduced |
| Lincoln Capital LLC | 34,863 | $31.9M | 5.98% | −542−1.5% | Reduced |
| Park National Corp | 34,367 | $31.8M | 1.00% | +943+2.8% | Added |
| Clarity Financial LLC | 34,280 | $31.7M | 3.15% | +699+2.1% | Added |
| Independent Financial Group, LLC | 34,207 | $31.7M | 0.76% | +325+1.0% | Added |
| Estabrook Capital Management | 33,976 | $31.4M | 4.58% | −272−0.8% | Reduced |
| Vinva Investment Management Ltd | 33,989 | $31.2M | 0.63% | +5,315+18.5% | Added |
| Highland Capital Management, LLC | 33,563 | $31.1M | 1.55% | −6,584−16.4% | Reduced |
| Ironvine Capital Partners, LLC | 33,445 | $31.0M | 3.08% | +40.0% | Added |
| Kiley Juergens Wealth Management, LLC | 33,358 | $30.9M | 6.80% | −278−0.8% | Reduced |
| Whittier Trust Co of Nevada Inc | 33,508 | $30.7M | 0.65% | +571+1.7% | Added |
| General American Investors Co Inc | 33,000 | $30.5M | 1.91% | −1,500−4.3% | Reduced |
| Blue Chip Partners, Inc. | 32,943 | $30.5M | 2.28% | +598+1.8% | Added |
| Mizuho Securities USA LLC | 32,300 | $30.5M | 0.62% | +1,634+5.3% | Added |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 32,873 | $30.4M | 0.52% | +1,262+4.0% | Added |
| Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al | 32,807 | $30.4M | 0.20% | −14,000−29.9% | Reduced |
| Private Wealth Partners, LLC | 32,748 | $30.3M | 2.16% | −740−2.2% | Reduced |
| Merit Financial Group, LLC | 32,724 | $30.3M | 0.28% | +516+1.6% | Added |
| Sonora Investment Management Group, LLC | 32,707 | $30.3M | 2.14% | −1,609−4.7% | Reduced |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 32,607 | $30.2M | 0.13% | +1,116+3.5% | Added |
| Synergy Financial Management, LLC | 32,307 | $30.2M | 1.09% | +28,380+722.7% | Added |
| Brinker Capital Investments, LLC | 32,476 | $30.1M | 0.23% | +581+1.8% | Added |
| Ofi Invest Asset Management | 38,106 | $30.0M | 0.63% | +1,093+3.0% | Added |
| Harvey Investment Co LLC | 32,292 | $29.9M | 3.19% | −25−0.1% | Reduced |
| Old National Bancorp | 32,275 | $29.9M | 0.51% | −47−0.1% | Reduced |
| Rempart Asset Management Inc. | 32,249 | $29.9M | 5.52% | −568−1.7% | Reduced |
| Independent Advisor Alliance | 32,229 | $29.8M | 0.78% | −686−2.1% | Reduced |
| Alpha Cubed Investments, LLC | 31,946 | $29.6M | 1.03% | −560−1.7% | Reduced |
| Banco Santander, S.A. | 31,367 | $29.0M | 0.26% | +9,119+41.0% | Added |
| Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc | 31,336 | $29.0M | 2.10% | −4,034−11.4% | Reduced |
| Beese Fulmer Investment Management, Inc. | 30,657 | $28.4M | 1.96% | +170+0.6% | Added |
| UniSuper Management Pty Ltd | 30,447 | $28.2M | 0.17% | +5,484+22.0% | Added |
| Aptus Capital Advisors, LLC | 30,143 | $27.9M | 0.25% | −3,754−11.1% | Reduced |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 30,135 | $27.9M | 0.76% | +372+1.2% | Added |
| Bokf, NA | 29,937 | $27.7M | 0.42% | +16+0.1% | Added |
| Cornerstone Advisors, LLC | 29,700 | $27.5M | 0.91% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CBOE Vest Financial, LLC | 29,428 | $27.2M | 0.36% | +3,775+14.7% | Added |
| Factory Mutual Insurance Co | 29,200 | $27.0M | 0.26% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Park Avenue Securities LLC | 29,103 | $26.9M | 0.21% | +1,089+3.9% | Added |
| Jasper Ridge Partners, L.P. | 29,003 | $26.8M | 0.60% | 00.0% | Unchanged |