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, Q4 2025
Institutional positions in Costco Wholesale Corp as of Dec 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
- 4,139
- +272 vs. Q3 2025
- Shares held
- 317.0M
- +21.4M (+7.2%) vs. Q3 2025
- Total value
- $272.0B
- −$1.24B (−0.5%) vs. Q3 2025
- New holders
- 447
- 1,563 more added
- Sold out
- 175
- 1,654 more reduced
75 institutions that held it in Q3 2025 haven't filed for Q4 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q3 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 43,620,717 | $37.6B | 0.55% | +165,349+0.4% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 35,099,521 | $30.3B | 0.51% | +317,592+0.9% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 18,147,159 | $15.6B | 0.52% | −17,626−0.1% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 14,285,297 | $12.3B | 1.16% | +10,099,718+241.3% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 10,388,519 | $8.92B | 0.55% | +26,690+0.3% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 9,523,423 | $8.21B | 0.49% | +107,775+1.1% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 6,741,380 | $5.81B | 0.42% | −130,039−1.9% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 6,693,144 | $5.77B | 0.29% | −1,260,326−15.8% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 6,024,787 | $5.20B | 0.56% | +6,024,787 | New |
| Northern Trust Corp | 4,913,721 | $4.24B | 0.54% | −146,269−2.9% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 3,952,885 | $3.41B | 0.60% | +65,918+1.7% | Added |
| Capital World Investors | 3,937,286 | $3.40B | 0.46% | +77,650+2.0% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 3,518,341 | $3.03B | 0.53% | +170,979+5.1% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 3,282,011 | $2.83B | 0.44% | +79,149+2.5% | Added |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 3,176,286 | $2.74B | 0.93% | +31,045+1.0% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 3,044,010 | $2.62B | 0.51% | −121,910−3.9% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 2,980,601 | $2.57B | 0.17% | −280,476−8.6% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,848,432 | $2.46B | 0.78% | −210,969−6.9% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 2,756,886 | $2.38B | 0.50% | −308,439−10.1% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 2,715,908 | $2.34B | 0.46% | −141,654−5.0% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 2,589,394 | $2.23B | 0.32% | −1,099,397−29.8% | Reduced |
| Amundi | 2,555,656 | $2.20B | 0.60% | −620,950−19.5% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 2,492,559 | $2.15B | 0.48% | −47,989−1.9% | Reduced |
| Jennison Associates LLC | 2,227,635 | $1.92B | 1.15% | −596,481−21.1% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 2,172,719 | $1.87B | 0.49% | −336,382−13.4% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 1,953,923 | $1.68B | 0.18% | +230,618+13.4% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 1,789,763 | $1.54B | 0.63% | −91,162−4.8% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 1,741,511 | $1.50B | 0.75% | +121,808+7.5% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,674,156 | $1.44B | 0.30% | −32,212−1.9% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 1,544,884 | $1.33B | 0.30% | +57,557+3.9% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 1,425,262 | $1.23B | 0.49% | −23,818−1.6% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,414,746 | $1.22B | 0.40% | +289,497+25.7% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 1,372,191 | $1.18B | 0.37% | +29,740+2.2% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 1,214,460 | $1.05B | 0.62% | −63,940−5.0% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,176,203 | $1.01B | 0.52% | −34,634−2.9% | Reduced |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 1,137,436 | $980.9M | 1.47% | +1,070,005+1,586.8% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 1,131,391 | $975.4M | 0.55% | +7,433+0.7% | Added |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 1,110,190 | $957.4M | 0.55% | −50,512−4.4% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 1,102,746 | $950.9M | 0.60% | +572,485+108.0% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 1,084,425 | $935.1M | 0.55% | −21,894−2.0% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 1,066,337 | $919.5M | 0.25% | −16,437−1.5% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 1,006,156 | $859.9M | 0.58% | +50,356+5.3% | Added |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 989,626 | $853.4M | 0.50% | +577,537+140.1% | Added |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 974,979 | $840.8M | 0.56% | +47,087+5.1% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 923,707 | $796.5M | 0.61% | +457,005+97.9% | Added |
| National Pension Service | 919,193 | $792.7M | 0.59% | −78,384−7.9% | Reduced |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 859,419 | $741.4M | 1.01% | +206,982+31.7% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 845,711 | $729.3M | 0.18% | +9,749+1.2% | Added |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 835,578 | $720.6M | 0.54% | −40,959−4.7% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 831,005 | $716.6M | 0.58% | −21,286−2.5% | Reduced |
| Voloridge Investment Management, LLC | 826,708 | $712.9M | 2.51% | +349,283+73.2% | Added |
| National Bank of Canada | 785,425 | $677.2M | 0.70% | +185,805+31.0% | Added |
| Everett Harris & Co | 784,138 | $676.2M | 8.18% | −3,332−0.4% | Reduced |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 769,624 | $663.7M | 1.17% | +214,466+38.6% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 752,300 | $648.7M | 0.52% | −176,198−19.0% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 723,877 | $624.4M | 0.56% | −22,731−3.0% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 702,394 | $605.7M | 0.61% | −8,215−1.2% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 693,002 | $597.6M | 0.93% | +679,978+5,221.0% | Added |
| Parnassus Investments | 662,447 | $571.3M | 1.48% | +242,009+57.6% | Added |
| Swedbank AB | 642,041 | $553.7M | 0.54% | +9,200+1.5% | Added |
| Capital International Investors | 640,367 | $552.2M | 0.09% | +113,842+21.6% | Added |
| Emerald Advisors, LLC | 639,762 | $551.7M | 75.07% | +16,198+2.6% | Added |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 639,411 | $551.3M | 0.91% | +305,946+91.7% | Added |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 627,413 | $541.1M | 0.62% | +336,088+115.4% | Added |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 626,294 | $540.1M | 0.29% | +44,684+7.7% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 614,618 | $530.0M | 0.36% | +138,488+29.1% | Added |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 602,632 | $519.7M | 0.74% | +26,827+4.7% | Added |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 598,110 | $515.8M | 0.80% | +5,408+0.9% | Added |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 593,588 | $511.9M | 0.79% | −157,803−21.0% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 586,470 | $505.7M | 0.37% | +96,622+19.7% | Added |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 575,713 | $496.5M | 0.09% | −293,643−33.8% | Reduced |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 671,883 | $493.3M | 1.40% | +256,929+61.9% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 564,871 | $487.1M | 0.14% | −42,479−7.0% | Reduced |
| Provident Trust Co | 547,266 | $471.9M | 7.90% | −23,362−4.1% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 546,399 | $471.2M | 0.32% | +16,418+3.1% | Added |
| Blair William & Co | 521,182 | $449.4M | 1.21% | −30,376−5.5% | Reduced |
| Man Group plc | 519,645 | $448.1M | 0.86% | +118,814+29.6% | Added |
| US Bancorp | 517,948 | $446.7M | 0.52% | +3,413+0.7% | Added |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 512,030 | $441.5M | 0.43% | +420,985+462.4% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 509,239 | $439.1M | 0.59% | −8,249−1.6% | Reduced |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich | 505,645 | $436.2M | 1.20% | +124,551+32.7% | Added |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 466,754 | $402.5M | 0.53% | +394,178+543.1% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 436,771 | $376.8M | 0.41% | +50,022+12.9% | Added |
| Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC. | 429,956 | $370.8M | 4.19% | −5,002−1.1% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 419,518 | $361.8M | 0.40% | −5,296−1.2% | Reduced |
| Aviva PLC | 417,983 | $360.4M | 0.61% | +21,803+5.5% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 416,854 | $359.5M | 0.43% | +24,724+6.3% | Added |
| Capitolis Liquid Global Markets LLC | 415,428 | $358.2M | 2.14% | +111,546+36.7% | Added |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 405,773 | $349.9M | 0.51% | +2,291+0.6% | Added |
| Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado | 403,618 | $348.1M | 1.28% | −30,870−7.1% | Reduced |
| Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec | 401,220 | $346.0M | 0.59% | −17,218−4.1% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 399,872 | $344.8M | 0.47% | +100,298+33.5% | Added |
| Chilton Investment Co LLC | 396,550 | $342.0M | 7.14% | +1,572+0.4% | Added |
| Mariner, LLC | 396,333 | $341.8M | 0.41% | −3,561−0.9% | Reduced |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 395,544 | $341.1M | 0.60% | −10,160−2.5% | Reduced |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 394,311 | $340.0M | 0.61% | +66,904+20.4% | Added |
| Scotia Capital Inc. | 393,682 | $339.5M | 1.37% | +8,257+2.1% | Added |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc. | 393,313 | $339.2M | 0.92% | −13,801−3.4% | Reduced |
| Federated Hermes, Inc. | 390,657 | $336.9M | 0.56% | +17,673+4.7% | Added |
| Brown Advisory Inc | 390,072 | $336.4M | 0.47% | −105,795−21.3% | Reduced |