Costco Wholesale Corporation

NasdaqGS:COST Stock Report

Market Cap: US$425.6b

Costco Wholesale Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGS:COST Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
24 Oct 24SellUS$1,267,280Richard GalantiIndividual1,416.46US$894.68
23 Oct 24SellUS$717,236Teresa JonesIndividual800US$896.55
15 Oct 24SellUS$1,793,426Pierre RielIndividual2,000US$896.71
11 Oct 24SellUS$3,921,069Russell MillerIndividual4,400US$891.15
30 Sep 24SellUS$1,501,695Caton FratesIndividual1,700US$883.35
30 Sep 24SellUS$2,234,850Patrick CallansIndividual2,500US$893.94
30 Sep 24SellUS$2,844,778Claudine AdamoIndividual3,200US$888.99
15 Aug 24SellUS$543,430Susan DeckerIndividual620US$876.50
15 Aug 24SellUS$868,963Richard GalantiIndividual1,000US$874.05
25 Jul 24SellUS$3,330Teresa JonesIndividual4US$832.55
15 Jul 24SellUS$2,539,096Daniel HinesIndividual3,000US$848.53
15 Jul 24SellUS$298,036Kenneth DenmanIndividual350US$851.53
17 Apr 24SellUS$567,443Russell MillerIndividual785US$722.86
11 Mar 24SellUS$1,787,150Patrick CallansIndividual2,500US$714.86
11 Mar 24SellUS$1,072,238Claudine AdamoIndividual1,500US$714.83
09 Feb 24SellUS$1,043,257Susan DeckerIndividual1,442US$723.48
23 Jan 24SellUS$5,487,456W. JelinekIndividual8,000US$685.93
18 Jan 24SellUS$1,700,813Yoram RubanenkoIndividual2,500US$680.33
16 Jan 24SellUS$505,789Caton FratesIndividual740US$683.50
09 Jan 24SellUS$927,220Daniel HinesIndividual1,400US$662.30
28 Dec 23SellUS$927,934Daniel HinesIndividual1,400US$662.81

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: COST insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of COST?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies12,3950.00279%
State or Government446,5350.101%
Individual Insiders769,7660.173%
General Public137,312,11130.9%
Institutions305,358,06368.8%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 41.07% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
9.4%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
41,746,567US$40.0b0.9%0.57%
7.56%
BlackRock, Inc.
33,555,577US$32.2b1.11%0.5%
4.06%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
18,042,064US$17.3b-3.15%0.62%
2.14%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
9,487,057US$9.1b1.74%0.62%
1.84%
FMR LLC
8,184,089US$7.8b3.43%0.45%
1.28%
UBS Asset Management AG
5,663,710US$5.4b1.74%0.52%
1.27%
Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments
5,643,142US$5.4b0.83%0.61%
1.2%
Norges Bank Investment Management
5,313,432US$5.1b0%0.4%
1.11%
Capital Research and Management Company
4,942,721US$4.7b1.39%0.22%
1.05%
Northern Trust Global Investments
4,670,506US$4.5b-3.18%0.66%
0.99%
AllianceBernstein L.P.
4,376,417US$4.2b1.39%1.23%
0.79%
BNY Asset Management
3,494,753US$3.4b-3.57%0.6%
0.77%
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund
3,417,494US$3.3b-3.92%0.77%
0.77%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
3,414,658US$3.3b-6.46%0.57%
0.77%
Jennison Associates LLC
3,399,127US$3.3b3.83%1.78%
0.77%
Eaton Vance Management
3,399,097US$3.3b-1.17%0.73%
0.68%
Fisher Asset Management, LLC
3,034,491US$2.9b2.66%1.15%
0.67%
Wells Fargo & Company, Securities and Brokerage Investments
2,995,188US$2.9b-0.39%0.86%
0.66%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
2,930,223US$2.8b23.9%1.08%
0.63%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
2,808,617US$2.7b1.13%0.43%
0.61%
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Banking Investments
2,693,505US$2.6b-1.88%0.93%
0.55%
Managed Account Advisors LLC
2,443,331US$2.3b-9.84%0.46%
0.51%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
2,267,230US$2.2b-1.82%0.56%
0.51%
JP Morgan Asset Management
2,250,528US$2.2b-6.52%0.24%
0.48%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
2,128,597US$2.0b-5.9%0.41%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 01:18
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/26 00:00
Earnings2024/11/24
Annual Earnings2024/09/01

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Costco Wholesale Corporation is covered by 70 analysts. 33 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Christopher GrajaArgus Research Company
Peter BenedictBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research