Costco Wholesale Corporation

NasdaqGS:COST Stock Report

Market Cap: US$418.7b

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
29 Sep 25SellUS$1,401,431Caton FratesIndividual1,540US$910.02
29 Sep 25SellUS$3,093,615Russell MillerIndividual3,381US$915.00
20 Aug 25SellUS$595,230Teresa JonesIndividual600US$992.05
14 Jul 25SellUS$3,899,852Yoram RubanenkoIndividual4,000US$974.96
18 Jun 25SellUS$536,058Susan DeckerIndividual547US$980.00
09 Jun 25SellUS$3,008,298Patrick CallansIndividual3,000US$1,002.77
06 Jun 25SellUS$2,028,294Pierre RielIndividual2,000US$1,014.15
17 Apr 25SellUS$3,924,280James KlauerIndividual4,000US$981.07
27 Mar 25SellUS$1,034,007Gary MillerchipIndividual1,100US$940.01
24 Mar 25SellUS$830,304Claudine AdamoIndividual900US$922.56
18 Mar 25SellUS$765,213Caton FratesIndividual850US$900.25
11 Mar 25SellUS$3,351,600Ron VachrisIndividual3,600US$931.00
24 Oct 24SellUS$1,267,280Richard GalantiIndividual1,416.46US$894.68

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 Companies2,2340.000504%
State or Government470,4410.106%
Individual Insiders767,5200.173%
General Public134,002,46430.2%
Institutions307,936,51769.5%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 42.22% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
9.78%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
43,356,271US$41.0b1.67%0.5%
8%
BlackRock, Inc.
35,461,330US$33.5b1.86%0.45%
4.13%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
18,325,416US$17.3b0.49%0.55%
2.32%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
10,275,056US$9.7b1.49%0.55%
1.84%
FMR LLC
8,153,557US$7.7b-1.64%0.4%
1.39%
UBS Asset Management AG
6,146,878US$5.8b3.21%0.42%
1.31%
Morgan Stanley
5,785,181US$5.5b1.45%0.52%
1.3%
Norges Bank Investment Management
5,749,879US$5.4b1.66%0.37%
1.25%
Capital Research and Management Company
5,555,380US$5.2b-0.82%0.22%
1.14%
Northern Trust Global Investments
5,054,552US$4.8b-1.07%0.59%
0.81%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
3,591,835US$3.4b10.6%1.02%
0.76%
Eaton Vance Management
3,378,505US$3.2b-0.67%0.63%
0.76%
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund
3,351,268US$3.2b-5.62%0.63%
0.74%
AllianceBernstein L.P.
3,296,524US$3.1b-23.9%0.87%
0.72%
Jennison Associates LLC
3,169,194US$3.0b-5.61%1.61%
0.7%
Fisher Asset Management, LLC
3,110,415US$2.9b-0.67%1.06%
0.69%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
3,078,089US$2.9b-0.01%0.41%
0.69%
Wells Fargo & Company
3,052,171US$2.9b0%0.63%
0.68%
BNY Asset Management
3,032,564US$2.9b-8.74%0.5%
0.59%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
2,615,793US$2.5b0.09%0.78%
0.58%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
2,587,466US$2.4b-2.67%0.47%
0.55%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
2,425,235US$2.3b11.7%0.5%
0.52%
Managed Account Advisors LLC
2,299,686US$2.2b-1.37%0.34%
0.49%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
2,190,424US$2.1b8.07%0.37%
0.47%
Bank of America Corporation
2,068,351US$2.0b17.1%0.5%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/10/23 21:27
End of Day Share Price 2025/10/23 00:00
Earnings2025/08/31
Annual Earnings2025/08/31

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 57 analysts. 31 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
Meredith AdlerBarclays