COST Insider Trading (Costco Wholesale)

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Insider Ownership Percentage: 0.22%

Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $0.00

Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $26,155,834.12

Costco Wholesale Insider Trading History Chart

Costco Wholesale Share Price & Price History

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Costco Wholesale Insider Trading History

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction	Shares Held After Transaction
3/22/2021	Roland Michael Vachris	VP	Sell	4,300	$334.30	$1,437,490.00	15,602
1/27/2021	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	694	$363.35	$252,164.90	19,047
1/13/2021	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	1,199	$366.48	$439,409.52	20,100
1/8/2021	Paul G Moulton	VP	Sell	9,015	$366.50	$3,303,997.50	23,049
12/30/2020	Richard A Galanti	CFO	Sell	1,000	$374.49	$374,490.00	26,101
12/30/2020	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	861	$375.75	$323,520.75	20,639
12/21/2020	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	1,000	$362.59	$362,590.00	21,500
12/14/2020	Patrick J Callans	VP	Sell	2,500	$374.65	$936,625.00	59,838
12/14/2020	Russell D Miller	EVP	Sell	5,000	$377.24	$1,886,200.00	1
9/30/2020	Kenneth D Denman	Director	Sell	300	$355.69	$106,707.00	4,433
9/29/2020	Joseph P Portera	VP	Sell	6,000	$348.00	$2,088,000.00	6,211
9/28/2020	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	2,500	$347.90	$869,750.00	21,747
8/21/2020	Richard A Galanti	CFO	Sell	1,754	$345.00	$605,130.00	18,983
8/13/2020	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	1,250	$335.84	$419,800.00	25,497
8/7/2020	James C Klauer	EVP	Sell	4,000	$342.72	$1,370,880.00	49,402
7/14/2020	James P Murphy	VP	Sell	5,000	$326.00	$1,630,000.00	32,771
7/13/2020	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	2,000	$326.60	$653,200.00	27,747
7/10/2020	Richard A Galanti	CFO	Sell	2,730	$325.07	$887,441.10	25,415
7/1/2020	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	1,155	$302.57	$349,468.35	29,432
6/19/2020	Roland Michael Vachris	VP	Sell	4,000	$300.95	$1,203,800.00
6/11/2020	Timothy L Rose	VP	Sell	6,000	$308.05	$1,848,300.00	23,680
6/5/2020	Daniel M Hines	Insider	Sell	5,000	$309.31	$1,546,550.00	15,632
6/5/2020	Patrick J Callans	VP	Sell	2,500	$309.22	$773,050.00	55,114
6/5/2020	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	1,995	$312.00	$622,440.00	30,587
4/22/2020	James P Murphy	VP	Sell	5,000	$310.00	$1,550,000.00	42,771
4/20/2020	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	1,000	$314.83	$314,830.00	32,582
3/19/2020	Richard A Galanti	CFO	Sell	1,448	$306.51	$443,826.48	23,967
1/14/2020	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	3,850	$300.41	$1,156,578.50	34,582
12/16/2019	Patrick J Callans	VP	Sell	2,000	$293.99	$587,980.00	59,679
11/15/2019	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	1,703	$303.01	$516,026.03	38,432
11/13/2019	Richard A Galanti	CFO	Sell	1,984	$302.80	$600,755.20	26,165
11/8/2019	Paul G Moulton	VP	Sell	3,978	$303.05	$1,205,532.90	29,565
11/8/2019	Russell D Miller	EVP	Sell	1,000	$302.83	$302,830.00	1
10/30/2019	Joseph P Portera	VP	Sell	14,095	$299.52	$4,221,734.40	6,211
10/30/2019	Richard M Libenson	Director	Sell	1,703	$298.25	$507,919.75	2,247
10/23/2019	Daniel M Hines	Insider	Sell	5,000	$298.46	$1,492,300.00	22,277
10/17/2019	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	1,008	$302.50	$304,920.00	40,462
10/11/2019	Paul G Moulton	VP	Sell	5,976	$298.06	$1,781,206.56	36,010
10/11/2019	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	333	$297.50	$99,067.50	41,470
7/3/2019	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	1,646	$268.25	$441,539.50	41,803
6/24/2019	Roland Michael Vachris	VP	Sell	3,700	$267.25	$988,825.00	13,578
6/20/2019	James P Murphy	VP	Sell	10,000	$265.85	$2,658,500.00	45,100
6/20/2019	Richard A Galanti	CFO	Sell	3,000	$266.39	$799,170.00	27,582
6/7/2019	James C Klauer	Insider	Sell	5,000	$255.53	$1,277,650.00	48,310
6/7/2019	Patrick J Callans	VP	Sell	2,000	$252.15	$504,300.00	66,479
6/7/2019	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	2,790	$254.62	$710,389.80	45,405
4/1/2019	John W Meisenbach	Director	Buy	3,000	$242.65	$727,950.00	12,833
3/26/2019	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	2,350	$240.00	$564,000.00	46,239
3/12/2019	Richard A Galanti	VP	Sell	4,188	$230.47	$965,208.36	30,082
3/12/2019	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	2,049	$232.00	$475,368.00	48,589
1/4/2019	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	1,611	$206.15	$332,107.65	51,389
1/2/2019	Susan L Decker	Director	Sell	739	$205.00	$151,495.00	52,249
10/30/2018	Richard A Galanti	VP	Sell	4,163	$227.23	$945,958.49	32,270
10/30/2018	W Craig Jelinek	Insider	Sell	22,500	$223.52	$5,029,200.00	322,958
10/25/2018	Franz E Lazarus	VP	Sell	23,000	$226.76	$5,215,480.00	6,830
10/25/2018	Richard M Libenson	Director	Sell	2,049	$224.00	$458,976.00	3,049
10/15/2018	Roland Michael Vachris	VP	Sell	6,600	$225.88	$1,490,808.00	17,282
10/1/2018	John W Meisenbach	Director	Sell	3,000	$235.81	$707,430.00	8,654
9/4/2018	John W Meisenbach	Director	Sell	3,000	$233.14	$699,420.00	8,654
8/1/2018	John W Meisenbach	Director	Sell	3,000	$218.65	$655,950.00
7/23/2018	James P Murphy	VP	Sell	15,000	$219.22	$3,288,300.00	33,834
7/2/2018	John W Meisenbach	Director	Sell	3,000	$208.42	$625,260.00	8,654
6/18/2018	Paul G Moulton	VP	Sell	5,585	$206.83	$1,155,145.55	27,988
6/15/2018	Richard A Galanti	VP	Sell	2,406	$207.11	$498,306.66	25,474
6/13/2018	Daniel M Hines	Insider	Sell	7,000	$204.67	$1,432,690.00	23,853
6/13/2018	Timothy L Rose	VP	Sell	2,500	$205.19	$512,975.00	20,403
6/1/2018	John W Meisenbach	Director	Sell	3,000	$195.45	$586,350.00	8,654
5/1/2018	John W Meisenbach	Director	Sell	3,000	$196.49	$589,470.00	8,654
4/19/2018	Russell D Miller	Insider	Sell	12,393	$194.12	$2,405,729.16	1

SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST)

67.21% of Costco Wholesale stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

Costco Wholesale Institutional Trading History

Reporting Date	Hedge Fund	Shares Held	Market Value	% of Portfolio	Quarterly Change in Shares	Ownership in Company
4/9/2021	EFG Asset Management Americas Corp.	10,656	$3.77M	0.8%	N/A	0.002%
4/9/2021	Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc.	16,590	$5.85M	1.6%	+6.6%	0.004%
4/9/2021	Parkside Advisors LLC	662	$0.23M	0.1%	+11.8%	0.000%
4/9/2021	EWG Elevate Inc.	751	$0.27M	0.1%	-96.1%	0.000%
4/9/2021	State of Alaska Department of Revenue	124,505	$43.89M	0.5%	-4.5%	0.028%
4/9/2021	Edge Wealth Management LLC	993	$0.35M	0.1%	+2,012.8%	0.000%
4/9/2021	Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC	1,744	$0.62M	0.1%	+40.2%	0.000%
4/9/2021	Bridge Creek Capital Management LLC	3,190	$1.12M	0.4%	+20.2%	0.001%
4/9/2021	Family Legacy Inc.	6,930	$2.44M	1.2%	+17.6%	0.002%
4/9/2021	American National Bank	25,983	$9.16M	2.2%	+1.5%	0.006%
4/9/2021	Hexavest Inc.	26,270	$9.26M	0.4%	-36.3%	0.006%
4/9/2021	Legacy Private Trust Co.	1,247	$0.44M	0.0%	+9.7%	0.000%
4/9/2021	Pure Financial Advisors Inc.	1,224	$0.43M	0.0%	-5.0%	0.000%
4/9/2021	First Hawaiian Bank	3,142	$1.11M	0.0%	-52.6%	0.001%
4/8/2021	NBT Bank N A NY	3,186	$1.12M	0.2%	+3.9%	0.001%
4/8/2021	Pacifica Partners Inc.	781	$0.28M	0.2%	+28.7%	0.000%
4/8/2021	BTR Capital Management Inc.	11,070	$3.90M	0.6%	+65.3%	0.003%
4/8/2021	KMG Fiduciary Partners LLC	3,537	$1.25M	0.2%	+9.2%	0.001%
4/8/2021	Private Advisory Group LLC	26,340	$9.28M	2.7%	+29.7%	0.006%
4/8/2021	Baldwin Brothers Inc. MA	59,659	$21.03M	2.5%	+3.5%	0.013%
4/8/2021	OLD Dominion Capital Management Inc.	22,056	$7.77M	1.8%	-0.9%	0.005%
4/8/2021	Bath Savings Trust Co	10,223	$3.60M	0.5%	+29.0%	0.002%
4/8/2021	Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc.	34,637	$12.21M	1.0%	+2.1%	0.008%
4/8/2021	Old Port Advisors	618	$0.22M	0.1%	N/A	0.000%
4/8/2021	Hoffman Alan N Investment Management	10,764	$3.79M	2.5%	+0.8%	0.002%
4/7/2021	Bremer Bank National Association	7,992	$2.82M	0.6%	+10.4%	0.002%
4/7/2021	Orrstown Financial Services Inc.	1,855	$0.66M	0.9%	+17.7%	0.000%
4/7/2021	Somerset Trust Co	9,376	$3.31M	1.4%	-1.0%	0.002%
4/7/2021	Hodges Capital Management Inc.	2,439	$0.86M	0.1%	-11.9%	0.001%
4/6/2021	Chesley Taft & Associates LLC	89,154	$32.17M	1.9%	-2.5%	0.020%
4/6/2021	Liberty One Investment Management LLC	4,377	$1.54M	0.3%	+3.1%	0.001%
4/6/2021	Carroll Financial Associates Inc.	3,434	$1.21M	0.1%	+4.1%	0.001%
4/6/2021	Private Trust Co. NA	12,030	$4.24M	0.7%	-3.1%	0.003%
4/6/2021	Everence Capital Management Inc.	8,903	$3.14M	0.3%	N/A	0.002%
4/6/2021	Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH	5,139	$1.81M	0.3%	+4.7%	0.001%
4/6/2021	Campbell Capital Management Inc.	3,302	$1.16M	0.5%	N/A	0.001%
4/6/2021	TrimTabs Asset Management LLC	7,301	$2.57M	1.3%	+48.2%	0.002%
4/6/2021	Indiana Trust & Investment Management CO	5,487	$1.93M	1.0%	-3.9%	0.001%
4/5/2021	ELM Advisors LLC	1,964	$0.69M	0.4%	-4.8%	0.000%
4/5/2021	Pacer Advisors Inc.	38,859	$13.70M	0.2%	-5.7%	0.009%
4/5/2021	Security National Bank	845	$0.30M	0.1%	+30.0%	0.000%
4/5/2021	Jacobs & Co. CA	39,110	$13.79M	1.7%	-0.9%	0.009%
4/5/2021	Canandaigua National Corp	1,337	$0.47M	0.1%	-2.7%	0.000%
4/5/2021	Modus Advisors LLC	920	$0.32M	0.2%	+7.2%	0.000%
4/5/2021	Woodstock Corp	27,478	$9.69M	1.2%	+1.1%	0.006%
4/5/2021	First National Bank of Mount Dora Trust Investment Services	16,006	$5.64M	2.0%	+51.0%	0.004%
4/5/2021	Confluence Investment Management LLC	804	$0.28M	0.0%	-5.4%	0.000%
4/5/2021	Fulton Bank N.A.	8,246	$2.91M	0.1%	-12.2%	0.002%
4/2/2021	Stillwater Investment Management LLC	12,657	$4.46M	1.3%	+1.0%	0.003%
4/2/2021	Private Asset Management Inc.	53,103	$18.72M	2.6%	+3.0%	0.012%
4/1/2021	Park National Corp OH	29,087	$10.25M	0.4%	+6.6%	0.007%
4/1/2021	M&R Capital Management Inc.	6,002	$2.12M	0.5%	-3.5%	0.001%
4/1/2021	Rempart Asset Management Inc.	62,483	$22.02M	5.8%	+2.2%	0.014%
4/1/2021	Renaissance Investment Group LLC	24,114	$8.50M	2.3%	+1.7%	0.005%
3/30/2021	Koshinski Asset Management Inc.	2,472	$0.93M	0.1%	+10.5%	0.001%
3/26/2021	Bard Financial Services Inc.	7,655	$2.88M	0.3%	N/A	0.002%
3/24/2021	Alpha DNA Investment Management LLC	2,657	$1M	1.0%	N/A	0.001%
3/23/2021	Mach 1 Financial Group Inc.	3,225	$1.22M	1.3%	N/A	0.001%
3/19/2021	Front Barnett Associates LLC	708	$0.27M	0.0%	+23.6%	0.000%
3/19/2021	Baron Silver Stevens Financial Advisors LLC	284	$0.11M	0.0%	N/A	0.000%
3/19/2021	Valley Brook Capital Group	1,265	$0.48M	0.5%	N/A	0.000%
3/17/2021	Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management Inc.	775	$0.29M	0.2%	N/A	0.000%
3/16/2021	Carret Asset Management LLC	5,389	$2.03M	0.3%	+267.8%	0.001%
3/12/2021	DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale	294,601	$110.70M	0.4%	+11.4%	0.067%
3/11/2021	Midwest Professional Planners LTD.	2,503	$0.94M	0.6%	+1.4%	0.001%
3/10/2021	Investment Advisory Services Inc. TX ADV	2,558	$0.96M	0.7%	+6.1%	0.001%
3/10/2021	HM Payson & Co.	2,315	$0.87M	0.0%	+14.6%	0.001%
3/10/2021	SOA Wealth Advisors LLC.	202	$72K	0.0%	N/A	0.000%
3/10/2021	Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC	740	$0.28M	0.1%	N/A	0.000%
3/9/2021	TRU Independence Asset Management 2 LLC	551	$0.21M	0.2%	N/A	0.000%
3/9/2021	Encompass Wealth Advisors LLC	551	$0.21M	0.1%	N/A	0.000%
3/9/2021	Childress Capital Advisors LLC	703	$0.27M	0.2%	N/A	0.000%
3/9/2021	tru Independence LLC	2,663	$1M	0.0%	+4.5%	0.001%
3/9/2021	Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc.	606,771	$228.62M	0.2%	+1.0%	0.137%
3/8/2021	B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG	42,157	$16.27M	0.3%	N/A	0.010%
3/8/2021	Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky	104,440	$39.35M	0.4%	-3.7%	0.024%
3/8/2021	Harvest Volatility Management LLC	5,921	$2.23M	0.3%	N/A	0.001%
3/8/2021	Q Capital Solutions	650	$0.25M	0.2%	N/A	0.000%
3/5/2021	Patron Partners Advisors LLC	5,101	$1.92M	1.9%	N/A	0.001%
3/5/2021	BNC Wealth Management LLC	4,333	$1.63M	1.0%	+3.4%	0.001%
3/5/2021	Auxier Asset Management	9,617	$3.62M	0.7%	-1.0%	0.002%
3/5/2021	44 Wealth Management LLC	10,055	$3.79M	1.7%	N/A	0.002%
3/5/2021	Voya Financial Advisors Inc.	9,485	$3.55M	0.2%	+5.2%	0.002%
3/4/2021	Moody National Bank Trust Division	39,310	$14.81M	0.4%	+0.2%	0.009%
3/4/2021	Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc.	33,917	$12.78M	1.1%	+1.6%	0.008%
3/4/2021	Navis Wealth Advisors LLC	369	$0.14M	0.1%	N/A	0.000%
3/4/2021	Geier Asset Management Inc.	5,562	$1.84M	1.5%	N/A	0.001%
3/3/2021	Laurel Wealth Advisors Inc.	3,939	$1.48M	0.2%	+6.0%	0.001%
3/3/2021	Jackson Grant Investment Advisers Inc.	339	$0.13M	0.1%	+260.6%	0.000%
3/3/2021	Hoffman Alan N Investment Management	10,679	$4.02M	2.6%	N/A	0.002%
3/2/2021	SkyView Investment Advisors LLC	552	$0.21M	0.1%	N/A	0.000%
3/2/2021	Hall Capital Management Co. Inc.	7,872	$2.97M	2.1%	+1.6%	0.002%
3/2/2021	FormulaFolio Investments LLC	8,451	$3.18M	0.1%	+52.9%	0.002%
3/2/2021	Norges Bank	4,734,908	$1.78B	0.4%	N/A	1.069%
3/2/2021	Capital Asset Advisory Services LLC	1,878	$0.71M	0.1%	+52.8%	0.000%
3/2/2021	Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt	8,327	$3.14M	0.3%	+27.6%	0.002%
3/1/2021	UBS Asset Management Americas Inc.	2,252,715	$848.78M	0.4%	-4.1%	0.509%
3/1/2021	Phocas Financial Corp.	833	$0.31M	0.0%	+22.0%	0.000%
3/1/2021	Curran Financial Partners LLC	4,087	$1.54M	1.3%	N/A	0.001%
3/1/2021	Perpetual Investment Management Limited	712	$0.27M	0.0%	N/A	0.000%

Data available starting January 2016

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Australia, Spain, France, Iceland, China, and Taiwan. It offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. The company provides dry and packaged foods, and groceries; snack foods, candies, alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, and cleaning supplies; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, and garden and patio products; meat, bakery, and deli products, as well as produce; and apparel and small appliances. It also operates pharmacies, optical dispensing centers, food courts, and hearing-aid centers, as well as 615 gas stations; and offers business delivery, travel, same-day grocery, and various other services online in various countries. As of October 07, 2020, the company operated 796 warehouses, including 552 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 102 in Canada, 39 in Mexico, 29 in the United Kingdom, 27 in Japan, 16 in South Korea, 13 in Taiwan, 12 in Australia, 3 in Spain, 1 in Iceland, 1 in France, and 1 in China. It also operates e-commerce websites in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.

Today's Range

Now: $363.21

$359.60

$363.71

50 Day Range

MA: $338.87

$311.42

$361.22

52 Week Range

Now: $363.21

$293.84

$393.15

Volume

1,607,594 shs

Average Volume

3,026,001 shs

Market Capitalization

$160.73 billion

P/E Ratio

37.29

Dividend Yield

0.78%

Beta

0.66

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Costco Wholesale?

Costco Wholesale's top insider investors include:

Patrick J Callans (VP)
James C Klauer (EVP)
James C Klauer (Insider)
Susan L Decker (Director)
James P Murphy (VP)
Paul G Moulton (VP)
Richard A Galanti (CFO)
Timothy L Rose (VP)
Daniel M Hines (Insider)
Roland Michael Vachris (VP)
Joseph P Portera (VP)
Kenneth D Denman (Director)
Richard M Libenson (Director)
Russell D Miller (EVP)

Who are the major institutional investors of Costco Wholesale?

Costco Wholesale's top institutional shareholders include:

State of Alaska Department of Revenue — 0.03%
Chesley Taft & Associates LLC — 0.02%
Rempart Asset Management Inc. — 0.01%
Baldwin Brothers Inc. MA — 0.01%
Private Asset Management Inc. — 0.01%
Jacobs & Co. CA — 0.01%

Which institutional investors are selling Costco Wholesale stock?

In the last quarter, COST stock was sold by these institutional investors:

EWG Elevate Inc.
Hexavest Inc.
State of Alaska Department of Revenue
First Hawaiian Bank
Pacer Advisors Inc.
Chesley Taft & Associates LLC
Fulton Bank N.A.
Private Trust Co. NA

Within the previous year, company insiders that have sold Costco Wholesale company stock include:

Patrick J Callans (VP)
James C Klauer (EVP)
James C Klauer (Insider)
Susan L Decker (Director)
James P Murphy (VP)
Paul G Moulton (VP)
Richard A Galanti (CFO)
Timothy L Rose (VP)
Daniel M Hines (Insider)
Roland Michael Vachris (VP)
Joseph P Portera (VP)
Kenneth D Denman (Director)

Which institutional investors are buying Costco Wholesale stock?

During the previous quarter, COST stock was acquired by institutional investors including:

EFG Asset Management Americas Corp.
Everence Capital Management Inc.
Private Advisory Group LLC
First National Bank of Mount Dora Trust Investment Services
BTR Capital Management Inc.
Campbell Capital Management Inc.
TrimTabs Asset Management LLC
Bath Savings Trust Co