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Insider Ownership Percentage: 0.10%

Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $0.00

Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $13,198,033.76

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Costco Wholesale Share Price & Price History

^$1,040.55

▲ +28.27 (2.79%)

As of 11/2/2026 04:00 PM ET

Days: 30 | 90 | 365

Costco Wholesale Insider Trading History

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction	Shares Held After Transaction
10/13/2026	William Richard Wilcox	EVP	Sell	1,100	$958.21	$1,054,031.00	3,094
9/29/2026	Claudine Adamo	EVP	Sell	2,200	$915.93	$2,015,046.00	7,134
6/23/2026	Kenneth D. Denman	Director	Sell	885	$957.45	$847,343.25	4,779
3/9/2026	Claudine Adamo	EVP	Sell	730	$1,003.02	$732,204.60	6,121
1/21/2026	Teresa A Jones	EVP	Sell	850	$986.26	$838,321.00	4,228
1/16/2026	Susan L. Decker	Director	Sell	458	$955.00	$437,390.00	8,532
1/14/2026	James C Klauer	EVP	Sell	1,500	$939.00	$1,408,500.00	44,837
1/9/2026	Russell D. Miller	EVP	Sell	1,500	$916.32	$1,374,480.00	8,240
12/30/2025	Javier Polit	EVP	Sell	558	$862.89	$481,492.62	10,190
12/29/2025	Javier Polit	EVP	Sell	2,049	$867.21	$1,776,913.29	10,748
11/7/2025	William Richard Wilcox	EVP	Sell	2,400	$930.13	$2,232,312.00	2,000
10/24/2025	Claudine Adamo	EVP	Sell	2,700	$935.68	$2,526,336.00	6,851
10/24/2025	Tiffany Marie Barbre	Insider	Sell	1,239	$934.62	$1,157,994.18	5,155
9/29/2025	Russell D. Miller	EVP	Sell	3,381	$915.00	$3,093,615.00	9,740
8/20/2025	Teresa A Jones	EVP	Sell	600	$992.05	$595,230.00	2,362
7/14/2025	Yoram Rubanenko	EVP	Sell	4,000	$974.96	$3,899,840.00	5,774
6/18/2025	Susan L. Decker	Director	Sell	547	$980.00	$536,060.00	11,531
6/9/2025	Patrick J Callans	EVP	Sell	3,000	$1,002.77	$3,008,310.00	58,543
6/6/2025	Pierre Riel	EVP	Sell	2,000	$1,014.15	$2,028,300.00	8,210
4/17/2025	James C Klauer	EVP	Sell	4,000	$981.07	$3,924,280.00	43,994
3/27/2025	Gary Millerchip	EVP	Sell	1,100	$940.01	$1,034,011.00	11,165
3/24/2025	Claudine Adamo	EVP	Sell	900	$922.56	$830,304.00	6,987
3/11/2025	Roland Michael Vachris	CEO	Sell	3,600	$931.00	$3,351,600.00	41,077
10/24/2024	Richard A Galanti	EVP	Sell	1,416	$894.68	$1,266,866.88	27,400
10/15/2024	Pierre Riel	EVP	Sell	2,000	$896.71	$1,793,420.00	10,210
10/11/2024	Russell D. Miller	EVP	Sell	4,400	$891.15	$3,921,060.00	10,202
9/30/2024	Claudine Adamo	EVP	Sell	3,200	$888.99	$2,844,768.00	8,630
8/15/2024	Richard A Galanti	EVP	Sell	500	$874.05	$437,025.00	22,900
8/15/2024	Susan L. Decker	Director	Sell	620	$876.50	$543,430.00	11,775
8/13/2024	Richard A Galanti	EVP	Sell	500	$863.88	$431,940.00	23,800
7/25/2024	Teresa A Jones	EVP	Sell	4	$832.55	$3,330.20	4,935
7/15/2024	Daniel M. Hines	Insider	Sell	1,500	$848.53	$1,272,795.00	10,992
7/15/2024	Kenneth D. Denman	Director	Sell	350	$851.53	$298,035.50	5,920
7/12/2024	Daniel M. Hines	Insider	Sell	1,500	$844.20	$1,266,300.00	12,492
4/17/2024	Russell D. Miller	EVP	Sell	785	$722.86	$567,445.10	10,000
3/11/2024	Claudine Adamo	EVP	Sell	1,500	$714.83	$1,072,245.00	6,695
2/9/2024	Susan L. Decker	Director	Sell	1,442	$723.48	$1,043,258.16	12,395
1/23/2024	W. Craig Jelinek	Director	Sell	8,000	$685.93	$5,487,440.00	216,212
1/18/2024	Yoram Rubanenko	VP	Sell	2,500	$680.33	$1,700,825.00	5,910
1/16/2024	Caton Frates	EVP	Sell	740	$683.50	$505,790.00	6,721
1/9/2024	Daniel M. Hines	Insider	Sell	1,400	$662.30	$927,220.00	13,922
12/19/2023	Richard A Galanti	CFO	Sell	1,112	$680.21	$756,393.52	24,300
11/8/2023	Richard A Galanti	CFO	Sell	2,000	$566.09	$1,132,180.00	25,412
11/7/2023	Pierre Riel	EVP	Sell	3,000	$571.12	$1,713,360.00	7,422
11/3/2023	Russell D. Miller	EVP	Sell	4,500	$557.75	$2,509,875.00	10,785

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

68.48% 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
11/2/2026	Alta Advisers Ltd	3,175	$2.89M	0.4%	+90.6%	0.001%
11/2/2026	Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc.	825	$0.75M	0.1%	-2.4%	0.000%
11/2/2026	Ullmann Wealth Partners Group LLC	1,910	$1.74M	0.2%	-2.6%	0.000%
11/2/2026	Westside Investment Management Inc.	1,418	$1.30M	0.2%	+5.2%	0.000%
11/2/2026	Principle Wealth Partners LLC	6,180	$5.63M	0.3%	-1.1%	0.001%
11/2/2026	Kestra Advisory Services LLC	122,178	$111.22M	0.3%	+8.8%	0.028%
11/2/2026	Claro Advisors Inc.	3,250	$2.96M	0.3%	+33.7%	0.001%
11/2/2026	Telos Capital Management Inc.	18,099	$16.48M	1.5%	+2.3%	0.004%
11/2/2026	Quadcap Wealth Management LLC	1,626	$1.48M	0.1%	-12.2%	0.000%
11/2/2026	Brady Family Wealth LLC	5,381	$4.90M	1.5%	+4.4%	0.001%
11/2/2026	StrongBox Wealth LLC	8,978	$8.17M	2.2%	+11.1%	0.002%
11/2/2026	B&D White Capital Company LLC	376	$0.34M	0.0%	+68.6%	0.000%
11/2/2026	MMA Asset Management LLC	566	$0.52M	0.2%	+16.5%	0.000%
11/2/2026	QTR Family Wealth LLC	742	$0.68M	0.2%	-28.0%	0.000%
11/2/2026	Platform Technology Partners	3,891	$3.54M	0.6%	+1.8%	0.001%
11/2/2026	Capstone Wealth Management LLC	462	$0.42M	0.2%	-42.2%	0.000%
11/2/2026	Inscription Capital LLC	3,050	$2.78M	0.3%	-8.6%	0.001%
11/2/2026	Commonwealth Equity Services LLC	326,263	$297.01M	0.4%	-4.5%	0.074%
11/2/2026	Wealth Dimensions Group Ltd.	397	$0.36M	0.1%	+8.5%	0.000%
11/2/2026	Schmidt P J Investment Management Inc.	8,188	$7.45M	1.1%	+2.0%	0.002%
11/2/2026	Collaborative Fund Advisors LLC	586	$0.53M	0.3%	-42.1%	0.000%
10/31/2026	Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC	79,611	$72.47M	0.8%	+1.5%	0.018%
10/31/2026	Costello Asset Management INC	1,806	$1.64M	0.5%	-2.1%	0.000%
10/31/2026	Bfsg LLC	8,415	$7.66M	0.7%	-0.3%	0.002%
10/31/2026	Cowa LLC	247	$0.23M	0.1%	-10.2%	0.000%
10/31/2026	Boston Trust Walden Corp	108,949	$99.18M	0.8%	-1.7%	0.025%
10/31/2026	Northeast Investment Management	90,606	$82.48M	2.9%	+0.1%	0.020%
10/31/2026	Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC	10,188	$10.22M	0.2%	+6.8%	0.002%
10/31/2026	Independent Investors Inc.	2,390	$2.18M	0.4%	-1.0%	0.001%
10/31/2026	Basso Capital Management L.P.	546	$0.50M	0.1%	N/A	0.000%
10/31/2026	Sageworth Trust Co of South Dakota	432	$0.39M	0.2%	-4.2%	0.000%
10/31/2026	Richardson Financial Services Inc.	790	$0.72M	0.4%	-22.9%	0.000%
10/31/2026	Cordgrass Capital Advisors LLC	8,961	$8.16M	3.0%	-0.4%	0.002%
10/31/2026	Ascent Group LLC	15,057	$13.71M	0.4%	-1.0%	0.003%
10/31/2026	Caldwell Trust Co	16,941	$15.42M	1.2%	+2.1%	0.004%
10/31/2026	GPM Growth Investors Inc.	9,046	$8.24M	3.5%	-1.3%	0.002%
10/31/2026	Signet Investment Advisory Group Inc.	1,066	$0.97M	0.4%	-1.3%	0.000%
10/31/2026	Kelleher Financial Advisors	586	$0.53M	0.1%	-61.9%	0.000%
10/31/2026	3Chopt Investment Partners LLC	1,827	$1.66M	0.3%	+11.5%	0.000%
10/31/2026	Trace Wealth Advisors LLC	2,758	$2.51M	1.9%	+0.4%	0.001%
10/30/2026	Compass Financial Management LLC	4,896	$4.46M	0.5%	+2.3%	0.001%
10/30/2026	Sentry LLC	1,208	$1.10M	0.4%	-13.0%	0.000%
10/30/2026	Focused Wealth Management Inc	1,214	$1.11M	0.1%	-12.8%	0.000%
10/30/2026	Rakuten Investment Management Inc.	118,071	$109.17M	0.3%	+10.5%	0.027%
10/30/2026	Markel Group Inc.	33,748	$30.72M	0.2%	-13.8%	0.008%
10/30/2026	Parr Mcknight Wealth Management Group LLC	7,471	$6.80M	0.8%	+2.2%	0.002%
10/30/2026	Westhampton Capital LLC	3,302	$3.01M	1.3%	-0.3%	0.001%
10/30/2026	Farrow Financial Inc.	2,621	$2.39M	1.3%	+1.5%	0.001%
10/30/2026	MFG Investments LLC	369	$0.34M	0.4%	N/A	0.000%
10/30/2026	AIA Group Ltd	21,895	$19.93M	0.2%	+22.9%	0.005%
10/30/2026	Third View Private Wealth LLC	3,040	$2.77M	0.3%	-0.3%	0.001%
10/30/2026	Provenance Wealth Advisors LLC	1,821	$1.66M	0.1%	+691.7%	0.000%
10/30/2026	One Day In July LLC	1,193	$1.09M	0.1%	-2.2%	0.000%
10/30/2026	Hughes Financial Services LLC	296	$0.30M	0.0%	+6.9%	0.000%
10/30/2026	TrinityBridge Ltd	656	$0.60M	0.0%	-1.5%	0.000%
10/30/2026	Lyell Wealth Management LP	30,278	$27.56M	1.6%	+0.1%	0.007%
10/30/2026	Associated Banc Corp	2,068	$1.88M	0.0%	N/A	0.000%
10/30/2026	Fischer Financial Services Inc.	8,093	$7.37M	1.8%	+1.5%	0.002%
10/30/2026	Putney Financial Group LLC	2,704	$2.46M	1.9%	+21.6%	0.001%
10/30/2026	Watershed Private Wealth LLC	1,278	$1.16M	0.3%	+1.0%	0.000%
10/30/2026	Richwood Investment Advisors LLC	1,928	$1.76M	1.2%	+5.6%	0.000%
10/30/2026	Integrity Advisory Solutions LLC	1,311	$1.19M	0.1%	+28.0%	0.000%
10/30/2026	Spectrum Wealth Advisory Group LLC	431	$0.39M	0.1%	-3.1%	0.000%
10/30/2026	Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers LLC	9,758	$8.88M	1.5%	-0.6%	0.002%
10/30/2026	Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund	54,510	$49.62M	0.5%	-0.1%	0.012%
10/30/2026	First Nebraska Trust Co	2,024	$1.84M	0.2%	N/A	0.000%
10/30/2026	IPG Investment Advisors LLC	4,478	$4.08M	0.6%	+12.7%	0.001%
10/30/2026	Torray Investment Partners LLC	560	$0.51M	0.1%	-10.8%	0.000%
10/30/2026	Factory Mutual Insurance Co.	28,850	$26.26M	0.2%	-0.2%	0.007%
10/30/2026	Garner Asset Management Corp	3,399	$3.42M	1.1%	-1.1%	0.001%
10/30/2026	Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super	87,670	$79.81M	1.1%	+3.6%	0.020%
10/30/2026	Challenger Wealth Management	2,397	$2.18M	1.6%	+2.3%	0.001%
10/30/2026	Legacy Wealth Management LLC MS	3,429	$3.12M	0.9%	-7.4%	0.001%
10/30/2026	Eads & Heald Wealth Management	3,294	$3M	1.5%	-0.9%	0.001%
10/30/2026	Garde Capital Inc.	4,444	$4.05M	0.2%	+5.5%	0.001%
10/30/2026	Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management	7,098	$6.46M	0.2%	+14.8%	0.002%
10/30/2026	Torren Management LLC	75	$68K	0.0%	+21.0%	0.000%
10/30/2026	GRIMES & Co WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC	4,665	$4.25M	0.1%	+9.6%	0.001%
10/30/2026	BOCHK Asset Management Ltd	3,950	$3.60M	0.5%	+51.9%	0.001%
10/30/2026	Blue Bell Private Wealth Management LLC	421	$0.38M	0.0%	-22.9%	0.000%
10/30/2026	Signature Equity Partners LLC	680	$0.62M	0.2%	-14.2%	0.000%
10/30/2026	Hopwood Financial Services Inc.	387	$0.35M	0.2%	-13.0%	0.000%
10/30/2026	XML Financial LLC	3,409	$3.10M	0.2%	-8.9%	0.001%
10/30/2026	Summit Wealth Group LLC Co.	11,436	$10.41M	0.7%	+546.8%	0.003%
10/29/2026	Landaas & Co. WI ADV	479	$0.44M	0.1%	+3.0%	0.000%
10/29/2026	Providence Wealth Advisors LLC	929	$0.86M	0.5%	-6.0%	0.000%
10/29/2026	Certified Advisory Corp	6,875	$6.26M	0.5%	-0.7%	0.002%
10/29/2026	Harold Davidson & Associates Inc.	5,528	$5.03M	2.0%	-0.7%	0.001%
10/29/2026	TSG Advice Partners LLC	1,061	$0.99M	0.1%	N/A	0.000%
10/29/2026	Salomon & Ludwin LLC	390	$0.36M	0.0%	-17.4%	0.000%
10/29/2026	One Way Holdings LLC	22,027	$20.05M	0.9%	+7.9%	0.005%
10/29/2026	Welch Group LLC	2,093	$1.91M	0.1%	-1.0%	0.000%
10/29/2026	Provident Trust Co.	332,481	$302.67M	9.4%	-29.3%	0.075%
10/29/2026	Traynor Capital Management Inc.	8,926	$8.13M	0.4%	+4.0%	0.002%
10/29/2026	Walled Lake Planning & Wealth Management LLC	422	$0.38M	0.1%	-26.2%	0.000%
10/29/2026	Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich	492,084	$448.97M	1.1%	+1.1%	0.111%
10/29/2026	Pinkerton Wealth LLC	228	$0.21M	0.0%	N/A	0.000%
10/29/2026	Virtue Capital Management LLC	516	$0.47M	0.1%	-9.6%	0.000%
10/29/2026	Heritage Investors Management Corp	27,281	$24.84M	0.7%	-0.7%	0.006%
10/29/2026	Optima Capital LLC	875	$0.80M	0.3%	-1.9%	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, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. It offers merchandise, such as sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, garden and patio products, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal products, office supplies, automotive care products, postages, tickets, apparel, small appliances, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. The company also operates gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers; and offers business delivery, travel, grocery, and various other services online. It also operates e-commerce websites. 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: $1,040.55

$1,014.34

$1,042.56

50 Day Range

MA: $945.16

$893.74

$1,040.55

52 Week Range

Now: $1,040.55

$844.06

$1,096.50

Volume

3,108,960 shs

Average Volume

2,103,286 shs

Market Capitalization

$461.10 billion

P/E Ratio

48.06

Dividend Yield

0.60%

Beta

0.88

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Costco Wholesale?: Costco Wholesale's top insider investors include:
James Sinegal (Director)
James D Sinegal (Director)
W Craig Jelinek (Insider)
W Craig Jelinek (CEO)
W Craig Jelinek (Director)
Jeffrey H Brotman (Chairman)
John D Mckay (EVP)
Paul G Moulton (VP)
Patrick J Callans (VP)
John D Mckay (Insider)
Learn More about top insider investors at Costco Wholesale.
Who are the major institutional investors of Costco Wholesale?: Costco Wholesale's top institutional shareholders include:
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. — 0.23%
Everett Harris & Co. CA — 0.17%
Assenagon Asset Management S.A. — 0.12%
ProShare Advisors LLC — 0.11%
Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich — 0.11%
TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. — 0.08%
Learn More about top institutional investors of Costco Wholesale stock.
Which institutional investors are selling Costco Wholesale stock?: In the last quarter, COST stock was sold by these institutional investors:
Curated Wealth Partners LLC
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.
Provident Trust Co.
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.
Ninety One UK Ltd
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.
VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al
Annex Advisory Services LLC
Within the previous year, company insiders that have sold Costco Wholesale company stock include:
James C Klauer (EVP)
Javier Polit (EVP)
Susan L Decker (Director)
Russell D Miller (EVP)
Claudine Adamo (EVP)
Kenneth D Denman (Director)
Teresa A Jones (EVP)
William Richard Wilcox (EVP)
Learn More investors selling Costco Wholesale stock.
Which institutional investors are buying Costco Wholesale stock?: During the previous quarter, COST stock was acquired by institutional investors including:
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd.
Copeland Capital Management LLC
JGP Wealth Management LLC
Randolph Co Inc
Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V.
Sapient Capital LLC
Toth Financial Advisory Corp
Reliant Investment Management LLC