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Costco Wholesale Corp Stock Ownership - Who owns Costco?

OverviewForecastEarningsRevenueDividendOwnership
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Insider buying vs selling

Have Costco Wholesale Corp insiders been buying or selling?

Buy
Sell
NameRoleDateSharesPriceValue
Teresa A. JonesExecutive Vice President2026-01-21850$986.26
$838.32kSell
Susan L. DeckerDirector2026-01-16458$955.00
$437.39kSell
James C. KlauerExecutive Vice President2026-01-141,500$939.00
$1.41MSell
Russell D. MillerSr. Executive Vice President2026-01-091,500$916.32
$1.37MSell
Javier PolitExecutive Vice President2025-12-30558$862.90
$481.50kSell
Javier PolitExecutive Vice President2025-12-292,049$867.21
$1.78MSell
William Richard WilcoxExecutive Vice President2025-11-072,400$930.13
$2.23MSell
Claudine AdamoExecutive Vice President2025-10-242,700$935.68
$2.53MSell
Tiffany Marie BarbreInsider2025-10-241,239$934.62
$1.16MSell
Tiffany Marie BarbreInsider2025-10-22135$944.68
$127.53kSell

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Net Insider Buy/Sell (L12M) Ownership

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COST Shareholders

What type of owners hold Costco Wholesale Corp stock?

Institutional
Insider
Retail
NameHoldSharesValueType
Vanguard Group Inc9.79%43,455,368$41.41BInstitution
Blackrock Inc7.84%34,781,929$33.14BInstitution
State Street Corp4.09%18,164,785$17.31BInstitution
Geode Capital Management LLC2.33%10,361,829$9.87BInstitution
Morgan Stanley2.12%9,415,648$8.97BInstitution
Fmr LLC1.79%7,953,470$7.58BInstitution
Bank Of America Corp1.55%6,871,419$6.55BInstitution
Northern Trust Corp1.14%5,059,990$4.82BInstitution
Invesco Ltd0.94%4,185,579$3.99BInstitution
Royal Bank Of Canada0.88%3,886,967$3.70BInstitution

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COST vs Discount Store Stocks

TickerInst. %Insider %Net Insider (L12M)Net Insider (L3M)
COST66.74%0.84%Net SellingNet Selling
TGT81.75%1.04%Net Selling
DG94.91%0.45%Net SellingNet Selling
DLTR90.60%9.40%Net SellingNet Selling
BJ76.37%23.63%Net SellingNet Selling
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Costco Stock Ownership FAQ

Who owns Costco?

Costco (NASDAQ: COST) is owned by 66.74% institutional shareholders, 0.84% Costco insiders, and 32.41% retail investors. Vanguard Group Inc is the largest individual Costco shareholder, owning 43.46M shares representing 9.79% of the company. Vanguard Group Inc's Costco shares are currently valued at $40.86B.

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