Costco Wholesale Ownership | Who Owns Costco Wholesale?

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Costco Wholesale Ownership Summary

Costco Wholesale is owned by 68.40% institutional investors, 0.19% insiders, and 31.41% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.32% of COST shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.16% of its assets in Costco Wholesale shares.

COST Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Costco Wholesale	68.40%	0.19%	31.41%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	48.72%	12.99%	38.29%
Industry	Discount Stores Stocks	78.71%	6.80%	14.49%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	41.37M	9.32%	$35.17B
Blackrock	33.19M	7.48%	$28.21B
State street	18.63M	4.20%	$15.83B
Morgan stanley	9.44M	2.13%	$8.02B
Geode capital management	9.32M	2.10%	$7.90B
Fmr	8.98M	2.02%	$7.64B
Norges bank	5.31M	1.20%	$4.52B
Northern trust	4.82M	1.09%	$4.10B
Bank of new york mellon	4.81M	1.08%	$4.09B
Alliancebernstein	4.32M	0.97%	$3.67B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Emerald advisors	632.46K	81.63%	$537.59M
Worldly partners management	89.79K	40.96%	$76.32M
I.g.y.	96.00K	37.07%	$81.60M
Steginsky capital	145.94K	28.50%	$124.05M
Norman fields, gottscho capital management	59.58K	18.43%	$52.69M
Greenbrier partners capital management	224.65K	15.75%	$190.95M
Ocean capital management	54.12K	15.26%	$46.00M
Provident trust	840.49K	13.26%	$714.40M
Garrison bradford & associates	12.64K	11.04%	$10.75M
Empirical capital management	18.10K	10.97%	$15.38M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	5.31M	0.67%	5.31M
Blackrock	33.19M	0.64%	835.17K
Assenagon asset management	836.25K	1.58%	620.34K
Amundi	2.26M	0.75%	618.42K
Strategic financial concepts	619.58K	0.12%	618.38K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Wellington management group llp	1.03M	0.16%	-807.77K
Global assets advisory	-	-	-696.60K
Wcm investment management	-	-	-529.86K
Jpmorgan chase	3.73M	0.26%	-520.11K
California public employees retirement system	1.28M	0.80%	-496.49K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	5.31M	0.67%	5.31M	$4.52B
Mirae asset global etfs	352.46K	0.71%	352.46K	$299.59M
Corebridge financial	141.00K	0.66%	141.00K	$119.85M
Actiam	134.89K	2.25%	134.89K	$114.66M
Soros fund management	100.00K	1.53%	100.00K	$85.00M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Pineridge advisors	-10.00
Migdal insurance & financial	-11.00
Wetzel investment advisors	-13.00
Macroview investment management	-17.00
Dixon mitchell investment counsel	-19.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2024	3,495	0.98%	303,643,626	1.70%	68	1.51%	1,603	-0.87%	1,370	2.54%
Mar 31, 2024	3,461	2.21%	298,571,374	-1.43%	67	1.44%	1,617	-6.26%	1,336	12.55%
Dec 31, 2023	3,386	8.28%	302,887,513	1.46%	68	1.51%	1,725	24.28%	1,187	2.15%
Sep 30, 2023	3,127	0.94%	298,515,120	-0.18%	67	1.48%	1,388	-2.87%	1,162	1.93%
Jun 30, 2023	3,098	3.16%	299,056,850	-13.97%	67	1.10%	1,429	-0.69%	1,140	6.24%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	14.00M	3.16%	-49.32K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	11.75M	2.65%	137.56K
Invesco QQQ Trust	8.58M	1.94%	-39.87K
Fidelity 500 Index	5.45M	1.23%	-13.95K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	5.37M	1.21%	-1.67K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	4.94M	1.11%	7.60K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	4.45M	1.00%	27.73K
Vanguard Institutional Index I	2.82M	0.64%	-1.12K
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF	2.39M	0.54%	5.90K
Fidelity Contrafund	2.17M	0.49%	7.69K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Oct 24, 2024	GALANTI RICHARD A	Executive Vice President	Sell	$1.27M
Oct 23, 2024	Jones Teresa A.	Executive Vice President	Sell	$717.24K
Oct 15, 2024	Riel Pierre	Executive Vice President	Sell	$1.79M
Oct 11, 2024	Miller Russell D	Sr. Executive Vice President	Sell	$3.92M
Sep 30, 2024	Adamo Claudine	Executive Vice President	Sell	$2.84M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2024 Q4	-	4
2024 Q3	-	10
2024 Q2	-	1
2024 Q1	-	7
2023 Q4	-	11

COST Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Costco Wholesale?

Costco Wholesale shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 68.40%, followed by 0.19% insiders and 31.41% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Costco Wholesale's industry, Discount Stores Stocks , is 78.71%, which Costco Wholesale falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Costco Wholesale?

Costco Wholesale’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (41.37M shares, 9.32%), Blackrock (33.19M shares, 7.48%), and State street (18.63M shares, 4.20%). Together, they hold 20.99% of Costco Wholesale’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Costco Wholesale?

Yes, BlackRock owns 7.48% of Costco Wholesale, totaling 33.19M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.64% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 28.21B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 835.17K shares, a 2.58% change.

Who is Costco Wholesale’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Emerald advisors is Costco Wholesale’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 81.63% of its assets in 632.46K Costco Wholesale shares, valued at 537.59M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Costco Wholesale shares?

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Costco Wholesale shares, with 3.16% of its total shares outstanding invested in 14M Costco Wholesale shares.

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