COST Insider Trading

Insider Trading Chart
Insider Trading History
Frequently Asked Questions
About

Insider Ownership Percentage: 0.18%

Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $0.00

Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $19,862,330.68

Costco Wholesale Insider Trading History Chart

Costco Wholesale Share Price & Price History

^$929.66

▼ -9.09 (-0.97%)

As of 03/28/2025 05:00 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
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
10/23/2023	Claudine Adamo	EVP	Sell	2,565	$548.92	$1,407,979.80	8,128
10/11/2023	James C Klauer	EVP	Sell	1,500	$562.01	$843,015.00	45,134
10/10/2023	Richard A Galanti	CFO	Sell	2,000	$565.57	$1,131,140.00	28,138
10/9/2023	Patrick J Callans	VP	Sell	2,500	$553.76	$1,384,400.00	67,934
10/6/2023	Caton Frates	EVP	Sell	1,200	$562.64	$675,168.00	8,363
6/28/2023	Susan L. Decker	Director	Sell	1,565	$533.00	$834,145.00	13,329
6/13/2023	Richard A Galanti	CFO	Sell	1,500	$522.02	$783,030.00	23,850
4/11/2023	Caton Frates	EVP	Sell	600	$497.35	$298,410.00	4,320
3/14/2023	Richard A Galanti	CFO	Sell	2,068	$483.32	$999,505.76	25,350
3/7/2023	Russell D. Miller	EVP	Sell	1,500	$488.95	$733,425.00	10,093
1/27/2023	James C Klauer	EVP	Sell	2,500	$503.69	$1,259,225.00	40,884
12/12/2022	Susan L. Decker	Director	Sell	952	$483.00	$459,816.00	18,920
11/4/2022	Russell D. Miller	EVP	Sell	1,000	$483.58	$483,580.00	11,593
10/26/2022	Claudine Adamo	EVP	Sell	2,000	$495.97	$991,940.00	5,685
10/25/2022	Richard A Galanti	CFO	Sell	1,500	$477.65	$716,475.00	27,818
10/7/2022	Richard A Galanti	CFO	Sell	2,000	$471.12	$942,240.00	29,318
7/20/2022	James P. Murphy	VP	Sell	1,500	$525.20	$787,800.00	36,230
7/15/2022	Kenneth D. Denman	Director	Sell	300	$521.68	$156,504.00	5,197
7/14/2022	Richard A Galanti	CFO	Sell	1,000	$505.60	$505,600.00	25,750
6/22/2022	James P. Murphy	VP	Sell	2,500	$464.00	$1,160,000.00	37,730
6/7/2022	Mary Agnes Wilderotter	Director	Buy	850	$470.74	$400,129.00	11,295
4/8/2022	Claudine Adamo	EVP	Sell	500	$602.03	$301,015.00	9,939
4/8/2022	Daniel M. Hines	Insider	Sell	4,498	$603.00	$2,712,294.00	13,108

See Full Table

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
3/27/2025	Milestone Asset Management Group LLC	1,184	$1.09M	1.0%	N/A	0.000%
3/24/2025	Fire Capital Management LLC	1,335	$1.22M	0.9%	N/A	0.000%
3/24/2025	Fulcrum Equity Management	472	$0.43M	0.4%	-25.4%	0.000%
3/24/2025	Mascagni Wealth Management Inc.	64	$59K	0.1%	N/A	0.000%
3/21/2025	Nestegg Advisors Inc.	970	$0.94M	0.9%	N/A	0.000%
3/19/2025	M1 Capital Management LLC	525	$0.48M	0.3%	N/A	0.000%
3/19/2025	DSG Capital Advisors LLC	9,044	$8.29M	1.5%	N/A	0.002%
3/19/2025	Chancellor Financial Group WB LP	1,572	$1.44M	1.2%	N/A	0.000%
3/18/2025	Objective Capital Management LLC	282	$0.26M	0.2%	-18.7%	0.000%
3/18/2025	Triton Wealth Management PLLC	3,461	$3.11M	1.6%	-0.9%	0.001%
3/18/2025	111 Capital	5,360	$4.91M	1.0%	N/A	0.001%
3/17/2025	Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC	137,322	$125.83M	0.2%	+11.7%	0.031%
3/17/2025	NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC	43,312	$39.69M	1.2%	+1.2%	0.010%
3/17/2025	Members Wealth LLC	196	$0.18M	0.1%	N/A	0.000%
3/14/2025	Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB publ	128,556	$117.79M	1.4%	N/A	0.029%
3/13/2025	PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co	4,000	$3.67M	0.5%	N/A	0.001%
3/12/2025	Northstar Financial Companies Inc.	1,932	$1.77M	1.7%	N/A	0.000%
3/12/2025	Centaurus Financial Inc.	5,514	$5.05M	0.3%	+4.2%	0.001%
3/12/2025	Wealthedge Investment Advisors LLC	495	$0.45M	0.2%	N/A	0.000%
3/11/2025	Anchor Pointe Wealth Management LLC	239	$0.22M	0.3%	N/A	0.000%
3/10/2025	Old North State Trust LLC	2,522	$2.31M	1.5%	+9.7%	0.001%
3/10/2025	Capstone Triton Financial Group LLC	4,111	$3.77M	2.4%	-1.7%	0.001%
3/10/2025	Mattson Financial Services LLC	2,276	$2.02M	0.6%	-13.5%	0.001%
3/6/2025	Copia Wealth Management	412	$0.38M	0.4%	N/A	0.000%
3/6/2025	Elite Financial Inc.	564	$0.52M	0.3%	N/A	0.000%
3/6/2025	Wood Tarver Financial Group LLC	1,434	$1.31M	0.4%	N/A	0.000%
3/6/2025	TFR Capital LLC.	5,119	$4.69M	2.3%	N/A	0.001%
3/5/2025	Castle Rock Wealth Management LLC	3,900	$3.57M	0.9%	+5.3%	0.001%
3/5/2025	Financial Insights Inc.	2,346	$2.15M	0.8%	-17.3%	0.001%
3/4/2025	Dogwood Wealth Management LLC	2,134	$1.96M	1.0%	+11.8%	0.000%
3/4/2025	Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC ADV	1,271	$1.17M	0.5%	+3.3%	0.000%
3/4/2025	Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH	5,674	$5.20M	0.2%	-66.7%	0.001%
3/3/2025	GHE LLC	6,640	$6.08M	2.4%	+2.5%	0.001%
3/3/2025	Cim LLC	22,448	$20.57M	2.9%	+0.8%	0.005%
2/28/2025	Park Square Financial Group LLC	1,460	$1.34M	0.9%	N/A	0.000%
2/28/2025	Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH	305,637	$280.05M	0.6%	N/A	0.069%
2/28/2025	Brooklyn FI LLC	618	$0.56M	0.1%	N/A	0.000%
2/27/2025	Fidelity D & D Bancorp Inc.	334	$0.31M	0.2%	+29.0%	0.000%
2/27/2025	Skyline Advisors Inc.	1,550	$1.42M	0.6%	-2.8%	0.000%
2/27/2025	Brucke Financial Inc.	455	$0.45M	0.4%	N/A	0.000%
2/27/2025	REAP Financial Group LLC	481	$0.44M	0.1%	-4.4%	0.000%
2/27/2025	Jefferies Financial Group Inc.	7,871	$7.21M	0.0%	+35.6%	0.002%
2/27/2025	ABLE Financial Group LLC	4,144	$3.80M	1.1%	+4.0%	0.001%
2/27/2025	Chelsea Counsel Co.	8,727	$8M	4.1%	-2.0%	0.002%
2/27/2025	Bernard Wealth Management Corp.	1,596	$1.46M	0.7%	N/A	0.000%
2/27/2025	XY Planning Network Inc.	368	$0.34M	0.3%	N/A	0.000%
2/27/2025	HWG Holdings LP	6,757	$6.19M	2.0%	+5.1%	0.002%
2/27/2025	Pinnacle Wealth Planning Services Inc.	2,038	$1.87M	0.3%	-8.9%	0.000%
2/27/2025	Carolinas Wealth Consulting LLC	966	$0.89M	0.2%	-2.0%	0.000%
2/26/2025	Bristol John W & Co. Inc. NY	147,531	$135.18M	2.2%	-2.1%	0.033%
2/26/2025	LifeWealth Investments LLC	455	$0.42M	0.3%	N/A	0.000%
2/26/2025	Capital A Wealth Management LLC	63	$58K	0.1%	N/A	0.000%
2/26/2025	LM Advisors LLC	4,837	$4.43M	0.7%	+183.2%	0.001%
2/26/2025	Lakeshore Capital Group Inc.	3,025	$2.77M	4.2%	N/A	0.001%
2/26/2025	Virtue Capital Management LLC	1,013	$0.93M	0.2%	+9.0%	0.000%
2/26/2025	Sculati Wealth Management LLC	3,606	$3.30M	1.3%	-0.6%	0.001%
2/25/2025	Heck Capital Advisors LLC	257	$0.24M	0.0%	N/A	0.000%
2/25/2025	Leigh Baldwin & CO. LLC	1,072	$0.98M	0.5%	N/A	0.000%
2/25/2025	B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc.	21,091	$19.33M	0.6%	-11.1%	0.005%
2/25/2025	Armis Advisers LLC	961	$0.88M	0.1%	N/A	0.000%
2/25/2025	Shufro Rose & Co. LLC	674	$0.62M	0.0%	N/A	0.000%
2/25/2025	Integrated Advisors Network LLC	16,418	$15.04M	0.7%	+2.1%	0.004%
2/25/2025	Chokshi & Queen Wealth Advisors Inc	11,062	$10.14M	6.3%	N/A	0.002%
2/25/2025	Garde Capital Inc.	4,082	$3.74M	0.2%	+3.2%	0.001%
2/24/2025	Pullen Investment Management LLC	1,934	$1.77M	1.2%	-2.1%	0.000%
2/24/2025	Hall Capital Management Co. Inc.	5,832	$5.34M	2.5%	N/A	0.001%
2/24/2025	Great Valley Advisor Group Inc.	16,592	$15.20M	0.3%	+0.4%	0.004%
2/24/2025	Cypress Asset Management Inc. TX	11,541	$10.77M	2.7%	N/A	0.003%
2/24/2025	Ameriflex Group Inc.	2,805	$2.75M	1.3%	N/A	0.001%
2/24/2025	United Advisor Group LLC	2,287	$2.10M	0.4%	+7.8%	0.001%
2/24/2025	Sunbeam Capital Management LLC	1,068	$0.98M	0.9%	N/A	0.000%
2/24/2025	Challenger Wealth Management	2,542	$2.33M	2.0%	N/A	0.001%
2/22/2025	American Trust	7,352	$6.74M	0.5%	-5.8%	0.002%
2/21/2025	Ascent Group LLC	10,926	$10.01M	0.8%	+2.3%	0.002%
2/21/2025	Gould Capital LLC	255	$0.23M	0.2%	-19.6%	0.000%
2/21/2025	Aberdeen Wealth Management LLC	716	$0.66M	0.4%	-16.7%	0.000%
2/21/2025	Putney Financial Group LLC	3,483	$3.19M	2.2%	N/A	0.001%
2/21/2025	Perennial Advisors LLC	13,714	$12.57M	2.7%	N/A	0.003%
2/21/2025	Vermillion Wealth Management Inc.	497	$0.46M	0.2%	N/A	0.000%
2/20/2025	Mackenzie Financial Corp	172,259	$157.84M	0.2%	-4.2%	0.039%
2/20/2025	Forum Financial Management LP	4,916	$4.50M	0.1%	+21.5%	0.001%
2/20/2025	Baer Investment Advisory LLC	1,371	$1.26M	2.6%	N/A	0.000%
2/20/2025	Griffith & Werner Inc.	2,155	$1.98M	1.3%	N/A	0.000%
2/20/2025	Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC	350	$0.32M	0.1%	+6.4%	0.000%
2/20/2025	Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC	562	$0.52M	0.4%	N/A	0.000%
2/20/2025	Ball & Co Wealth Management Inc.	297	$0.27M	0.2%	N/A	0.000%
2/19/2025	ARQ Wealth Advisors LLC	719	$0.66M	0.3%	N/A	0.000%
2/19/2025	Auxier Asset Management	7,503	$6.87M	1.1%	-0.4%	0.002%
2/19/2025	Blue Sky Capital Consultants Group Inc.	6,445	$5.91M	3.5%	N/A	0.001%
2/19/2025	Warm Springs Advisors Inc.	4,192	$3.84M	3.6%	N/A	0.001%
2/19/2025	Richmond Investment Services LLC	352	$0.32M	0.2%	N/A	0.000%
2/19/2025	North Star Asset Management Inc.	20,691	$18.96M	0.8%	-1.7%	0.005%
2/19/2025	Invst LLC	3,526	$3.23M	0.4%	-0.6%	0.001%
2/19/2025	Cache Advisors LLC	423	$0.39M	0.1%	N/A	0.000%
2/19/2025	GF Fund Management CO. LTD.	96,361	$88.29M	1.9%	N/A	0.022%
2/19/2025	Wilson & Boucher Capital Management LLC	1,310	$1.20M	0.9%	-6.1%	0.000%
2/19/2025	Pinney & Scofield Inc.	364	$0.33M	0.3%	N/A	0.000%
2/19/2025	Parr Mcknight Wealth Management Group LLC	5,834	$5.35M	0.8%	N/A	0.001%
2/19/2025	Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio	329,277	$301.71M	1.0%	+38.5%	0.074%
2/18/2025	Pacific Point Advisors LLC	2,243	$2.06M	1.3%	N/A	0.001%

Data available starting January 2016

See Full Table

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: $929.66

$926.00

$938.75

50 Day Range

MA: $988.07

$890.62

$1,076.86

52 Week Range

Now: $929.66

$697.27

$1,078.24

Volume

2,099,737 shs

Average Volume

1,941,143 shs

Market Capitalization

$412.47 billion

P/E Ratio

54.59

Dividend Yield

0.50%

Beta

0.82

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Costco Wholesale?: Costco Wholesale's top insider investors include:
W Craig Jelinek (Director)
Patrick J Callans (VP)
James C Klauer (EVP)
Roland Michael Vachris (CEO)
Richard A Galanti (CFO)
Richard A Galanti (EVP)
Daniel M Hines (Insider)
Susan L Decker (Director)
Gary Millerchip (EVP)
Russell D Miller (EVP)
Pierre Riel (EVP)
Claudine Adamo (EVP)
Caton Frates (EVP)
Kenneth D Denman (Director)
Yoram Rubanenko (VP)
Teresa A Jones (EVP)
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:
Vanguard Group Inc. — 9.51%
Geode Capital Management LLC — 2.19%
FMR LLC — 2.13%
Norges Bank — 1.27%
Northern Trust Corp — 1.18%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp — 0.98%
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:
International Assets Investment Management LLC
IMC Chicago LLC
Legal & General Group Plc
Pathway Financial Advisers LLC
Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV
Citadel Advisors LLC
Jane Street Group LLC
Jennison Associates LLC
Within the previous year, company insiders that have sold Costco Wholesale company stock include:
W Craig Jelinek (Director)
Patrick J Callans (VP)
James C Klauer (EVP)
Roland Michael Vachris (CEO)
Richard A Galanti (CFO)
Richard A Galanti (EVP)
Daniel M Hines (Insider)
Susan L Decker (Director)
Gary Millerchip (EVP)
Russell D Miller (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:
Norges Bank
Proficio Capital Partners LLC
Leigh Baldwin & CO. LLC
Strategic Financial Concepts LLC
Northern Trust Corp
Vanguard Group Inc.
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.
Capital Research Global Investors