COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW (COST)
NASDAQ · Retail · Retail-Variety Stores
- Price
- $899.41
- Day
- +0.10%
- Market cap
- $398.87B
- P/E
- 45.1
Close 2026-09-22.
The company
General We operate membership warehouses and e-commerce sites based on the concept that offering low prices on a limited selection of nationally-branded and private-label products in a wide range of categories will produce high sales volumes and rapid inventory turnover. When combined with the operating efficiencies achieved by volume purchasing, efficient distribution and reduced handling of merchandise in no-frills, self-service warehouse facilities, these volumes and turnover enable us to operate profitably at significantly lower gross margins (net sales less merchandise costs) than most other retailers. We often sell inventory before we are required to pay for it, even while taking advantage of early payment discounts. We buy most of our merchandise directly from suppliers and route it to cross-docking consolidation points (depots) or directly to our warehouses. Our depots receive large shipments from suppliers and quickly ship these goods to warehouses.
From Item 1: General.
By product & service
- Food and Sundries — 40%
- Non Foods — 26%
- Other — 19%
- Fresh Food — 14%
- Membership — 2%
Institutional holders
Largest positions reported on Form 13F for the quarter ended 2026-06-30, by value.
- VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC — $27.11B
- STATE STREET CORP — $17.2B
- Invesco Ltd. — $12.61B
- BlackRock, Inc. — $11.51B
- VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC — $9.73B
- BlackRock, Inc. — $8.58B
- GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC — $8.55B
- NORGES BANK — $6.06B
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sales filed on Form 4, newest first. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are left out.
- DENMAN KENNETH D (Director) sold 885 shares at $957.45 on 2026-06-23
- Frates Caton (Executive Vice President) sold 700 shares at $993.00 on 2026-04-01
- Adamo Claudine (Executive Vice President) sold 730 shares at $1,003.02 on 2026-03-09
- Jones Teresa A. (Executive Vice President) sold 850 shares at $986.26 on 2026-01-21
- DECKER SUSAN L (Director) sold 458 shares at $955.00 on 2026-01-16
- Klauer James C (Executive Vice President) sold 1,500 shares at $939.00 on 2026-01-14
Recent filings
- 4 — 2026-09-14
- 4 — 2026-09-14
- 4 — 2026-09-14
- 4 — 2026-09-14
- 4 — 2026-09-14
- 4 — 2026-09-14
- 4 — 2026-09-14
- 3 — 2026-09-10
- 4 — 2026-07-14
- 8-K — 2026-07-08