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- Oct 16, 2026Material event · 8-KFiled by the company itself.Open the filing ↗
- Oct 14, 2026Material event · 8-KFiled by the company itself.Open the filing ↗
- Oct 13, 2026Reported sale · Form 4William Richard Wilcox, Executive Vice President · $1.1MOpen the filing ↗
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What this profile holds, counted.
Closes · 1 year250
SEC filings on record2,5013 flagged findings
Reported transactions (Form 4)40since Oct 22, 2025 · and 15 other holdings
Corporate events (8-K)30since Oct 15, 2015
What the record says
Description, identity and filings, each with its source.
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What the company does
Costco Wholesale Corporation is an American multinational corporation that operates a chain of membership-only big-box warehouse club retail stores. As of 2025, Costco is the third-largest retailer in the world, and as of August 2024, the world's largest retailer of beef, poultry, organic produce, and wine, with just under a third of American consumers regularly shopping at Costco warehouses. As of 2026, Costco is ranked 12th on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue, and is also ranked as the largest grocery retailer in Canada.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · copied on Sep 3, 2026 · may not reflect recent changes.
Regulatory history
Topics detected in its SEC reports, with the original excerpt.
Each topic is assigned by a classifier over the full filing; the excerpts show where it was detected and are not always enough to verify it. Open the filing to read it in full.
- 2026-10-07capital return (buybacks/dividends)freshOpen filing ↗“…Program (1) Maximum Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased under the Program May 11—June 7, 2026 60,000 $ 1,010.13 60,000 $…”
+1 more passage from the same document
- “…to no proceeds in 2025. Repayments of long-term debt in 2026 totaled $69, as compared to $103 in 2025. Dividends Cash dividends…”
Original excerpts from SEC filings, untranslated. Not advice and not a prediction.
The 25 most recent filings (of 2,501)
Every SEC filing, newest first, with what it is. Below, each type with its own explanation.
- Oct 16, 268-K ↗Current report · A senior executive left or was appointed new
- Oct 14, 26Form 4 ↗Insider transaction new
- Oct 14, 268-K ↗Current report · Other events new
- Oct 13, 26Form 144 ↗Notice of proposed sale new
- Oct 7, 2610-K ↗Annual report
- Sep 30, 26Form 3/A ↗Insider transaction · amendment
Notice of proposed sale · 2 Form 144 filingsshow all 2hide
- Sep 29, 26Form 144 ↗Notice of proposed sale
- Sep 29, 26Form 144 ↗Notice of proposed sale
- Sep 24, 268-K ↗Current report · Results
Insider transaction · 7 Form 4 filingsshow all 7hide
- Sep 10, 26Form 3 ↗Insider transaction
- Jul 14, 26Form 4 ↗Insider transaction
- Jul 8, 268-K ↗Current report · Other events
- Jun 25, 26Form 4 ↗Insider transaction
Notice of proposed sale · 3 Form 144 filingsshow all 3hide
- Jun 23, 26Form 144 ↗Notice of proposed sale
- Jun 12, 26Form 144 ↗Notice of proposed sale
- Jun 5, 26Form 144 ↗Notice of proposed sale
2,501 filings on record, the oldest from Jan 5, 94.
Listing the 25 most recent filings of the 2,501 on record.
11752
30 senior executive changes2015 – 2026show all 30hide
- Oct 16, 26A senior executive left or was appointed+1 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- Oct 20, 25A senior executive left or was appointed+1 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- Aug 7, 25A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- Jun 11, 25A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- Feb 3, 25A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- Nov 7, 24A senior executive left or was appointed+1 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- Feb 9, 24A senior executive left or was appointed+2 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- Jan 22, 24A senior executive left or was appointed8-K/A 5.02 ↗
- Nov 24, 23A senior executive left or was appointed+1 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- Oct 20, 23A senior executive left or was appointed+1 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- Aug 17, 23A senior executive left or was appointed+1 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- Nov 9, 22A senior executive left or was appointed+1 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- May 6, 22A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- Mar 9, 22A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- Feb 3, 22A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- Nov 10, 21A senior executive left or was appointed+1 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- Sep 3, 21A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- Oct 15, 20A senior executive left or was appointed+1 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- Nov 27, 19A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- Oct 21, 19A senior executive left or was appointed+1 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- Oct 26, 18A senior executive left or was appointed+1 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- Jan 9, 18A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- Oct 31, 17A senior executive left or was appointed+2 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- Mar 21, 17A senior executive left or was appointed+1 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- Dec 8, 16A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- Nov 3, 16A senior executive left or was appointed+1 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- Oct 26, 16A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- May 9, 16A senior executive left or was appointed8-K 5.02 ↗
- Oct 30, 15A senior executive left or was appointed+2 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
- Oct 15, 15A senior executive left or was appointed+1 more in the same filing8-K 5.02 ↗
The record reaches back to Oct 14, 04.
Stress disclosures older than the timeline above. They are individual events from the record, not a complete timeline: there may be more between them.
- May 7, 15Listing notice (8-K 3.01)8-K 3.01 ↗
The full record holds 1 stress filing.
Corporate events are tracked from 2004-08-23, when the SEC renumbered 8-K items. Earlier filings use an incompatible numbering and are not classified here.
Schedule 13G: short-form filing
The short form, for holders who meet specific requirements: institutional investors, passive investors without a control purpose, or exempt investors. Asset managers and index funds usually file it.
- Vanguard Capital Management7.5%Mar 31, 26SCHEDULE 13G ↗
Structured 13D/G data starts 2023-12, when the SEC moved these filings to a machine-readable format. Earlier filings exist but are not parsed here.
Sale intention announced
On Oct 13, Wilcox William Richard filed notice of intent to sell up to $1.1M.
A notice is not a sale: it may not go ahead, may happen in part, or at a different price.
After the notice, they sold $1.1M on Oct 13, per their Form 4. That is 100% of the shares announced so far, and the window is still open.
View notice (Form 144) ↗+3 more recent notices · 3 with a later sale
- Oct 13, 26Sell$1.1MWilliam Richard WilcoxExecutive Vice President↗
- Sep 29, 26Sell$2.0MClaudine AdamoExecutive Vice President↗
- Sep 29, 26Sell$733KCaton FratesSr. Executive Vice President↗
- Jun 23, 26Sell$847KKENNETH D DENMAN↗
- Apr 1, 26Sell$695KCaton FratesExecutive Vice President↗
- Mar 9, 26Sell$732KClaudine AdamoExecutive Vice President↗
- Jan 21, 26Sell$838KTeresa A. JonesExecutive Vice President↗
- Jan 16, 26Sell$437KSUSAN L DECKER↗
- Jan 14, 26Sell$1.4MJames C KlauerExecutive Vice President↗
- Jan 9, 26Sell$1.4MRussell D MillerSr. Executive Vice President↗
- Dec 30, 25Sell$482KJAVIER POLITExecutive Vice President↗
- Dec 29, 25Sell$1.8MJAVIER POLITExecutive Vice President↗
There are 3 more transactions in this stretch.
Stock compensation, tax and giftsshow the 25 other transactionshide
Stock compensation, tax withholding, option exercises and gifts. They are listed separately and are not included in the purchase and sale totals. The type describes the transaction, not the filer's intent.
- Sep 10, 26Compensationamount n/aClaudine AdamoExecutive Vice President↗
- Sep 10, 26Tax$827KClaudine AdamoExecutive Vice President↗
- Sep 10, 26Compensationamount n/aCaton FratesExecutive Vice President↗
- Sep 10, 26Tax$1.5MCaton FratesExecutive Vice President↗
- Sep 10, 26Compensationamount n/aTeresa A. JonesExecutive Vice President↗
- Sep 10, 26Tax$1.3MTeresa A. JonesExecutive Vice President↗
- Sep 10, 26Compensationamount n/aJames C KlauerExecutive Vice President↗
- Sep 10, 26Tax$845KJames C KlauerExecutive Vice President↗
- Sep 10, 26Compensationamount n/aPierre RielExecutive Vice President↗
- Sep 10, 26Tax$1.4MPierre RielExecutive Vice President↗
- Sep 10, 26Compensationamount n/aYoram RubanenkoExecutive Vice President↗
- Sep 10, 26Tax$1.5MYoram RubanenkoExecutive Vice President↗
- Sep 10, 26Compensationamount n/aWilliam Richard WilcoxExecutive Vice President↗
- Sep 10, 26Tax$1.7MWilliam Richard WilcoxExecutive Vice President↗
- Jul 10, 26Giftamount n/aJEFFREY S RAIKES↗
- Mar 12, 26Other$636KSarah Catherine GeorgeExecutive Vice President↗
- Mar 11, 26Tax$1.1MGARY MILLERCHIPExecutive Vice President↗
- Jan 27, 26Giftamount n/aTeresa A. JonesExecutive Vice President↗
- Jan 27, 26Giftamount n/aJEFFREY S RAIKES↗
- Jan 16, 26Compensationamount n/aGina Marie Raimondo↗
- Dec 19, 25Giftamount n/aKENNETH D DENMAN↗
- Dec 15, 25Giftamount n/aSUSAN L DECKER↗
- Nov 10, 25Giftamount n/aJEFFREY S RAIKES↗
- Oct 22, 25Compensationamount n/aSUSAN L DECKER↗
- Oct 22, 25Compensationamount n/aKENNETH D DENMAN↗
The full record holds 354 transactions and goes back to Sep 27, 18.
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