COST
§ 03 · SIGNAL STACK · WHAT THE INPUTS SAY
§ 04 · FUNDAMENTALS · THE BOOKS
| P/E | 52.7 | P/B | 14.34 |
| EPS (TTM) | 19.23 | Dividend | 0.53% |
| Fund | Shares | % port | Δ Q/Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 34.9M | 0.6% | −0% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 28.8M | n/a | n/a |
| State Street | 18.2M | 0.6% | +0% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 10.7M | n/a | n/a |
| Geode Capital Management | 10.7M | 0.7% | +3% |
| Morgan Stanley | 9.9M | 0.6% | n/a |
Top institutional owners for COST as of the most recent 13F reporting period (Q1 2026 · Period ended Mar 31). Δ Q/Q reflects share-count change vs. the prior filing — positive green means adding, negative red means trimming. Cross-reference with the ownership-mix bars below to see which strategy cohort is driving the flow.
§ 06 · WHO OWNS IT · BY STRATEGY
Ownership mix by behavioral cohort. Top bars indicate which style of capital dominates the float — passive indexing, quality compounders, dealer/bank, systematic quant, etc. Big quality-compounder share means concentrated active conviction; heavy passive share means flows are dictated by index rebalances, not fundamentals.
§ 07 · INSIDER ACTIVITY · LAST 180 DAYS
| Date | Insider | Action | Shares | $ value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUN 25 | DENMAN KENNETH D | SELL | 885 | −$847K |
0 insider buys, 1 sell in the last 180 days. Scheduled 10b5-1 sales are pre-programmed and neutral; discretionary clusters are the tape worth reading. Cross-reference with the signal stack above for context.