Insider trade

Officer sold ~$482K of COST shares in the open market

Traded Dec 30, 2025 · Filed Dec 31, 2025

CostcoCOST

~$482K
Reported value · 558.31 sh @ $862.895: 10K
Holds after · shares reported: +5.7%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.2%, $865.65 → $914.94 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Costco's Executive Vice President sold $482K of Costco shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Dec 30, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 31, 2025

Officer$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$481,759

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

19 days after results of Dec 11, 2025, 65 days before results of Mar 5, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $865.65 on Dec 30, 2025, within 2% of its 52-week low, after a 6% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $850.00 (Dec 22, 2025) to $1,076.86 (Feb 13, 2025), 7% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $922.98 on Nov 14, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+8.2%	+1.6%	+6.6%
30 days	+13.3%	+1.8%	+11.5%
90 days	+18.8%	-4.0%	+22.8%
180 days	+8.2%	+9.2%	-0.9%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000909832-25-000173
Filed / recorded: Dec 31, 2025, 9:59 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 3:52 AM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
Issuer CIK: 909832
Ticker: COST
Reporting person: Javier Polit
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Executive Vice President
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Dec 30, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 558.305
Price per share: $862.895
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 10,189.592
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

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Officer sold9mo ago

~$838KReported value · 850 sh @ $986.2567

Costco's Executive Vice President sold $838K of Costco shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Why it stands out Official record