Insider trade

Officer sold ~$1.78M of COST shares in the open market

Traded Dec 29, 2025 · Filed Dec 31, 2025

CostcoCOST

~$1.78M
Reported value · 2,049 sh @ $867.2054: 11K
Holds after · shares reported: +5.4%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.1%, $867.84 → $914.94 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Costco's Executive Vice President sold $1.78M 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 29, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 31, 2025

Officer$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$1,776,904

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

18 days after results of Dec 11, 2025, 66 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 $867.84 on Dec 29, 2025, within 3% 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), 8% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $925.08 on Nov 13, 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 29, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 2,049
Price per share: $867.2054
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 10,747.897
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price shown is a weighted average price for shares sold in multiple transactions; the sale prices ranged from $867.16 to $867.325 per share. The reporting person will provide the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.

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8mo ago

300Shares

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8mo ago

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Why it stands out Official record

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