Insider trade

Director sold ~$847K of COST shares in the open market

Traded Jun 23, 2026 · Filed Jun 25, 2026

CostcoCOST

~$847K
Reported value · 885 sh @ $957.4525: 4,778.94
Holds after · shares reported: -4.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +4.2%, $957.68 → $914.94 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of Costco sold $847K 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: Jun 23, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jun 25, 2026

Director$500K–$1M

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$847,345

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

26 days after results of May 28, 2026, 93 days before results of Sep 24, 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 $957.68 on Jun 23, 2026, 13% above its 52-week low and 12% below its high, after a 5% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $850.00 (Dec 22, 2025) to $1,094.32 (May 19, 2026), 44% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $1,008.79 on May 8, 2026. 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	-0.2%	+3.1%	-3.3%
30 days	-0.1%	+1.4%	-1.5%
90 days	-5.9%	+5.2%	-11.1%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000909832-26-000053
Filed / recorded: Jun 25, 2026, 8:12 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: Kenneth D Denman
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jun 23, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 885
Price per share: $957.4525
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 4,778.936
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 $957.44 to $957.63 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.