Insider trade

Officer sold ~$838K of COST shares in the open market

Traded Jan 21, 2026 · Filed Jan 23, 2026

CostcoCOST

~$838K
Reported value · 850 sh @ $986.2567: 4,227.8
Holds after · shares reported: -6.9%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.5%, $982.86 → $914.94 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Costco's Executive Vice President sold $838K 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: Jan 21, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jan 23, 2026

Officer$500K–$1M

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$838,318

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

41 days after results of Dec 11, 2025, 43 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 $982.86 on Jan 21, 2026, 16% above its 52-week low and 9% below its high, after a 10% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $850.00 (Dec 22, 2025) to $1,076.86 (Feb 13, 2025), 59% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $894.68 on Dec 5, 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	-0.9%	+0.4%	-1.3%
30 days	+1.8%	+0.1%	+1.7%
90 days	+2.1%	+3.2%	-1.2%
180 days	-2.7%	+6.7%	-9.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000909832-26-000018
Filed / recorded: Jan 23, 2026, 9:53 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: Teresa A. Jones
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Executive Vice President
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jan 21, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 850
Price per share: $986.2567
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 4,227.804
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 $986.220 to $986.480 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.