Claudine Adamo, the Executive Vice President of $COST, sold 2,700 shares of the company on 10-24-2025 for an estimated $2,526,336. We received data on the trade from a recent SEC filing. This was a sale of approximately 28.3% of their shares of this class of stock. Following this trade, they now own 6,851 shares of this class of $COST stock.
$COST Insider Trading Activity
$COST insiders have traded $COST stock on the open market 9 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 9 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $COST stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- YORAM RUBANENKO (Executive Vice President) sold 4,000 shares for an estimated $3,899,852
- RUSSELL D MILLER (Sr. Executive Vice President) sold 3,381 shares for an estimated $3,093,615
- PATRICK J CALLANS (Executive Vice President) sold 3,000 shares for an estimated $3,008,298
- CLAUDINE ADAMO (Executive Vice President) sold 2,700 shares for an estimated $2,526,336
- PIERRE RIEL (Executive Vice President) sold 2,000 shares for an estimated $2,028,294
- CATON FRATES (Executive Vice President) sold 1,540 shares for an estimated $1,401,430
- TERESA A. JONES (Executive Vice President) sold 600 shares for an estimated $595,230
- SUSAN L DECKER has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 547 shares for an estimated $536,058.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
$COST Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,876 institutional investors add shares of $COST stock to their portfolio, and 1,626 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- KINGSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS TEXAS, LLC removed 2,358,874 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $2,183,444,540
- ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. removed 1,035,485 shares (-23.9%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $1,025,068,020
- ASSENAGON ASSET MANAGEMENT S.A. removed 758,869 shares (-91.8%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $702,431,912
- BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP removed 735,151 shares (-17.6%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $727,755,380
- VANGUARD GROUP INC added 711,560 shares (+1.7%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $704,401,706
- BLACKROCK, INC. added 651,656 shares (+1.9%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $645,100,340
- CITADEL ADVISORS LLC removed 472,383 shares (-89.8%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $467,630,827
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
$COST Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $COST stock 5 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 4 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $COST stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE VAL T. HOYLE sold up to $15,000 on 09/23.
- REPRESENTATIVE LISA C. MCCLAIN has traded it 3 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 06/17 and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 07/10, 06/09.
- REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON SHREVE sold up to $250,000 on 05/12.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
$COST Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $COST in the last several months. We have seen 9 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- BTIG issued a "Buy" rating on 10/15/2025
- Argus Research issued a "Buy" rating on 09/29/2025
- Bernstein issued a "Outperform" rating on 09/26/2025
- Oppenheimer issued a "Outperform" rating on 09/26/2025
- JP Morgan issued a "Overweight" rating on 09/26/2025
- Telsey Advisory Group issued a "Outperform" rating on 09/26/2025
- Evercore ISI Group issued a "Outperform" rating on 06/17/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for $COST, check out Quiver Quantitative's $COST forecast page.
$COST Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $COST recently. We have seen 13 analysts offer price targets for $COST in the last 6 months, with a median target of $1100.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Robert Drbul from BTIG set a target price of $1115.0 on 10/15/2025
- David Belinger from Mizuho set a target price of $950.0 on 10/09/2025
- Paul Lejuez from Citigroup set a target price of $990.0 on 09/29/2025
- Christopher Graja from Argus Research set a target price of $1200.0 on 09/29/2025
- Greg Melich from Evercore ISI Group set a target price of $1025.0 on 09/26/2025
- Joseph Feldman from Telsey Advisory Group set a target price of $1100.0 on 09/26/2025
- Scot Ciccarelli from Truist Securities set a target price of $1033.0 on 09/26/2025
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