Congress WatchCOST stock trades by members of Congress
Costco Wholesale Corporation - Common Stock: 60 members of Congress disclosed 209 transactions between 2014-05-06 and 2026-10-27, 118 purchases and 91 sales.
209transactions
118purchases
91sales
60politicians
Activity by year
Transactions by the year the report was filed.
COST price and Congress trades
Daily closing price (split-adjusted). Dots mark days members of Congress filed trades in COST: green when more were purchases, red when more were sales. Use + and − (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) to zoom and drag to pan. Hover a month in the heatmap below to highlight it here, or click it to zoom to that month.
Congress buying and selling by month
Purchases and sales of COST reported by members of the House and Senate.
Green months had more purchases, red months more sales, teal an even split; darker means more trades. Months are by filing date. Senate filings after August 2026 and scanned House filings are not fully covered, so early years can look quieter than they were.
Who traded COST
| Politician | Trades | Buys | Sales | Last filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Sessions | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2026-10-27 |
| David B. McKinley | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2022-08-03 |
| Jerry Moran | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2021-02-08 |
| Gilbert Cisneros | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2026-02-13 |
| Lamar Smith | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2019-01-10 |
| Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2021-10-01 |
| Kathy Manning | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2024-08-16 |
| Ed Perlmutter | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2022-12-19 |
| Greg Landsman | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2025-04-08 |
| Marjorie Taylor Greene | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2025-03-19 |
| Alan S. Lowenthal | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2017-06-29 |
| K. Michael Conaway | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2016-10-12 |
| Kevin Hern | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2024-02-11 |
| Rohit Khanna | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2026-10-07 |
| Scott Scott Franklin | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2025-07-03 |
| Katherine M. Clark | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2020-12-28 |
| Zoe Lofgren | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2023-06-06 |
| Lisa McClain | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2025-08-13 |
| John F Reed | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2019-03-18 |
| Ed Whitfield | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2016-06-14 |
| David E. Price | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2016-05-27 |
| Elizabeth Fletcher | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2019-07-25 |
| Richard Dean McCormick | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2026-08-14 |
| John A. Yarmuth | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2021-02-19 |
| Richard W. Allen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2026-10-14 |
Disclosed transactions
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| Filed | Traded | Politician | Type | Amount | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-11 | 2020-12-31 | Gilbert Cisneros | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2021-01-11 | 2020-12-23 | Gilbert Cisneros | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2020-12-28 | 2020-11-05 | Katherine M. Clark | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2020-12-28 | 2020-11-05 | Katherine M. Clark | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2020-12-22 | 2020-10-07 | Ed Perlmutter | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 e | Source |
| 2020-12-03 | 2020-10-22 | Katherine M. Clark | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2020-12-03 | 2020-10-22 | Katherine M. Clark | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2020-12-01 | 2020-11-13 | Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 d | Source |
| 2020-12-01 | 2020-11-02 | Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2020-09-08 | 2020-08-21 | Jerry Moran | Partial sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2020-09-06 | 2020-08-27 | Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2020-08-27 | 2020-08-07 | Joe Courtney | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2020-08-19 | 2020-07-13 | Gilbert Cisneros | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2020-08-15 | 2020-07-27 | Kevin Hern | Buy | $1,001 - g $15,000 | Source |
| 2020-08-09 | 2020-07-14 | Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 b | Source |
| 2020-08-05 | 2019-09-25 | Jerry Moran | Partial sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2020-08-05 | 2019-09-25 | Jerry Moran | Partial sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2020-07-31 | 2020-07-13 | Ron L Wyden | Buy | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2020-07-29 | 2019-12-31 | Joe Courtney | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2020-07-17 | 2020-06-11 | Gilbert Cisneros | Buy | $15,001 - g $50,000 | Source |
| 2020-07-17 | 2020-06-12 | Gilbert Cisneros | Buy | $15,001 - c $50,000 | Source |
| 2020-07-09 | 2020-06-08 | Josh Gottheimer | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 b | Source |
| 2020-07-02 | 2020-06-24 | Ron L Wyden | Buy | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2020-06-10 | 2020-04-22 | Ed Perlmutter | Partial sale | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2020-06-10 | 2020-03-18 | Ed Perlmutter | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2020-05-15 | 2020-04-30 | David B. McKinley | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2020-05-15 | 2020-04-30 | David B. McKinley | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2020-05-09 | 2020-04-22 | Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2020-05-07 | 2020-04-02 | Dean Phillips | Sale | $15,001 - e $50,000 | Source |
| 2020-05-02 | 2020-03-19 | John A. Yarmuth | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2020-04-15 | 2020-03-23 | David B. McKinley | Partial sale | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2020-04-15 | 2020-03-09 | David B. McKinley | Partial sale | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2020-04-11 | 2020-03-23 | Zoe Lofgren | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2020-04-09 | 2020-03-27 | John Curtis | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2020-04-07 | 2020-03-24 | Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2020-01-31 | 2019-12-18 | John B. Larson | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 b | Source |
| 2019-12-15 | 2019-11-07 | Kevin Hern | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 e | Source |
| 2019-10-21 | 2019-09-25 | Jerry Moran | Partial sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2019-10-21 | 2019-09-25 | Jerry Moran | Partial sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2019-10-11 | 2019-09-16 | Josh Gottheimer | Partial sale | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2019-07-25 | 2019-07-09 | Elizabeth Fletcher | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2019-06-16 | 2019-05-31 | Elizabeth Fletcher | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2019-05-15 | 2018-12-19 | Jerry Moran | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2019-05-15 | 2018-12-06 | Jerry Moran | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2019-05-15 | 2018-12-19 | Jerry Moran | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2019-05-15 | 2018-12-06 | Jerry Moran | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2019-04-23 | 2019-02-26 | Elizabeth Fletcher | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2019-04-16 | 2019-03-13 | Gilbert Cisneros | Partial sale | $15,001 - g $50,000 | Source |
| 2019-04-16 | 2019-03-14 | Gilbert Cisneros | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2019-04-15 | 2019-03-25 | Nicholas Van Taylor | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 b | Source |
| 2019-03-18 | 2019-02-28 | John F Reed | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2019-03-01 | 2019-02-04 | John F Reed | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2019-02-15 | 2019-01-04 | Nicholas Van Taylor | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2019-02-04 | 2019-01-14 | David B. McKinley | Sale | $15,001 - g $50,000 | Source |
| 2019-02-04 | 2019-01-14 | David B. McKinley | Buy | $15,001 - c $50,000 | Source |
| 2019-01-10 | 2018-12-19 | Lamar Smith | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2019-01-09 | 2018-12-20 | David B. McKinley | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2018-12-21 | 2018-09-27 | Pete Sessions | Sale | $15,001 - c $50,000 | Source |
| 2018-11-16 | 2018-10-11 | Josh Gottheimer | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 f | Source |
| 2018-11-12 | 2018-10-18 | John A. Yarmuth | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 e | Source |
| 2018-11-07 | 2018-10-05 | Gary Palmer | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 g | Source |
| 2018-10-09 | 2018-08-30 | Lamar Smith | Partial sale | $1,001 - $15,000 c | Source |
| 2018-09-29 | 2017-06-26 | Gary Palmer | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 e | Source |
| 2018-03-12 | 2018-03-09 | John F Reed | Partial sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2018-02-13 | 2018-01-17 | Sheldon Whitehouse | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2017-10-05 | 2017-09-14 | David B. McKinley | Buy | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2017-09-19 | 2017-09-18 | Pete Sessions | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2017-07-18 | 2017-06-15 | Zoe Lofgren | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2017-07-12 | 2017-06-19 | Lamar Smith | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2017-07-12 | 2017-06-01 | Lamar Smith | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2017-06-30 | 2017-06-29 | Pete Sessions | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2017-06-29 | 2017-06-16 | Alan S. Lowenthal | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2017-06-20 | 2017-06-19 | Pete Sessions | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2017-05-26 | 2017-05-10 | Alan S. Lowenthal | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2017-05-01 | 2016-10-04 | Pete Sessions | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-12-29 | 2016-11-30 | Susan A. Davis | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2016-12-12 | 2016-11-10 | Lamar Smith | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-11-10 | 2016-11-04 | Debbie Dingell | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-10-31 | 2016-10-06 | Pete Sessions | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-10-12 | 2016-09-12 | K. Michael Conaway | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-10-04 | 2016-10-03 | Pete Sessions | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-09-22 | 2016-09-12 | Alan S. Lowenthal | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-06-14 | 2016-05-06 | Ed Whitfield | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-05-27 | 2016-05-06 | David E. Price | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-05-18 | 2015-06-12 | Pete Sessions | Buy | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2016-05-18 | 2015-08-27 | Pete Sessions | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-05-18 | 2015-07-02 | Pete Sessions | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-05-18 | 2015-06-01 | Pete Sessions | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-05-05 | 2016-04-26 | Debbie Dingell | Buy | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2016-04-12 | 2016-03-08 | Lamar Smith | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-02 | 2016-01-26 | Ed Whitfield | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2016-02-02 | 2016-01-21 | Ed Whitfield | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-09-17 | 2015-08-24 | David E. Price | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-08-04 | 2015-07-21 | Brad Ashford | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-07-25 | 2015-07-07 | Alan S. Lowenthal | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-07-08 | 2015-07-02 | Brad Ashford | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-05-08 | 2015-04-14 | Lamar Smith | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-05-02 | 2015-04-20 | Alan S. Lowenthal | Buy | $15,001 - $50,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-30 | 2014-03-07 | David B. McKinley | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
| 2015-04-05 | 2015-03-16 | K. Michael Conaway | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 | Source |
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Common questions
- Are members of Congress buying or selling COST?
- 60 members of Congress disclosed 209 transactions in Costco Wholesale Corporation - Common Stock (COST) between 2014-05-06 and 2026-10-27: 118 purchases and 91 sales.
- How active was Congress in COST recently?
- In 2026 filings, 14 transactions in COST were disclosed: 7 purchases and 7 sales.
- Which members of Congress trade COST?
- The most active in COST are Pete Sessions (15), David B. McKinley (12) and Jerry Moran (11), by number of disclosed transactions. 60 members in all have traded it.