Costco
      
      
        
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      1,232 hedge funds and large institutions have $48B invested in Costco in 2016 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 78 funds opening new positions, 437 increasing their positions, 520 reducing their positions, and 55 closing their positions.
New
  Increased
  Maintained
  Reduced
  Closed
  more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: | Existing positions closed:
more funds holding
Funds holding: →
less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $ → $
less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: →
16% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 437 | Existing positions reduced: 520
26% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $742M | Put options by funds: $1.01B
    
      Holders
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
        1,232
      
    
      
    
  
    
      Holding in Top 10
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
        53
      
    
      
    
  
    
      Calls
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
        $742M
      
    
      
    
  
    
      Puts
    
  
  
    
      
        
      
        $1.01B
      
    
      
    
  
Top Buyers
| 1 | +$267M | |
| 2 | +$245M | |
| 3 | +$111M | |
| 4 | 
      Morgan Stanley
     
      
      
        New York
      
     | +$106M | 
| 5 | 
    AI
   
      Analytic Investors
     
      
        Los Angeles,
      
      
        California
      
     | +$86.2M | 
Top Sellers
| 1 | -$614M | |
| 2 | -$328M | |
| 3 | -$139M | |
| 4 | 
    WRF
   
      Waddell & Reed Financial
     
      
        Overland Park,
      
      
        Kansas
      
     | -$110M | 
| 5 |   
      Westfield Capital Management
     
      
        Boston,
      
      
        Massachusetts
      
     | -$89.5M |