What are the 4 stocks Warren Buffett invested in?
Key Takeaways. Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio's five largest positions are in Apple Inc. (AAPL), Bank of America Corp (BAC), Chevron (CVX), The Coca-Cola Company (KO), and American Express Company (AXP). Apple is Berkshire's largest holding, accounting for 50% of its stock portfolio.
Key Takeaways. Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio's five largest positions are in Apple Inc. (AAPL), Bank of America Corp (BAC), Chevron (CVX), The Coca-Cola Company (KO), and American Express Company (AXP). Apple is Berkshire's largest holding, accounting for 50% of its stock portfolio.
The stock he keeps buying
Throughout 2023, Buffett consistently added more shares to one of Berkshire's top holdings, Occidental Petroleum (OXY 0.67%). Berkshire Hathaway established its position in the company when it put up $10 billion in capital to facilitate Occidental's acquisition of Anadarko.
While Bank of America is the No. 1 Warren Buffett stock by number of shares, Apple is the No. 1 stock in Berkshire's portfolio by market value. That AAPL stake was worth a whopping $156.8 billion at the end of September 2023.
Apple is the world's most valuable public company and Warren Buffet's largest stock holding. Under the leadership of CEO Tim Cook, Apple has continued to provide outstanding value to long-term shareholders.
| Ticker | Company | % Portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| MSFT | Microsoft Corp. | 31.88% |
| BRK.B | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | 20.28% |
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Co. | 15.26% |
| WM | Waste Management Inc. | 13.80% |
- The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ:KHC)
- The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR)
- HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ)
- Aon plc (NYSE:AON)
- Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF)
- Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO)
- Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO)
- Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX)
The Oracle of Omaha and his team sold $32.8 billion worth of shares during the first nine months of the year, and spent just $9.1 billion purchasing new shares in that same period. Buffett's latest sale is Hewlett Packard (HPQ -2.53%).
- Nvidia: 239% -- technology.
- Meta Platforms: 194% -- communications services.
- Royal Caribbean: 162% -- consumer discretionary.
- Builders FirstSource: 157% -- industrials.
- Uber: 149% -- industrials.
Over 30 years ago, Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, made his first purchase of silver in anticipation of the metal's demonetization by the U.S. Government. Since that time he has followed silver's fundamentals but no entity he manages has owned it.
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- Nvidia Corp. (ticker: NVDA)
- Apple Inc. (AAPL)
- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)
- Alphabet Inc. (GOOG, GOOGL)
- Tesla Inc. ...
- AllianceBernstein Holding LP (AB)
- Walt Disney Co. ...
- PayPal Holdings Inc.
Consistent with his down-to-earth lifestyle, Buffett's choice of vehicle is practical, reliable, and understated. The Cadillac XTS is valued for its comfort and efficiency, rather than its status symbol when compared to higher end options made by Bentley, Jaguar, or Rolls Royce.
It is worth noting that Snowflake has continued to underperform the market in 2023 as well, gaining 11% as compared to the tech-laden Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector index's 42% surge. Buffett's Berkshire continues to own Snowflake stock even now.
| Stock | Number of Shares Owned | Value of Stake |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) | 1,032,852,006 | $33.2 billion |
| American Express (NYSE:AXP) | 151,610,700 | $27.3 billion |
| Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) | 400,000,000 | $24.1 billion |
| Chevron (NYSE:CVX) | 132,407,595 | $16 billion |
According to Warren's own confession, his key weakness is the lack of patience when it comes to bureaucratic issues. Quite understandable and often recurring, the inability to handle emotions when things start to slacken because of immense paperwork is truly something that everyone can relate to.
| Ticker | Company | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|---|
| CRCT | Cricut Inc | 16.85% |
| REFI | Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance Inc | 12.79% |
| DX | Dynex Capital, Inc. | 12.49% |
| ABR | Arbor Realty Trust Inc. | 12.48% |
Bezos is the largest individual holder of Amazon stock. His ex-wife MacKenzie Bezos nee Scott is the second-largest holder with almost 3% of shares outstanding. Those two are the most significant individual holders.
Zuckerberg mostly keeps a low profile, but he does splurge on real estate — especially in the tropical paradise that is Hawaii. He and his wife, Priscilla Chan, also invest in childhood education and medical research.
Bullish on this entire logistics and supply chain market, regardless of the competitive differences, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation now owns through Cascade Investment 1.53 million shares of FedEx Corp. This is worth $392 million. Gates has the 10th largest holding at FedEx, in contrast to the 15th at UPS.
Sold: HP Inc.
For decades, Buffett avoided the uncertainty of tech stocks like HP, but he has changed his tune in recent years. At one point in 2023, Berkshire owned nearly 121 million HPQ shares, but the stock's 20.6% total return loss since the beginning of 2022 has severely underperformed the S&P 500.
Why did Warren Buffett buy SiriusXM?
Warren Buffett (Trades, Portfolio)'s recent investment in Liberty SiriusXM Group is a testament to his belief in the company's potential. While the stock may appear modestly overvalued based on current market valuations, Buffett's track record suggests that his investment decisions are often prescient.
T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) has outlasted its peers AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) in Buffett's portfolio. Berkshire bought AT&T in mid-2015, only to turn around and sell it in the next two quarters. It bought Verizon stock a couple of times: once in early 2014, and it completely sold out by the end of 2016.
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