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This is 13F season — when investment companies report their holdings to the Securities and Exchange Commission. It’s always instructive to look at Berkshire Hathaway’s holdings to see if CEO Warren Buffett has been up to anything new, and of course to think about his favorite stock investments.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
BRK.B,
+0.61%
is, of course, primarily a conglomerate of insurance companies, but also railroads, utilities and companies involved in power generation. Through its stock portfolio, Berkshire also has large investments in other industries, as you can see below.
The company’s quarterly 13F listing its stock holdings as of Dec. 31 was filed with the SEC on Feb. 14. One change of note from the previous quarter was that Berkshire Hathaway had bought shares of Activision Blizzard Inc.
ATVI,
+0.02%
before the video game developer agreed to be acquired by Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
+1.85%
on Jan. 18. This is an all-cash deal valued at $68.7 billion, which will need to clear regulatory hurdles before completion.
Berkshire’s Activision shares were worth $975 million as of Dec. 31, which the Associated Press described as a “big stake.” However, that was actually Berkshire’s 24th largest stock holding as of the end of 2021. That’s hardly enough to move the needle for Berkshire.
Buffett has been a long-term holder of Apple Inc.
AAPL,
+2.32%,
and Berkshire’s Apple shares were worth $157.5 billion as of the end of 2021. But Berkshire’s ownership stake in Apple was 5.41%. Within Berkshire’s stock portfolio, the conglomerate had larger ownership percentages in 15 companies.
Two lists of Berkshire’s largest stock holdings
First, here are the 20 companies for which Berkshire held at least 3% of common shares as of Dec 31:
Company
Ticker
Value of Berkshire Hathaway’s holdings – Dec. 31, 2021 ($mil)
Company market cap – Dec. 31, 2021 ($mil)
Berkshire ownership stake
DaVita Inc.
$4,106
$11,592
35.42%
Kraft Heinz Co.
$11,690
$43,943
26.60%
Liberty Media Corp. Series A Liberty SiriusXM
$1,028
$4,954
20.74%
American Express Co.
$24,804
$126,717
19.57%
Liberty Media Corp. Series C Liberty SiriusXM
$2,197
$11,451
19.19%
Moody’s Corp.
$9,636
$72,609
13.27%
Bank of America Corp.
$44,939
$364,110
12.34%
VeriSign Inc.
$3,253
$28,194
11.54%
Coca-Cola Co.
$23,684
$255,787
9.26%
Store Capital Corp.
$840
$9,380
8.95%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
$4,203
$47,964
8.76%
U.S. Bancorp
$7,101
$83,289
8.53%
RH
$974
$11,506
8.46%
Kroger Co.
$2,780
$33,278
8.35%
Globe Life Inc.
$595
$9,464
6.29%
Apple Inc.
$157,529
$2,913,284
5.41%
General Motors Co.
$3,518
$85,123
4.13%
StoneCo Ltd. Class A
$180
$4,432
4.07%
Verizon Communications Inc.
$8,253
$218,128
3.78%
Nu Holdings Ltd. Class A
$1,005
$32,440
3.10%
Sources: Berkshire Hathaway 13F filing on Feb. 14, 2022; FactSet
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Here are Berkshire Hathaway’s largest stock investments by market value as of the end of 2021 — 23 companies valued $1 billion or more:
Company
Ticker
Value of Berkshire Hathaway’s holdings – Dec. 31, 2021 ($mil)
Company market cap – Dec. 31, 2021 ($mil)
Berkshire ownership stake
Apple Inc.
$157,529
$2,913,284
5.41%
Bank of America Corp.
$44,939
$364,110
12.34%
American Express Co.
$24,804
$126,717
19.57%
Coca-Cola Co.
$23,684
$255,787
9.26%
Kraft Heinz Co.
$11,690
$43,943
26.60%
Moody’s Corp.
$9,636
$72,609
13.27%
Verizon Communications Inc.
$8,253
$218,128
3.78%
U.S. Bancorp
$7,101
$83,289
8.53%
Chevron Corp.
$4,488
$226,214
1.98%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
$4,203
$47,964
8.76%
DaVita Inc.
$4,106
$11,592
35.42%
General Motors Co.
$3,518
$85,123
4.13%
VeriSign Inc.
$3,253
$28,194
11.54%
Kroger Co.
$2,780
$33,278
8.35%
Charter Communications Inc. Class A
$2,496
$112,622
2.22%
Liberty Media Corp. Series C Liberty SiriusXM
$2,197
$11,451
19.19%
Snowflake Inc. Class A
$2,075
$103,759
2.00%
Visa Inc. Class A
$1,798
$361,346
0.50%
Amazon.com Inc.
$1,778
$1,691,003
0.11%
Mastercard Incorporated Class A
$1,432
$350,232
0.41%
Aon Plc Class A
$1,321
$66,223
2.00%
Liberty Media Corp. Series A Liberty SiriusXM
$1,028
$4,954
20.74%
Nu Holdings Ltd. Class A
$1,005
$32,440
3.10%
Sources: Berkshire Hathaway 13F filing on Feb. 14, 2022; FactSet
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