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Berkshire Hathaway

Q4 2018 13F · by Warren Buffett, CEO

As of
Dec 31, 2018
Filed
Feb 14, 2019
US stock
$183.1B · prev $221.0B
Positions
48 · prev 46
Options notional
$0
Documents
1· no amendments

Picture100.0% US stock

Full picture · of what this 13F reports is US stock

  • US stock listed on a US exchange 100.0%
  • Foreign stock not listed in the US 0.0%
  • Notes debt, at principal 0.0%
  • Puts at notional value 0.0%
  • Calls at notional value 0.0%

Moves17 since the prior filing

The book

Concentrated · behaves like 10 equal-sized positions

  1. Very concentrated
  2. Concentrated
  3. Focused
  4. Diversified

Low turnover · 8.9% a year, about 11.2 years per position

  1. Low
  2. Moderate
  3. High

Top 5 positions63% of US stock

  1. AAPL Apple Inc. trimmed−4.28 pp trimmed−4.2821.5%
  2. BAC Bank of America Corporation added+0.37 pp added+0.3712.1%
  3. WFC Wells Fargo & Co. trimmed+0.22 pp trimmed+0.2210.7%
  4. KO Coca-Cola Company held held10.3%
  5. AXP American Express Company held held7.9%

Positions48 in this filing · 1 exited

AAPLApple Inc.21.51%249,589,329$39.4Btrimmed−1%−4.28 pp12 q
BACBank of America Corporation12.06%896,167,600$22.1Badded+2%+0.37 pp6 q
WFCWells Fargo & Co.10.74%426,768,902$19.7Btrimmed−4%+0.22 pp23 q
KOCoca-Cola Company10.35%400,000,000$18.9Bheld—23 q
AXPAmerican Express Company7.89%151,610,700$14.5Bheld—23 q
KHCThe Kraft Heinz Company7.66%325,634,818$14.0Bheld—14 q
USBU.S. Bancorp3.23%129,308,831$5.9Badded+4%+0.25 pp23 q
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.2.67%50,116,394$4.9Badded+41%+0.85 pp2 q
BNYBank of New York Mellon Corporation2.08%80,937,250$3.8Badded+4%+0.28 pp23 q
MCOMoody's Corporation1.89%24,669,778$3.5Bheld—23 q
DALDelta Air Lines, Inc.1.79%65,535,000$3.3Bheld—10 q
GSGoldman Sachs Group Inc.1.67%18,353,635$3.1Bheld—21 q
LUVSouthwest Airlines Co.1.39%54,847,399$2.5Btrimmed−2%−0.19 pp9 q
GMGeneral Motors Company1.32%72,269,696$2.4Badded+38%+0.52 pp23 q
CHTRCharter Comm Inc Del CL A New1.09%7,033,499$2.0Btrimmed−4%+0.01 pp11 q
DVADaVita Inc.1.08%38,565,570$2.0Bheld—23 q
VRSNVeriSign Inc1.05%12,952,745$1.9Bheld—23 q
UALUnited Airlines Holdings, Inc.1.00%21,938,642$1.8Btrimmed−16%−0.05 pp10 q
unresolvedU S G Corp0.91%39,002,016$1.7Bheld—23 q
AALAmerican Airlines Group Inc.0.77%43,700,000$1.4Bheld—10 q
VVISA Inc.0.76%10,562,460$1.4Bheld—23 q
LSXMKLiberty Media Cor-siriusxm C0.63%31,090,985$1.1Bheld—11 q
PSXPhillips 660.56%11,895,842$1.0Btrimmed−23%−0.23 pp23 q
PNCPNC Financial Services Group0.53%8,263,062$966Madded+36%+0.15 pp2 q
MAMastercard Incorporated0.51%4,934,756$931Mheld—23 q
COSTCostco Wholesale Corp0.48%4,333,363$883Mheld—23 q
SIRISirius XM Holdings, Inc0.43%137,915,729$787Mheld—9 q
MTBM&T Bank Corp.0.42%5,382,040$770Mheld—23 q
RHTRed Hat Inc0.40%4,175,792$733Mnew+0.40 ppnew
TRVThe Travelers Companies, Inc.0.39%5,958,391$714Madded+68%+0.18 pp2 q
TEVATeva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited0.36%43,249,295$667Mheld—5 q
AXTAAxalta Coating Systems Ltd.0.31%24,264,000$568Mheld—15 q
LM03Liberty Media Cor-siriusxm A0.30%14,860,360$547Mheld—11 q
S76Store Capital Corp0.29%18,621,674$527Mheld—7 q
SYFSynchrony Financial0.27%20,803,000$488Mheld—7 q
TMKGlobe Life Inc.0.26%6,353,727$474Mheld—23 q
QSRRestaurant Brands International Inc.0.24%8,438,225$441Mheld—17 q
LBTYALiberty Global Ltd. Class A0.23%19,791,000$422Mheld—21 q
SUSuncor Energy, Inc.0.16%10,758,000$301Mnew+0.16 ppnew
STNEStoneCo Ltd. Class A0.14%14,166,748$261Mnew+0.14 ppnew
LBTYKLiberty Global Ltd. Class C0.08%7,346,968$152Mheld—20 q
JNJJohnson & Johnson0.02%327,100$42Mheld—23 q
PGProcter & Gamble Company0.02%315,400$29Mheld—23 q
LILALiberty Latin America Ltd. Class A0.02%2,714,854$39Mheld—4 q
MDLZMondelez International, Inc. Class A0.01%578,000$23Mheld—23 q
LILAKLiberty Latin America Ltd. Class C0.01%1,284,020$19Mheld—4 q
UPSUnited Parcel Service, Inc. Class B0.00%59,400$6Mheld—23 q
VZVerizon Communications0.00%928$52,000held—20 q
ORCLOracle Corp—−41,404,791—exited−0.97 pp—

Source

Form
13F-HR
Reading
0 defects · 1 unresolved
Options
none in this filing
Notes
none in this filing
SEC cross-check
SEC data set not published yet