Berkshire Hathaway 13F holdings, Q4 1998
Holdings as of December 31, 1998 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Berkshire Hathaway disclosed 29 US equity positions worth $38.1bn in its Q4 1998 13F filing. The largest position was KO at 35.1% of the reported book, followed by AXP and Gillette Co.
What did Berkshire Hathaway own in Q4 1998? Top 29 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KO Coca Cola | Consumer Defensive | 35.1% | $13.4bn | 200,000,000 | – | |
| 2 | AXP Express Co | Financial Services | 13.6% | $5.2bn | 50,536,900 | – | |
| 3 | Gillette Co | 12.0% | $4.6bn | 96,000,000 | – | ||
| 4 | Federal Home Ln Mtg Corp | 10.5% | $4.0bn | 62,098,000 | – | ||
| 5 | Wells Fargo & Co. Del | 6.7% | $2.5bn | 63,595,180 | – | ||
| 6 | Corp | 5.3% | $2.0bn | 5,703,087 | – | ||
| 7 | DIS Walt Disney Company | Communication Services | 4.0% | $1.5bn | 51,202,242 | – | |
| 8 | Post Co | 2.6% | $998.5m | 1,727,765 | – | ||
| 9 | Banks Inc | 1.3% | $508.1m | 6,641,400 | – | ||
| 10 | GD General Dynamics Corp | Industrials | 1.2% | $453.9m | 7,693,637 | – | |
| 11 | Assoc | 1.1% | $426.6m | 5,765,300 | – | ||
| 12 | First Data Corporation | 1.0% | $395.2m | 12,399,600 | – | ||
| 13 | US Bancorp | 0.8% | $296.4m | 8,349,201 | – | ||
| 14 | MTB Corporation | Financial Services | 0.7% | $263.1m | 506,930 | – | |
| 15 | Gannett Inc | 0.7% | $255.7m | 3,963,900 | – | ||
| 16 | Citigroup | 0.7% | $253.2m | 5,096,832 | – | ||
| 17 | NKE Nike Inc | Consumer Cyclical | 0.7% | $253.0m | 6,237,600 | – | |
| 18 | American International Group | 0.6% | $228.4m | 2,363,550 | – | ||
| 19 | Great Lakes Chemical Corp | 0.4% | $160.0m | 4,000,000 | – | ||
| 20 | TCA Cable TV Inc | 0.4% | $144.0m | 4,035,000 | – | ||
| 21 | MAN Manpower Inc | Industrials | 0.2% | $92.1m | 3,654,800 | – | |
| 22 | Costco Companies | 0.1% | $40.1m | 555,000 | – | ||
| 23 | WMT Wal Mart | Consumer Defensive | 0.1% | $35.1m | 431,000 | – | |
| 24 | TMK Torchmark Corp | 0.1% | $23.4m | 662,562 | – | ||
| 25 | Zenith National Ins. Corp | 0.0% | $18.9m | 816,655 | – | ||
| 26 | Holdings, Inc | 0.0% | $14.2m | 1,208,032 | – | ||
| 27 | Waddell & Reed | 0.0% | $3.8m | 162,261 | – | ||
| 28 | WDR Waddell & Reed | 0.0% | $893.0k | 37,699 | – | ||
| 29 | US Airways Group Inc | 0.0% | $863.0k | 16,600 | – |
Weights are shares of the reported long US equity book (options excluded). Values are as filed, normalised to whole dollars. Share changes compare against the immediately preceding filing only.