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Berkshire Hathaway 13F holdings, Q4 1998

Investment holding companySEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 1998-12-31, filed 2000-02-18

Berkshire Hathaway disclosed 29 US equity positions worth $38.1bn in its Q4 1998 13F filing. Its largest position is KO at 35.1% of the reported book, followed by AXP and Gillette Co.

$38.1bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
29
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
35.1%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
92.4%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
6
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
111
Quarters on file since Q4 1998
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

29 rows
KO COCA COLA COConsumer Defensive35.1%$13.4bn200.00m–
AXP AMERICAN EXPRESS COFinancial Services13.6%$5.2bn50.54m–
Gillette Co no ticker–12.0%$4.6bn96.00m–
Federal Home Ln Mtg Corp no ticker–10.5%$4.0bn62.10m–
Wells Fargo & Co. Del no ticker–6.7%$2.5bn63.60m–
Corp no ticker–5.3%$2.0bn5.70m–
DIS DISNEY WALT COCommunication Services4.0%$1.5bn51.20m–
Post Co no ticker–2.6%$999m1.73m–
SUNTRUST BKS INC no ticker–1.3%$508m6.64m–
GD GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPIndustrials1.2%$454m7.69m–
Assoc no ticker–1.1%$427m5.77m–
First Data Corporation no ticker–1.0%$395m12.40m–
US Bancorp no ticker–0.8%$296m8.35m–
MTB M & T BK CORPFinancial Services0.7%$263m506,930–
GANNETT INC no ticker–0.7%$256m3.96m–
Citigroup no ticker–0.7%$253m5.10m–
NKE NIKE INCConsumer Cyclical0.7%$253m6.24m–
American International Group no ticker–0.6%$228m2.36m–
Great Lakes Chemical Corp no ticker–0.4%$160m4.00m–
TCA Cable TV Inc no ticker–0.4%$144m4.04m–
MAN MANPOWERGROUP INCIndustrials0.2%$92.1m3.65m–
Costco Companies no ticker–0.1%$40.1m555,000–
WMT WALMART INCConsumer Defensive0.09%$35.1m431,000–
TMK TORCHMARK CORP–0.06%$23.4m662,562–
Zenith National Ins. Corp no ticker–0.05%$18.9m816,655–
Holdings, Inc no ticker–0.04%$14.2m1.21m–
Waddell & Reed no ticker–0.01%$3.8m162,261–
WDR WADDELL & REED FINL INC–0.0%$893k37,699–
US Airways Group Inc no ticker–0.0%$863k16,600–

Sector mix

  • Unclassified44.4%
  • Consumer Defensive35.2%
  • Financial Services14.3%
  • Communication Services4.0%
  • Industrials1.4%
  • Consumer Cyclical0.7%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (111)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 202629$299bn
Q1 202629$263bn
Q4 202540$274bn
Q3 202540$267bn
Q2 202540$258bn
Q1 202538$260bn
Q4 202437$267bn
Q3 202439$266bn
Q2 202440$280bn
Q1 202440$332bn
Q4 202341$352bn
Q3 202345$315bn
Q2 202347$348bn
Q1 202347$325bn
Q4 202248$299bn
Q3 202248$296bn
Q2 202246$300bn
Q1 202248$364bn
Q4 202143$331bn
Q3 202142$293bn
Q2 202143$293bn
Q1 202145$270bn
Q4 202046$270bn
Q3 202051$236bn
Q2 202043$202bn
Q1 202049$176bn
Q4 201951$242bn
Q3 201947$215bn
Q2 201946$208bn
Q1 201947$199bn
Q4 201847$183bn
Q3 201845$221bn
Q2 201843$196bn
Q1 201845$189bn
Q4 201748$191bn
Q3 201747$178bn
Q2 201747$162bn
Q1 201746$162bn
Q4 201647$148bn
Q3 201650$129bn
Q2 201649$130bn
Q1 201647$129bn
Q4 201548$132bn
Q3 201548$127bn
Q2 201547$110bn
Q1 201547$107bn
Q4 201447$109bn
Q3 201448$108bn
Q2 201446$108bn
Q1 201445$106bn
Q4 201343$105bn
Q3 201343$92.0bn
Q2 201343$91.9bn
Q1 201333$79.7bn
Q4 201237$72.8bn
Q3 201233$70.4bn
Q2 201228$69.1bn
Q1 201227$71.1bn
Q4 201134$66.2bn
Q3 201133$59.1bn
Q2 201128$56.6bn
Q1 201127$54.3bn
Q4 201025$52.6bn
Q3 201033$48.6bn
Q2 201037$46.4bn
Q1 201036$50.9bn
Q4 200941$57.9bn
Q3 200943$56.5bn
Q2 200941$48.8bn
Q1 200940$40.7bn
Q4 200840$51.7bn
Q3 200839$69.7bn
Q2 200838$63.3bn
Q1 200838$66.2bn
Q4 200739$68.4bn
Q3 200739$69.2bn
Q2 200741$64.2bn
Q1 200740$57.4bn
Q4 200640$54.9bn
Q3 200642$50.9bn
Q2 200638$47.6bn
Q1 200638$46.1bn
Q4 200535$43.2bn
Q3 200536$42.0bn
Q2 200536$39.0bn
Q1 200531$37.4bn
Q4 200430$36.5bn
Q3 200429$34.2bn
Q2 200430$36.2bn
Q1 200428$35.8bn
Q4 200330$34.8bn
Q3 200333$31.0bn
Q2 200335$31.3bn
Q1 200336$27.3bn
Q4 200235$28.3bn
Q3 200233$27.9bn
Q2 200230$31.1bn
Q1 200230$31.3bn
Q4 200134$29.1bn
Q3 200132$27.2bn
Q2 200135$29.6bn
Q1 200136$30.5bn
Q4 200039$37.4bn
Q3 200034$35.8bn
Q2 200035$34.1bn
Q1 200032$33.5bn
Q4 199929$37.2bn
Q3 199931$32.5bn
Q2 199930$37.1bn
Q1 199932$38.0bn
Q4 199829$38.1bn

Where Berkshire Hathaway was early

26 rows
CB CHUBB LIMITEDQ1 19991 of 1610.4%4.2%18Held at last filing, Q2 2026+993%
WFC WELLS FARGO & CO NEWQ1 19991 of 2126.2%24.1%92Exited by Q1 2022+174%
GATX GATX CorpQ4 19992 of 960.2%1.0%15Exited by Q3 2003−52%
COST COSTCO WHSL CORP NEWQ2 20001 of 1772.1%2.4%81Exited by Q3 2020+819%
SJR/BEUR tions IncQ2 20001 of 851.0%1.6%21Exited by Q4 2005–
GAP Gap IncQ2 20002 of 1580.2%1.2%24Exited by Q2 2006−40%
HRB Block H & RQ2 20002 of 1230.4%2.5%28Exited by Q2 2007+160%
MCO MOODYS CORPQ4 20002 of 1761.6%7.4%103Held at last filing, Q2 2026+3426%
USB US BANCORP DELQ1 20011 of 1621.1%3.8%70Exited by Q1 2023+88%
PG PROCTER & GAMBLE COQ1 20053 of 1640.09%13.4%74Exited by Q3 2023+186%
AMP IncQ3 20051 of 1182.6%2.9%10Exited by Q1 2008+54%
COP CONOCOPHILLIPSQ4 20053 of 1551.3%8.9%36Exited by Q4 2014+73%
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONQ1 20063 of 1690.3%6.3%70Exited by Q3 2023+180%
UNP Union Pacific CorpQ3 20065 of 2110.5%1.9%13Exited by Q4 2009+33%
EXMOC EXXON MOBIL CORPQ2 200910 of 1930.1%4.0%16Exited by Q4 2014+35%
IBM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHSQ1 20113 of 1681.4%19.9%28Exited by Q1 2018−5.9%
DVA DAVITA INCQ4 20114 of 1330.3%2.9%55Held at last filing, Q2 2026+487%
GM GENERAL MTRS COQ1 201210 of 1690.4%1.6%46Exited by Q3 2023+50%
PSX PHILLIPS 66Q2 20121 of 1611.3%5.1%31Exited by Q1 2020+235%
DE DEERE & COQ3 20123 of 1850.5%1.5%17Exited by Q4 2016+3.5%
GHC GRAHAM HLDGS COQ4 20133 of 1121.1%1.1%17Exited by Q1 2018+39%
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCQ4 201315 of 2292.1%2.4%26Exited by Q2 2020−13%
KHC KRAFT HEINZ COQ3 20151 of 17318.0%22.6%44Held at last filing, Q2 2026−67%
T AT&T INCQ3 201514 of 2171.5%1.5%2Exited by Q1 2016+5.6%
UAL UNITED CONTL HLDGS INCQ3 201619 of 1890.2%1.4%15Exited by Q2 2020−40%
LUV SOUTHWEST AIRLS COQ4 201614 of 1751.5%1.8%14Exited by Q2 2020−29%

Concentration and tenure

23.7%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
87.3%
Median top 10 weight, all quarters
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
Concentrated
Style, by median largest position
9
Median completed holding, quarters