Berkshire Hathaway 13F holdings, Q1 1999
Holdings as of March 31, 1999 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Berkshire Hathaway disclosed 32 US equity positions worth $38.0bn in its Q1 1999 13F filing. The largest position was KO at 32.3% of the reported book, followed by AXP and The Gillette Co. Against the Q4 1998 filing, it opened 6 new positions, added to 1 and reduced 5 among the top 32 holdings.
What did Berkshire Hathaway own in Q1 1999? Top 32 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q4 1998 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KO Coca Cola | Consumer Defensive | 32.3% | $12.3bn | 200,000,017 | 0% | held |
| 2 | AXP American Express Co | Financial Services | 15.6% | $6.0bn | 50,536,917 | 0% | held |
| 3 | The Gillette Co | 15.0% | $5.7bn | 96,000,017 | 0% | held | |
| 4 | Mtg Corp | 9.2% | $3.5bn | 61,359,300 | -1% | reduced | |
| 5 | WFC & Co. Del | Financial Services | 6.2% | $2.4bn | 111,131,570 | – | new |
| 6 | Wesco Finl Corp | 5.1% | $1.9bn | 5,703,087 | 0% | held | |
| 7 | DIS Company | Communication Services | 2.8% | $1.1bn | 34,199,142 | -33% | reduced |
| 8 | Washington Post Co | 2.4% | $901.0m | 1,727,776 | 0% | held | |
| 9 | Corporation | 1.4% | $530.1m | 12,399,600 | 0% | held | |
| 10 | GD Corp | Industrials | 1.3% | $494.3m | 7,693,637 | 0% | held |
| 11 | Sun Trusts Banks Inc | 1.1% | $413.4m | 6,641,400 | 0% | held | |
| 12 | Assoc | 1.0% | $399.2m | 5,765,300 | 0% | held | |
| 13 | US Bancorp | 1.0% | $385.2m | 11,307,501 | 35% | added | |
| 14 | NKE Inc | Consumer Cyclical | 0.9% | $359.8m | 6,237,600 | 0% | held |
| 15 | Citigroup | 0.9% | $325.5m | 5,096,384 | -0% | held | |
| 16 | Inc | 0.7% | $249.7m | 3,963,900 | 0% | held | |
| 17 | MTB M & T Bank Corporation | Financial Services | 0.6% | $242.8m | 506,930 | 0% | held |
| 18 | TV Inc | 0.5% | $175.5m | 4,035,000 | 0% | held | |
| 19 | Group | 0.4% | $166.5m | 1,380,250 | -42% | reduced | |
| 20 | CB Corp | Financial Services | 0.4% | $160.8m | 2,745,900 | – | new |
| 21 | Corp | 0.4% | $147.0m | 4,000,015 | 0% | held | |
| 22 | Inc | 0.2% | $78.1m | 1,100,000 | – | new | |
| 23 | MAN Inc | Industrials | 0.2% | $65.8m | 2,814,005 | -23% | reduced |
| 24 | Companies | 0.1% | $41.7m | 455,000 | -18% | reduced | |
| 25 | RHI Inc | Industrials | 0.1% | $32.8m | 1,000,000 | – | new |
| 26 | TMK Corp | 0.1% | $21.0m | 662,562 | 0% | held | |
| 27 | Corp | 0.1% | $19.9m | 816,655 | 0% | held | |
| 28 | Corp. FD A | 0.0% | $12.1m | 122,500 | – | new | |
| 29 | PS Group Holdings, Inc | 0.0% | $9.8m | 1,208,032 | 0% | held | |
| 30 | Inc | 0.0% | $3.2m | 203,400 | – | new | |
| 31 | & Reed | 0.0% | $3.2m | 162,261 | 0% | held | |
| 32 | WDR & Reed | 0.0% | $773.0k | 37,699 | 0% | held |
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.