Berkshire Hathaway 13F holdings, Q4 1999
Holdings as of December 31, 1999 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Berkshire Hathaway disclosed 29 US equity positions worth $37.2bn in its Q4 1999 13F filing. The largest position was KO at 31.3% of the reported book, followed by AXP and Gillette Co. Against the Q3 1999 filing, it opened 2 new positions, added to 8 and reduced 5 among the top 29 holdings.
What did Berkshire Hathaway own in Q4 1999? Top 29 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q3 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KO Coca Cola | Consumer Defensive | 31.3% | $11.6bn | 200,000,000 | 0% | held |
| 2 | AXP Express Co | Financial Services | 22.6% | $8.4bn | 50,536,900 | 0% | held |
| 3 | Gillette Co | 10.6% | $4.0bn | 96,000,000 | 0% | held | |
| 4 | Ln Mtg Corp | 7.8% | $2.9bn | 61,359,300 | 0% | held | |
| 5 | WFC Fargo & Co. Del | Financial Services | 6.4% | $2.4bn | 59,136,680 | 0% | held |
| 6 | Corp | 3.8% | $1.4bn | 5,703,087 | 0% | held | |
| 7 | Post Co | 2.6% | $960.4m | 1,727,765 | 0% | held | |
| 8 | Corporation | 1.5% | $542.2m | 10,995,200 | -11% | reduced | |
| 9 | US Bancorp | 1.4% | $508.7m | 21,364,501 | 46% | added | |
| 10 | Banks Inc | 1.2% | $457.0m | 6,641,400 | 0% | held | |
| 11 | Citigroup | 1.2% | $449.0m | 8,062,349 | 73% | added | |
| 12 | CB Chubb Corp | Financial Services | 1.2% | $446.2m | 7,922,900 | 9% | added |
| 13 | Bradstreet Corp | 1.0% | $357.6m | 12,122,800 | 3320% | added | |
| 14 | DIS Walt Disney Company | Communication Services | 1.0% | $355.4m | 12,150,742 | -39% | reduced |
| 15 | Assoc | 0.9% | $338.2m | 5,416,700 | 0% | held | |
| 16 | Group Inc | 0.9% | $328.9m | 12,125,000 | 72% | added | |
| 17 | NKE Nike Inc | Consumer Cyclical | 0.8% | $304.2m | 6,137,600 | -2% | reduced |
| 18 | Gannett Inc | 0.8% | $296.6m | 3,636,800 | 0% | held | |
| 19 | GD Dynamics Corp | Industrials | 0.7% | $262.4m | 4,973,777 | -4% | reduced |
| 20 | MTB Corporation | Financial Services | 0.6% | $211.4m | 510,310 | 1% | added |
| 21 | Claiborne Inc | 0.5% | $184.2m | 4,894,500 | 0% | held | |
| 22 | Chemical Corp | 0.4% | $162.6m | 4,258,200 | 6% | added | |
| 23 | Group | 0.4% | $161.5m | 1,493,413 | 12% | added | |
| 24 | GATX GATX Corp | Industrials | 0.2% | $88.9m | 2,634,500 | – | new |
| 25 | Costco Companies | 0.1% | $32.4m | 355,000 | -22% | reduced | |
| 26 | TMK Torchmark Corp | 0.1% | $19.3m | 662,562 | 0% | held | |
| 27 | Corp | 0.0% | $16.8m | 816,655 | 0% | held | |
| 28 | Holdings, Inc | 0.0% | $13.6m | 1,208,032 | 0% | held | |
| 29 | New York Corp | 0.0% | $11.4m | 159,000 | – | new |
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.