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Berkshire Hathaway 13F holdings, Q3 2008

Investment holding companySEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2008-09-30, filed 2008-11-14

Berkshire Hathaway disclosed 39 US equity positions worth $69.7bn in its Q3 2008 13F filing. Its largest position is WFC at 15.6% of the reported book, followed by KO and PG. Versus Q2 2008 it opened 1 new position, added to 3, reduced 4 and exited 0.

$69.7bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
39
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
15.6%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
85.7%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
11
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

Against Q2 2008: 1 new, 3 added, 4 reduced, 0 exited

39 rows
WFC WELLS FARGO & COFinancial Services15.6%$10.9bn290.41m−0.1%held
KO COCA COLA COConsumer Defensive15.2%$10.6bn200.00m0.0%held
PG PROCTER & GAMBLE COConsumer Defensive10.6%$7.4bn105.85m0.0%held
COP CONOCOPHILLIPSEnergy8.8%$6.1bn83.96m+41%added
Santa Fe no ticker–8.5%$5.9bn63.79m0.0%held
AXP AMERICAN EXPRESS COFinancial Services7.7%$5.4bn151.61m0.0%held
Kraft Foods Inc no ticker–6.5%$4.5bn138.27m0.0%held
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONHealthcare6.1%$4.3bn61.75m0.0%held
USB US BANCORPFinancial Services3.8%$2.6bn72.94m+6.3%added
Wesco Finl Corp no ticker–2.9%$2.0bn5.70m0.0%held
MCO MOODYS CORPFinancial Services2.3%$1.6bn48.00m0.0%held
WMT WALMART INCConsumer Defensive1.7%$1.2bn19.94m0.0%held
Washington Post Co no ticker–1.4%$962m1.73m0.0%held
Inc no ticker–1.3%$898m13.85m0.0%held
UNP UNION PACIFIC CORPIndustrials0.9%$634m8.91m0.0%held
MTB M & T BK CORPFinancial Services0.9%$599m6.72m0.0%held
NKE NIKE INCConsumer Cyclical0.7%$511m7.64m0.0%held
U S G CORP no ticker–0.6%$437m17.07m0.0%held
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATIONConsumer Defensive0.5%$341m5.25m0.0%held
KMX CARMAX INCConsumer Cyclical0.4%$258m18.44m−13%reduced
COMCAST CORP NEW no ticker–0.3%$237m12.00m0.0%held
GE GENERAL ELECTRIC COIndustrials0.3%$198m7.78m0.0%held
LTD. CLA no ticker–0.3%$176m5.64m0.0%held
BAC BANK OF AMER CORPFinancial Services0.3%$175m5.00m−45%reduced
TMK TORCHMARK CORP–0.2%$169m2.82m0.0%held
Eaton Corporation no ticker–0.2%$163m2.91m–new
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCHealthcare0.2%$162m6.38m−0.3%held
LOW LOWES COS INCConsumer Cyclical0.2%$154m6.50m−7.1%reduced
SUNTRUST BKS INC no ticker–0.2%$144m3.20m0.0%held
SNY SANOFI SAHealthcare0.2%$128m3.90m0.0%held
NSC NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPIndustrials0.2%$128m1.93m0.0%held
NRG NRG ENERGY INCUtilities0.2%$124m5.00m+54%added
WBC1EUR WABCO HLDGS INC–0.1%$96.0m2.70m0.0%held
HD HOME DEPOT INCConsumer Cyclical0.1%$95.8m3.70m−12%reduced
UPS UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCIndustrials0.1%$89.9m1.43m0.0%held
IRON MTN INC no ticker–0.1%$82.3m3.37m0.0%held
GSK PLC no ticker–0.09%$65.6m1.51m0.0%held
GANNETT INC no ticker–0.08%$58.3m3.45m0.0%held
Comdisco Holding Co no ticker–0.02%$14.6m1.54m0.0%held

Sector mix

  • Financial Services30.6%
  • Consumer Defensive28.0%
  • Unclassified22.9%
  • Energy8.8%
  • Healthcare6.6%
  • Industrials1.5%
  • Consumer Cyclical1.5%
  • Utilities0.2%

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