Berkshire Hathaway 13F holdings, Q3 2008
Holdings as of September 30, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Berkshire Hathaway disclosed 39 US equity positions worth $69.7bn in its Q3 2008 13F filing. The largest position was WFC at 15.6% of the reported book, followed by KO and PG. Against the Q2 2008 filing, it opened 1 new position, added to 3 and reduced 4 among the top 39 holdings.
What did Berkshire Hathaway own in Q3 2008? Top 39 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q2 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WFC Del | Financial Services | 15.6% | $10.9bn | 290,407,668 | -0% | held |
| 2 | KO Coca Cola | Consumer Defensive | 15.2% | $10.6bn | 200,000,000 | 0% | held |
| 3 | PG Procter & Gamble Co | Consumer Defensive | 10.6% | $7.4bn | 105,847,000 | 0% | held |
| 4 | COP ConocoPhillips | Energy | 8.8% | $6.1bn | 83,955,800 | 41% | added |
| 5 | Santa Fe | 8.5% | $5.9bn | 63,785,418 | 0% | held | |
| 6 | AXP American Express Co | Financial Services | 7.7% | $5.4bn | 151,610,700 | 0% | held |
| 7 | Kraft Foods Inc | 6.5% | $4.5bn | 138,272,500 | 0% | held | |
| 8 | JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Healthcare | 6.1% | $4.3bn | 61,754,448 | 0% | held |
| 9 | USB US Bancorp | Financial Services | 3.8% | $2.6bn | 72,937,126 | 6% | added |
| 10 | Wesco Finl Corp | 2.9% | $2.0bn | 5,703,087 | 0% | held | |
| 11 | MCO Moody's | Financial Services | 2.3% | $1.6bn | 48,000,000 | 0% | held |
| 12 | WMT Inc | Consumer Defensive | 1.7% | $1.2bn | 19,944,300 | 0% | held |
| 13 | Washington Post Co | 1.4% | $962.0m | 1,727,765 | 0% | held | |
| 14 | Inc | 1.3% | $898.3m | 13,845,000 | 0% | held | |
| 15 | UNP Union Pacific Corp | Industrials | 0.9% | $633.8m | 8,906,000 | 0% | held |
| 16 | MTB Corporation | Financial Services | 0.9% | $599.3m | 6,715,060 | 0% | held |
| 17 | NKE Nike Inc | Consumer Cyclical | 0.7% | $511.2m | 7,641,000 | 0% | held |
| 18 | USG Corporation | 0.6% | $437.0m | 17,072,192 | 0% | held | |
| 19 | COST Corp | Consumer Defensive | 0.5% | $341.1m | 5,254,000 | 0% | held |
| 20 | KMX Carmax Inc | Consumer Cyclical | 0.4% | $258.2m | 18,444,100 | -13% | reduced |
| 21 | Comcast Corp CLA SPL | 0.3% | $236.6m | 12,000,000 | 0% | held | |
| 22 | GE General Electric Co | Industrials | 0.3% | $198.3m | 7,777,900 | 0% | held |
| 23 | LTD. CLA | 0.3% | $175.7m | 5,636,600 | 0% | held | |
| 24 | BAC Corp | Financial Services | 0.3% | $175.0m | 5,000,000 | -45% | reduced |
| 25 | TMK Torchmark Corp | 0.2% | $168.9m | 2,823,879 | 0% | held | |
| 26 | Eaton Corporation | 0.2% | $163.4m | 2,908,700 | – | new | |
| 27 | UNH Inc | Healthcare | 0.2% | $162.0m | 6,379,900 | -0% | held |
| 28 | LOW Lowes Companies Inc | Consumer Cyclical | 0.2% | $154.0m | 6,500,000 | -7% | reduced |
| 29 | Inc | 0.2% | $144.2m | 3,204,600 | 0% | held | |
| 30 | SNY Sanofi Aventis | 0.2% | $128.3m | 3,903,933 | 0% | held | |
| 31 | NSC Corp | Industrials | 0.2% | $128.0m | 1,933,000 | 0% | held |
| 32 | NRG NRG Energy, Inc | Utilities | 0.2% | $123.8m | 5,000,000 | 54% | added |
| 33 | Wabco Holdings Inc | 0.1% | $96.0m | 2,700,000 | 0% | held | |
| 34 | HD Home Depot Inc | Consumer Cyclical | 0.1% | $95.8m | 3,700,000 | -12% | reduced |
| 35 | UPS Service Inc | Industrials | 0.1% | $89.9m | 1,429,200 | 0% | held |
| 36 | Iron Mountain Inc | 0.1% | $82.3m | 3,372,200 | 0% | held | |
| 37 | GlaxoSmithKline | 0.1% | $65.6m | 1,510,500 | 0% | held | |
| 38 | Gannett Inc | 0.1% | $58.3m | 3,447,600 | 0% | held | |
| 39 | Comdisco Holding Co | 0.0% | $14.6m | 1,538,377 | 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.