Berkshire Hathaway 13F holdings, Q4 2008
Holdings as of December 31, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Berkshire Hathaway disclosed 40 US equity positions worth $51.7bn in its Q4 2008 13F filing. The largest position was KO at 17.5% of the reported book, followed by WFC and PG. Against the Q3 2008 filing, it opened 2 new positions, added to 4 and reduced 6 among the top 40 holdings.
What did Berkshire Hathaway own in Q4 2008? Top 40 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q3 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KO Coca Cola | Consumer Defensive | 17.5% | $9.1bn | 200,000,000 | 0% | held |
| 2 | WFC Co. Del | Financial Services | 16.6% | $8.6bn | 290,244,868 | -0% | held |
| 3 | PG Gamble Co | Consumer Defensive | 11.5% | $6.0bn | 96,316,010 | -9% | reduced |
| 4 | Santa Fe | 10.3% | $5.3bn | 70,089,829 | 10% | added | |
| 5 | COP ConocoPhillips | Energy | 8.0% | $4.1bn | 79,896,273 | -5% | reduced |
| 6 | Inc | 7.2% | $3.7bn | 138,272,500 | 0% | held | |
| 7 | AXP Express Co | Financial Services | 5.4% | $2.8bn | 151,610,700 | 0% | held |
| 8 | JNJ Johnson | Healthcare | 3.3% | $1.7bn | 28,611,591 | -54% | reduced |
| 9 | USB US Bancorp | Financial Services | 3.3% | $1.7bn | 67,551,426 | -7% | reduced |
| 10 | Corp | 3.2% | $1.6bn | 5,703,087 | 0% | held | |
| 11 | WMT Stores, Inc | Consumer Defensive | 2.2% | $1.1bn | 19,944,300 | 0% | held |
| 12 | MCO Moody's | Financial Services | 1.9% | $964.3m | 48,000,000 | 0% | held |
| 13 | Co | 1.3% | $674.3m | 1,727,765 | 0% | held | |
| 14 | Group, Inc | 1.0% | $499.2m | 19,897,322 | – | new | |
| 15 | UNP Corp | Industrials | 0.8% | $425.7m | 8,906,000 | 0% | held |
| 16 | NKE Nike Inc | Consumer Cyclical | 0.8% | $389.7m | 7,641,000 | 0% | held |
| 17 | MTB Corporation | Financial Services | 0.7% | $385.5m | 6,715,060 | 0% | held |
| 18 | COST Corp | Consumer Defensive | 0.5% | $275.8m | 5,254,000 | 0% | held |
| 19 | Comcast Corp CLA SPL | 0.4% | $193.8m | 12,000,000 | 0% | held | |
| 20 | NRG Inc | Utilities | 0.3% | $168.0m | 7,200,000 | 44% | added |
| 21 | UNH Group Inc | Healthcare | 0.3% | $167.6m | 6,300,000 | -1% | reduced |
| 22 | Corporation | 0.3% | $159.1m | 3,200,000 | 10% | added | |
| 23 | LOW Inc | Consumer Cyclical | 0.3% | $139.9m | 6,500,000 | 0% | held |
| 24 | KMX Carmax Inc | Consumer Cyclical | 0.3% | $139.0m | 17,636,500 | -4% | reduced |
| 25 | USG Corporation | 0.3% | $137.3m | 17,072,192 | 0% | held | |
| 26 | Company LTD. CLA | 0.3% | $135.0m | 7,782,600 | 38% | added | |
| 27 | TMK Torchmark Corp | 0.2% | $126.2m | 2,823,879 | 0% | held | |
| 28 | GE Electric Co | Industrials | 0.2% | $126.0m | 7,777,900 | 0% | held |
| 29 | SNY Sanofi Aventis | 0.2% | $125.5m | 3,903,933 | 0% | held | |
| 30 | Co | 0.2% | $100.8m | 8,739,100 | – | new | |
| 31 | Banks Inc | 0.2% | $94.7m | 3,204,600 | 0% | held | |
| 32 | NSC Corp | Industrials | 0.2% | $90.9m | 1,933,000 | 0% | held |
| 33 | HD Home Depot Inc | Consumer Cyclical | 0.2% | $85.2m | 3,700,000 | 0% | held |
| 34 | Inc | 0.2% | $83.4m | 3,372,200 | 0% | held | |
| 35 | UPS Service Inc | Industrials | 0.2% | $78.8m | 1,429,200 | 0% | held |
| 36 | BAC Corp | Financial Services | 0.1% | $70.4m | 5,000,000 | 0% | held |
| 37 | GlaxoSmithKline | 0.1% | $56.3m | 1,510,500 | 0% | held | |
| 38 | Inc | 0.1% | $42.6m | 2,700,000 | 0% | held | |
| 39 | Gannett Inc | 0.1% | $27.6m | 3,447,600 | 0% | held | |
| 40 | Holding Co | 0.0% | $12.0m | 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.