Berkshire Hathaway 13F holdings, Q4 2012
Holdings as of December 31, 2012 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Berkshire Hathaway disclosed 37 US equity positions worth $72.8bn in its Q4 2012 13F filing. The largest position was WFC at 20.6% of the reported book, followed by KO and IBM. Against the Q3 2012 filing, it opened 7 new positions, added to 7 and reduced 2 among the top 37 holdings.
What did Berkshire Hathaway own in Q4 2012? Top 37 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q3 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WFC CO NEW | Financial Services | 20.6% | $15.0bn | 439,857,861 | 4% | added |
| 2 | KO COCA COLA CO | Consumer Defensive | 19.9% | $14.5bn | 400,000,000 | 0% | held |
| 3 | IBM BUSINESS MACHS | Technology | 17.9% | $13.0bn | 68,115,484 | 1% | added |
| 4 | AXP EXPRESS CO | Financial Services | 12.0% | $8.7bn | 151,610,700 | 0% | held |
| 5 | PG GAMBLE CO | Consumer Defensive | 4.9% | $3.6bn | 52,793,078 | 0% | held |
| 6 | WMT INC | Consumer Defensive | 4.5% | $3.2bn | 47,501,182 | – | new |
| 7 | USB US BANCORP DEL | Financial Services | 2.7% | $2.0bn | 61,264,601 | 0% | held |
| 8 | DIRECTV | 2.3% | $1.7bn | 34,037,500 | 15% | added | |
| 9 | PSX PHILLIPS 66 | Energy | 2.0% | $1.4bn | 27,163,918 | 0% | held |
| 10 | MCO MOODYS CORP | Financial Services | 2.0% | $1.4bn | 28,415,250 | 0% | held |
| 11 | COP CONOCOPHILLIPS | Energy | 1.9% | $1.4bn | 24,123,911 | 0% | held |
| 12 | GM GENERAL MTRS CO | Consumer Cyclical | 1.0% | $720.8m | 25,000,000 | 67% | added |
| 13 | CORPORATION | 0.9% | $652.2m | 5,622,340 | 2% | added | |
| 14 | CO | 0.9% | $631.0m | 1,727,765 | 0% | held | |
| 15 | MTB M & T BK CORP | Financial Services | 0.7% | $530.0m | 5,382,040 | 0% | held |
| 16 | BNY CORP | Financial Services | 0.7% | $504.6m | 19,633,915 | 0% | held |
| 17 | U S G CORP | 0.7% | $479.2m | 17,072,192 | 0% | held | |
| 18 | COST CORP NEW | Consumer Defensive | 0.6% | $427.8m | 4,333,363 | 0% | held |
| 19 | INC | 0.5% | $361.9m | 5,294,800 | 26% | added | |
| 20 | DE DEERE & CO | Industrials | 0.5% | $343.8m | 3,978,767 | 0% | held |
| 21 | MDLZ INC | Consumer Defensive | 0.4% | $326.8m | 12,840,450 | – | new |
| 22 | GD DYNAMICS CORP | Industrials | 0.4% | $268.6m | 3,877,122 | 0% | held |
| 23 | WABCO HLDGS INC | 0.4% | $265.4m | 4,071,925 | 155% | added | |
| 24 | V VISA INC | Financial Services | 0.3% | $235.8m | 1,555,459 | 0% | held |
| 25 | MA MASTERCARD INC | Financial Services | 0.3% | $199.0m | 405,000 | 0% | held |
| 26 | SNY GAMBLE CO | 0.3% | $192.5m | 4,063,675 | – | new | |
| 27 | ADM MIDLAND CO | Consumer Defensive | 0.2% | $163.2m | 5,956,600 | – | new |
| 28 | VRSN VERISIGN INC | Technology | 0.2% | $143.1m | 3,685,700 | – | new |
| 29 | VRSK INC | Industrials | 0.1% | $79.7m | 1,563,434 | 0% | held |
| 30 | GROUP INC | 0.1% | $75.9m | 1,668,714 | – | new | |
| 31 | PLC | 0.1% | $65.7m | 1,510,500 | – | new | |
| 32 | GANNETT INC | 0.0% | $31.3m | 1,740,231 | 0% | held | |
| 33 | JNJ JOHNSON | Healthcare | 0.0% | $22.9m | 327,100 | -34% | reduced |
| 34 | MEDIA GEN INC | 0.0% | $20.0m | 4,646,220 | 0% | held | |
| 35 | GE ELECTRIC CO | Industrials | 0.0% | $12.4m | 588,900 | 0% | held |
| 36 | UPS SERVICE INC | Industrials | 0.0% | $4.4m | 59,400 | 0% | held |
| 37 | LEE INC | 0.0% | $101.0k | 88,863 | -92% | reduced |
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.