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Berkshire Hathaway 13F holdings, Q1 2016

Investment holding companySEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2016-03-31, filed 2016-05-16

Berkshire Hathaway disclosed 47 US equity positions worth $128.6bn in its Q1 2016 13F filing. Its largest position is KHC at 19.9% of the reported book, followed by WFC and KO. Versus Q4 2015 it opened 1 new position, added to 7, reduced 4 and exited 2.

$129bn
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
47
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
19.9%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
84.0%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
9
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 Q4 2015: 1 new, 7 added, 4 reduced, 2 exited

47 rows
KHC KRAFT HEINZ COConsumer Defensive19.9%$25.6bn325.63m0.0%held
WFC WELLS FARGO & COFinancial Services18.0%$23.2bn479.70m0.0%held
KO COCA COLA COConsumer Defensive14.4%$18.6bn400.00m0.0%held
IBM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHSTechnology9.6%$12.3bn81.23m+0.2%held
AXP AMERICAN EXPRESS COFinancial Services7.2%$9.3bn151.61m0.0%held
PSX PHILLIPS 66Energy5.1%$6.5bn75.55m+23%added
WMT WALMART INCConsumer Defensive2.9%$3.8bn55.24m−1.7%reduced
USB US BANCORPFinancial Services2.7%$3.5bn85.06m0.0%held
DVA DAVITA INCHealthcare2.2%$2.8bn38.57m0.0%held
MCO MOODYS CORPFinancial Services1.9%$2.4bn24.67m0.0%held
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC D no ticker–1.6%$2.1bn10.33m+0.4%held
DE DEERE & COIndustrials1.4%$1.8bn23.28m+1.7%added
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCFinancial Services1.3%$1.7bn10.96m0.0%held
GM General Motors CorpConsumer Cyclical1.2%$1.6bn50.00m0.0%held
VRSN VERISIGN INCTechnology0.9%$1.1bn12.98m0.0%held
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology0.8%$1.1bn9.81m–new
U S G CORP no ticker–0.8%$968m39.00m0.0%held
SU SUNCOR ENERGY INC NEWEnergy0.6%$834m30.00m0.0%held
VZ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCCommunication Services0.6%$811m15.00m0.0%held
V VISA INCFinancial Services0.6%$783m10.24m+3.6%added
BNY BANK OF NY MELLON CORPFinancial Services0.6%$767m20.83m+3.6%added
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELAWARE no ticker–0.6%$762m20.00m+30%added
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATIONConsumer Defensive0.5%$683m4.33m0.0%held
AXALTA COATING SYS LTD no ticker–0.5%$681m23.32m0.0%held
LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC no ticker–0.5%$600m15.58m+24%added
MTB M & T BK CORPFinancial Services0.5%$597m5.38m0.0%held
KMI KINDER MORGAN INC DELEnergy0.4%$474m26.53m0.0%held
MA MASTERCARD INCFinancial Services0.4%$466m4.93m−5.6%reduced
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELAWARE no ticker–0.3%$386m10.00m+28%added
WBC1EUR WABCO HLDGS INC–0.3%$346m3.24m−2.8%reduced
TMK TORCHMARK CORP–0.3%$344m6.35m0.0%held
GE GENERAL ELECTRIC COIndustrials0.3%$337m10.59m0.0%held
QSR RESTAURANT BRANDS INTL INCConsumer Cyclical0.3%$328m8.44m0.0%held
LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC no ticker–0.2%$276m7.35m0.0%held
TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INC no ticker–0.2%$250m8.95m0.0%held
SNY SANOFI SAHealthcare0.1%$157m3.91m0.0%held
VRSK VERISK ANALYTICS INCIndustrials0.10%$125m1.56m0.0%held
MEDIA GEN INC NEW no ticker–0.04%$56.6m3.47m0.0%held
GHC GRAHAM HLDGS COIndustrials0.04%$51.6m107,5750.0%held
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONHealthcare0.03%$35.4m327,1000.0%held
DNOW DNOW INCIndustrials0.03%$32.3m1.83m0.0%held
PG PROCTER & GAMBLE COConsumer Defensive0.02%$26.0m315,400−99%reduced
MDLZ MONDELEZ INTL INCConsumer Defensive0.02%$23.2m578,0000.0%held
LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC no ticker–0.01%$18.1m517,1390.0%held
LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC no ticker–0.01%$13.9m367,3480.0%held
UPS UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCIndustrials0.0%$6.3m59,4000.0%held
LEE LEE ENTERPRISES INC–0.0%$160k88,8630.0%held

Exited since Q4 2015

2 rows
T AT&T INC1.2%$1.6bn
PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP no ticker0.7%$975m

Sector mix

  • Consumer Defensive37.8%
  • Financial Services33.2%
  • Technology11.3%
  • Energy6.1%
  • Unclassified5.3%
  • Healthcare2.4%
  • Industrials1.8%
  • Consumer Cyclical1.5%
  • Communication Services0.6%

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