Warren Buffett Stock Picks
Burlington Northern & UnitedHealth Top Berkshire Hathaway Buy Lists
What 40 stocks are in the Oracle of Omaha's expertly valuated portfolio, and which shares did Warren buy or sell since this January?
The top 4 stocks in Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio account for some 58% of total assets as of June 2007, while the top 10 holdings comprise about 83%.
On a percentage basis, Warren Buffett bought the most of the following stocks since January: Burlington Northern (11.2% more); Wells Fargo (9.9% more); Johnson & Johnson (8.4% more); and Proctor & Gamble (5% more).
Top 10 Berkshire Hathaway Stocks
The list below shows the value of each stock holding at June 30, 2007. Also shown is the percentage that each stock represents of total portfolio value (US$61.1 billion) and the number of shares held.
- Coca Cola … US$10,462,001 (17.13% of total value) … 200,000,000 shares
- American Express … $9,275,543 (15.19%) … 151,610,700 shares
- Wells Fargo … $9,062,446 (14.84%) … 257,675,468 shares
- Proctor & Gamble … $6,440,052 (10.54%) … 105,246,800 shares
- Burlington Northern … $3,322,796 (5.44%) … 39,027,430 shares
- Johnson & Johnson … $3,274,846 (5.36%) … 53,145,848 shares
- Moody's … $2,985,600 (4.89%) … 48,000,000 shares
- Wesco Financial … $2,195,688 (3.59%) … 5,703,087 shares
- Anheuser-Busch … $1,854,977 (3.37%) … 35,563,200 shares
- Conoco Phillips … $1,408,141 (2.31%) … 17,938,100 shares
Other Stocks on Warren’s Buy List
Representing about 17% of Berkshire Hathaway assets, the remaining 30 stocks in the portfolio are listed below. Among these, Warren bought the highest percentage of the following shares: UnitedHealth Group (78.7% more); Wellpoint (76.7% more); Sanofis Aventis (76.5% more); and U.S. Bancorp (37.2% more).
In addition, Berkshire Hathaway bought Bank of America and Dow Jones for the first time.
- Washington Post … $1,340,901 (2.20%) … 1,727,765 shares
- U.S. Bancorp … $1,221,962 (2.00%) … 37,085,326 shares
- Wal-Mart … $959,520 (1.57%) … 19,944,300 shares
- USG Corporation … $837,220 (1.37%) … 17,072,192 shares
- M&T Bank … $717,166 (1.17%) … 6,708,760 shares
- American Standard … $652,478 (1.07%) … 11,062,700 shares
- Nike … $466,320 (0.76%) … 8,000,000 shares
- Bank of America … $425,343 (0.70%) … 8,700,000 shares
- Comcast … $335,520 (0.55%) … 12,000,000 shares
- Wellpoint … $335,286 (0.55%) … 4,200,000 shares
- First Data … $326,700 (0.54%) … 10,000,000 shares
- Costco … $307,464 (0.50%) … 5,254,000 shares
- General Electric … $297,738 (0.49%) … 7,777,900 shares
- Sun Trusts Banks … $274,762 (0.45%) … 3,204,600 shares
- UnitedHealth Group … $245,472 (0.40%) … 4,800,000 shares
- Iron Mountain … $236,420 (0.39%) … 9,047,850 shares
- Lowes … $214,830 (0.35%) … 7,000,000 shares
- Tyco International … $213,222 (0.35%) … 6,310,200 shares
- Gannett … $189,446 (0.31%) … 3,447,600 shares
- Torchmark … $189,200 (0.31%) … 2,823,879 shares
- Home Depot … $164,522 (0.27%) … 4,181,000 shares
- Ameriprise Finacial … $160,042 (0.26%) … 2,517,562 shares
- Dow Jones … $159,814 (0.26%) … 2,781,800 shares
- Sanofis Aventis … $142,181 (0.23%) … 3,530,685 shares
- United Parcel Services … $104,332 (0.17%) … 1,429,200 shares
- Petrochina … $97,980 (0.16%) … 659,000 shares
- Western Union … $66,656 (0.11%) … 3,200,000 shares
- Servicemaster … $61,809 (0.10%) … 3,998,000 shares
- Ingersoll-Rand … $34,866 (0.06%) … 636,600 shares
- Comdisco … $16,255 (0.03%) … 1,523,446 shares
Warren’s Cut List
Warren reduced his holdings of: Western Union by 67.6%; Amerprise Financial by 41.2%; and Tyco International by 36.9%.
H&R Block and Pier 1 Imports were sold outright.
Finally, the Oracle of Omaha invoked his right to remain silent on Berkshire Hathaway holdings of Norfolk Southern (NSC on NYSE) and Union Pacific (UNP on NYSE).
Sources for this Article
This article presents independent calculations and insights based on data drawn from the June 30/07 SEC filings for Berkshire Hathaway on edgar.com.
