What does Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A)(NYSE:BRK.B) own? Shares in a surprisingly small number of companies, as it turns out. Warren Buffett's Nebraska-based holding company has $257 billion invested in only 41 publicly traded companies. Read on to find out more about the Oracle of Omaha’s holdings.
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What does Berkshire Hathaway own?
Berkshire Hathaway is known for its outstanding return on investments. If you'd bought Berkshire Class A stock when Buffett took over the company in the mid-1960s, your return through 2024 would have been about 5,502,284%.
The return is even more impressive when you consider that Berkshire Hathawayhas accomplished it with relatively few investments. Instead, Buffett focused on a long-term buy-and-hold strategy, buying stocks in well-managed companies with a good chance of succeeding and holding them over the long term.
The company has been trimming its holdings in recent years, reducing both its number of stock holdings and its total amount invested. Meanwhile, its cash holdings have grown to $344.1 billion in the second quarter of 2025.
The increasing amount of cash held by Berkshire, however, doesn't mean it's getting out of the stock-picking business. Around 70% of the company's portfolio is invested in just six stocks.
Company | Symbol | Holdings | Stake | Price | Value | Portfolio % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apple Inc | AAPL | 280,000,000 | 1.90% | $256.69 | $71,873,200,000 | 23.60% |
American Express Co | AXP | 151,610,700 | 21.80% | $331.99 | $50,333,236,293 | 16.50% |
Bank of America Corp | BAC | 605,267,375 | 8.20% | $50.39 | $30,499,423,026 | 10.00% |
Coca-Cola Co | KO | 400,000,000 | 9.30% | $66.10 | $26,440,000,000 | 8.70% |
Chevron Corp | CVX | 122,064,792 | 6.00% | $154.02 | $18,800,419,264 | 6.20% |
Occidental Petroleum Corp | OXY | 264,941,431 | 26.90% | $45.40 | $12,028,340,967 | 4.00% |
Moody’s Corp | MCO | 24,669,778 | 13.80% | $483.45 | $11,926,604,174 | 3.90% |
Mitsubishi Corp | 8058:TYO | 389,043,900 | 10.20% | $23.46 | $9,125,505,324 | 3.00% |
Kraft Heinz Co | KHC | 325,634,818 | 27.50% | $25.27 | $8,228,791,851 | 2.70% |
Chubb Ltd | CB | 27,033,784 | 6.80% | $286.39 | $7,742,205,400 | 2.50% |
Itochu Corporation | 8001:TYO | 135,246,800 | 8.50% | $56.11 | $7,588,162,097 | 2.50% |
Mitsui & Co | 8031:TYO | 285,401,400 | 9.80% | $24.68 | $7,043,783,736 | 2.30% |
Davita Inc | DVA | 32,160,579 | 45.00% | $128.14 | $4,121,056,593 | 1.40% |
Marubeni Corp | 8002:TYO | 154,474,700 | 9.30% | $25.72 | $3,972,786,394 | 1.30% |
Sumitomo Corp | 8053:TYO | 112,459,500 | 9.30% | $29.32 | $3,297,719,701 | 1.10% |
Kroger Co | KR | 50,000,000 | 7.50% | $64.80 | $3,240,000,000 | 1.10% |
Visa Inc | V | 8,297,460 | 0.40% | $349.28 | $2,898,136,829 | 1.00% |
Sirius XM Holdings Inc | SIRI | 124,807,117 | 37.10% | $22.74 | $2,838,113,841 | 0.90% |
VeriSign, Inc | VRSN | 8,989,880 | 9.60% | $270.78 | $2,434,279,706 | 0.80% |
Mastercard Inc | MA | 3,986,648 | 0.40% | $578.81 | $2,307,511,729 | 0.80% |
Amazon.com Inc | AMZN | 10,000,000 | 0.10% | $220.90 | $2,209,000,000 | 0.70% |
Constellation Brands Inc | STZ | 13,400,000 | 7.60% | $138.71 | $1,858,714,000 | 0.60% |
UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 5,039,564 | 0.60% | $358.77 | $1,808,044,376 | 0.60% |
Capital One Financial Corp | COF | 7,150,000 | 1.10% | $213.85 | $1,529,027,500 | 0.50% |
Aon PLC | AON | 4,100,000 | 1.90% | $365.70 | $1,499,370,000 | 0.50% |
Ally Financial Inc | ALLY | 29,000,000 | 9.40% | $39.79 | $1,153,910,000 | 0.40% |
Domino’s Pizza Inc | DPZ | 2,633,868 | 7.80% | $422.91 | $1,113,889,116 | 0.40% |
Pool Corp | POOL | 3,458,885 | 9.30% | $307.29 | $1,062,880,772 | 0.30% |
Liberty Live Series C | LLYVK | 10,917,661 | 17.10% | $90.05 | $983,135,373 | 0.30% |
Nucor Corp | NUE | 6,614,112 | 2.90% | $135.59 | $896,807,446 | 0.30% |
Lennar Corp Class A | LEN | 7,048,993 | 3.00% | $126.39 | $890,922,225 | 0.30% |
Louisiana-Pacific Corp | LPX | 5,664,793 | 8.10% | $89.19 | $505,242,888 | 0.20% |
Liberty Live Series A | LLYVA | 4,986,588 | 19.50% | $87.28 | $435,229,401 | 0.10% |
Heico Corp Class A | HEI.A | 1,294,612 | 1.50% | $254.88 | $329,970,707 | 0.10% |
Liberty Formula One Series C | FWONK | 3,018,555 | 1.30% | $108.33 | $327,000,063 | 0.10% |
Charter Communications Inc | CHTR | 1,060,882 | 0.80% | $282.74 | $299,953,777 | 0.10% |
D. R. Horton | DHI | 1,485,350 | 0.50% | $171.53 | $254,782,086 | 0.10% |
Lamar Advertising Co | LAMR | 1,169,507 | 1.20% | $122.20 | $142,913,755 | 0.00% |
Allegion PLC | ALLE | 780,133 | 0.90% | $177.36 | $138,364,389 | 0.00% |
NVR Inc | NVR | 11,112 | 0.40% | $8,068.75 | $89,659,950 | 0.00% |
Jefferies Financial Group Inc | JEF | 433,558 | 0.20% | $61.18 | $26,525,078 | 0.00% |
Liberty Latin America Series A | LILA | 2,630,792 | 6.40% | $8.34 | $21,940,805 | 0.00% |
Lennar Corp Class B | LEN.B | 180,930 | 0.60% | $119.92 | $21,697,126 | 0.00% |
Diageo PLC | DEO | 227,750 | 0.00% | $94.38 | $21,495,045 | 0.00% |
Liberty Latin America Series C | LILAK | 1,284,020 | 0.80% | $8.50 | $10,914,170 | 0.00% |
Atlanta Braves Holdings Inc Series C | BATRK | 223,645 | 0.40% | $41.08 | $9,187,337 | 0.00% |
BYD Co. Ltd | BYDDF | 0 | 0.0% | $13.99 | $0 | 0.0% |
Other Berkshire holdings
The six stocks above make up nearly 70% of Berkshire's total holdings -- but there's more. In mid-2025, Berkshire held billion-dollar stakes in another 22 companies, ranging from consumer staples to technology stocks. Here are some smaller holdings:
- Kraft Heinz (KHC -0.90%): Buffett admits that the purchase of Kraft Heinz stock initially didn't quite work out as hoped. The company's stock fell 9% in 2023 and another 18% in 2024, even as the S&P 500 rose.
Still, Berkshire hasn't walked away from the company that provides staples ranging from Kraft Mac and Cheese to Maxwell House, and there's hope for the future. It's overhauling its logistics structure to save $2.5 billion by the end of 2027 and had already identified about $1 billion in potential savings. - Moody's (MCO +1.38%): Best known as a ratings agency, Moody's has been a part of Berkshire's portfolio for almost a quarter century. The company has little major competition outside of S&P Global and Fitch Ratings, giving it a huge advantage and immense pricing power.
Moody's has everything that Buffett searches for in an investment: a competitive edge, strong management, a leading position, excellent profitability, strong recurring revenue, and a high free cash flow. - Mitsubishi (MSBHF +0.41%): On the surface, a Japanese trading house might not be one of the first investments you think about when you consider options for Berkshire Hathaway. But it's a big component of Buffett's portfolio, which now holds more than 10% of the conglomerate.
Why? Easy. Like other large Berkshire holdings, Mitsubishi has been in business for a long time (since 1870), indicating stability. It's a bargain, with shares currently trading at $24. And finally, it's incredibly diversified, owning almost 1,700 companies in 10 industries, spreading risk better than most exchange-traded funds (ETFs). - Mitsui & Co. (MITSF -3.18%): Buffett increased his holdings in Japan's five biggest trading houses in 2023, with Mitsui becoming his 10th-largest holding. It's one of five sogo shosha (trading houses) Buffett first bought in 2020.
Like Mitsubishi, Mitsui is a diversified giant that owns companies involved in chemicals, steelmaking, life insurance, construction, banking, engineering, and even brewing. Berkshire's stake is 9.8% of the company, just shy of the country's 10% approval threshold for foreign investment.
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Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Even so, a 5,502,284% return over a lifetime of investment isn't something to dismiss. The vast majority of investors could do worse than following Buffett's example of investing in stable, well-run, established companies that focus on core businesses.
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