Warren Buffett has a stake in Amazon (AMZN 3.21%) through his holding company Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A 0.42%)(BRK.B 0.60%).
For his own company, he has said on more than one occasion that he’s not interested in splitting its stock. Indeed, the price of one share of Berkshire Hathaway stock is a record $532,000 as of this writing, the most expensive stock on the market in terms of absolute value by far. Those are class A shares, which have never split.
The company also has class B shares, which were issued in 1995 and cost about $345 as of this writing.
What are the four stocks Warren Buffett owns?
Warren Buffett is undeniably the most famous and influential investor in modern history, based on his extraordinary performance record.12 Not surprisingly, the investment portfolio of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A), the holding company employing the Oracle of Omaha as chairman and CEO, receives wide media attention and scrutiny, even though Buffett is no longer making every investment decision.3
Apple
Apple, the maker of iPhones, is by far Berkshire Hathaway’s largest stock holding at $159.1 billion as of Q1 2022, accounting for nearly 41% of its stocks portfolio and for 5.5% of Apple’s outstanding shares.
Bank of America
Berkshire Hathaway’s second-largest holding is Bank of America, with a stake valued at $42.6 billion accounting for 10.9% of the portfolio as of Q1 2022.4 Berkshire Hathaway held 12.5% of the bank’s shares outstanding.
American Express
Berkshire Hathaway’s $28.6 billion stake in financial services provider American Express accounted for 7.3% of its portfolio and 20.1% of American Express shares of Q1 2022.
Chevron
Buffett dramatically increased Berkshire Hathaway’s stake in Chevron to $25.9 billion during Q1 2022, making the integrated oil giant his company’s fourth-largest holding as of quarter end. Chevron shares accounted for 6.6% of Berkshire Hathaway’s equity securities portfolio, while Berkshire’s stake amounted to 8.1% of Chevron’s outstanding shares.
Coca-Cola
Buffett famously consumes five 12-ounce servings of Coke per day, and once said he is “a quarter Coca-Cola” based on the drink’s share of his caloric intake.16 Berkshire Hathaway makes do with a Coca-Cola stake of $24.8 billion, representing an allocation of 6.4% in its stock portfolio.17 That accounts for 9.2% of Coca-Cola’s outstanding stock.