13F filer · CIK 1067983 ↗
Berkshire Hathaway
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Reported value
$128.79B
−0.7% on the quarter before
Positions
50
3 new · 2 sold out
Top 10
83.7%
of the value
Est. gain
+$375.5M
on stocks held all quarter
Est. return
+0.3%
on those stocks since Q2 2016
Positions as of Sep 30, 2016, from Berkshire Hathaway's 13F filing with the SEC. A 13F lists a manager's US-listed stocks and options at a quarter end and is filed up to 45 days later, so the fund may hold something else today. It leaves out short positions, cash and holdings outside the US.
Portfolio at a glance
- New
- Added
- Cut
- Same
- Options
Each tile is a position, sized by its share, colored by what the fund did with it since Q2 2016. Striped tiles are options.
Largest buys
Since Q2 2016, by estimated size: the change in shares at the quarter-end price, since a 13F gives no trade prices. Percentages are the position's share of the portfolio, before and after.
- American Airls Group Inc~$797.0MNew · 0.0% → 0.6%+21,770,555 shares
- Delta Air Lines Inc Del~$249.3MNew · 0.0% → 0.2%+6,333,923 shares
- United Contl Hldgs Inc~$237.8MNew · 0.0% → 0.2%+4,533,013 shares
- Phillips 66~$153.7MAdded · 4.8% → 5.0%+1,907,892 shares
- Liberty Media Corp Delaware~$74.7MAdded · 0.5% → 0.6%+2,236,109 shares
- Charter Communications Inc N~$28.6MAdded · 1.6% → 2.0%+106,000 shares
- Liberty Global Plc~$27.8MAdded · 0.4% → 0.5%+814,000 shares
- Visa Inc.~$26.7MAdded · 0.6% → 0.7%+323,300 shares
- Wabco Hldgs Inc~$14.9MAdded · 0.2% → 0.3%+131,300 shares
- Bank Of New York Mellon Corp~$12.3MAdded · 0.6% → 0.7%+309,500 shares
Largest sells
Since Q2 2016, by estimated size: the change in shares at the quarter-end price, since a 13F gives no trade prices. Percentages are the position's share of the portfolio, before and after.
- Wal Mart Stores Inc~$1.97BCut · 2.3% → 0.7%−27,254,828 shares
- Suncor Energy Inc New~$617.7MSold out · 0.5% → 0.0%−22,275,381 shares
- Kinder Morgan~$151.1MCut · 0.4% → 0.4%−6,533,525 shares
- Deere & Co~$74.6MCut · 1.4% → 1.4%−874,185 shares
- Media Gen Inc New~$59.7MSold out · 0.0% → 0.0%−3,471,309 shares
- Liberty Media Corp Delaware~$51.0MCut · 0.1% → 0.1%−1,810,957 shares
- Liberty Media Corp Delaware~$34.5MCut · 0.0% → 0.0%−1,203,985 shares
Holdings
As of Sep 30, 2016. Changes are in shares against Jun 30, 2016, so a price move alone never reads as a buy or a sale.
| Holding | Value | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Heinz CoCOM · shares 0% · price +1.2% | 22.6% | $29.15B | +$335.4M | ||||||||
| Wells Fargo & Co NewCOM · shares 0% · price −6.4% | 16.5% | $21.24B | −$1.46B | ||||||||
| Coca Cola CoCOM · shares 0% · price −6.6% | 13.1% | $16.93B | −$1.20B | ||||||||
| IBMCOM · shares 0% · price +4.7% | 10.0% | $12.90B | +$574.3M | ||||||||
| American Express CoCOM · shares 0% · price +5.4% | 7.5% | $9.71B | +$497.3M | ||||||||
| Phillips 66COM · shares +2.4% · price +1.5% | 5.0% | $6.50B | +$95.3M | ||||||||
| Us Bancorp DelCOM NEW · shares 0% · price +6.3% | 2.8% | $3.65B | +$217.8M | ||||||||
| Moody's CorporationCOM · shares 0% · price +15.5% | 2.1% | $2.67B | +$359.4M | ||||||||
| Charter Communications Inc NCL A · shares +1.1% · price +18.1% | 2.0% | $2.55B | +$385.9M | ||||||||
| Davita Healthcare Partners ICOM · shares 0% · price −14.5% | 2.0% | $2.55B | −$433.9M | ||||||||
| Deere & CoCOM · shares −4.0% · price +5.3% | 1.4% | $1.80B | +$90.9M | ||||||||
| Goldman SachsCOM · shares 0% · price +8.5% | 1.4% | $1.77B | +$139.1M | ||||||||
| AppleCOM · shares 0% · price +18.3% | 1.3% | $1.72B | +$265.7M | ||||||||
| General Mtrs CoCOM · shares 0% · price +12.3% | 1.2% | $1.59B | +$173.5M | ||||||||
| Verisign IncCOM · shares 0% · price −9.5% | 0.79% | $1.01B | −$106.5M | ||||||||
| U S G CorpCOM NEW · shares 0% · price −4.1% | 0.78% | $1.01B | −$43.3M | ||||||||
| Wal Mart Stores IncCOM · shares −68% · price −1.2% | 0.73% | $935.5M | −$11.7M | ||||||||
| Visa Inc.COM CL A · shares +3.2% · price +11.5% | 0.68% | $873.5M | +$87.3M | ||||||||
| Bank Of New York Mellon CorpCOM · shares +1.5% · price +2.7% | 0.65% | $842.9M | +$21.5M | ||||||||
| American Airls Group IncCOM · shares New | 0.62% | $797.0M | — | ||||||||
| Verizon Communications IncCOM · shares 0% · price −6.9% | 0.61% | $779.7M | −$57.9M | ||||||||
| Liberty Media Corp DelawareCOM C SIRIUSXM · shares +11% · price +8.2% | 0.58% | $742.9M | +$50.8M | ||||||||
| Liberty Global PlcSHS CL A · shares +4.2% · price +17.6% | 0.54% | $689.8M | +$99.2M | ||||||||
| Costco Whsl Corp NewCOM · shares 0% · price −2.9% | 0.51% | $660.9M | −$19.6M | ||||||||
| Axalta Coating Sys LtdCOM · shares 0% · price +6.6% | 0.51% | $659.4M | +$40.6M | ||||||||
| Total · 50 positions | 100% | $128.79B | +$375.5M |
Price is a stock's reported value over its shares at the quarter end. The estimated gain is the shares held at both quarter ends times the change in that price: shares bought or sold during the quarter add nothing, options are left out, and a stock split is read into the earlier share count and price.
What made money
From Q2 2016 to Q3 2016: 47 stocks held throughout, up $375.5M (+0.3%).
- IBM+$574.3M+5%
- American Express Co+$497.3M+5%
- Charter Communications Inc N+$385.9M+18%
- Moody's Corporation+$359.4M+16%
- Kraft Heinz Co+$335.4M+1%
- Verizon Communications Inc−$57.9M−7%
- Verisign Inc−$106.5M−10%
- Davita Healthcare Partners I−$433.9M−15%
- Coca Cola Co−$1.20B−7%
- Wells Fargo & Co New−$1.46B−6%
Estimated as in the holdings table: shares held at both quarter ends times the change in price; options left out.
Reported value by quarter
The total value of each quarter's 13F at that quarter end. It moves with prices as well as with buying and selling. Pick a quarter to see what the fund held then.
Every quarter's filing
| Quarter | Reported value | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 | $299.25B+14% | SEC ↗ |
| Q1 2026 | May 15, 2026 | $263.10B−4% | SEC ↗ |
| Q4 2025 | Feb 17, 2026 | $274.16B+3% | SEC ↗ |
| Q3 2025 | Nov 14, 2025 | $267.33B+4% | SEC ↗ |
| Q2 2025 | Aug 14, 2025 | $257.52B−1% | SEC ↗ |
| Q1 2025 | May 15, 2025 (amended) | $259.81B−3% | SEC ↗ |
| Q4 2024 | Feb 14, 2025 | $267.18B+0% | SEC ↗ |
| Q3 2024 | Nov 14, 2024 | $266.38B−5% | SEC ↗ |
| Q2 2024 | Aug 14, 2024 | $279.97B−16% | SEC ↗ |
| Q1 2024 | May 15, 2024 | $331.68B−6% | SEC ↗ |
| Q4 2023 | Feb 14, 2024 (amended) | $351.90B+12% | SEC ↗ |
| Q3 2023 | Nov 16, 2023 (amended) | $313.26B−10% | SEC ↗ |
| Q2 2023 | Aug 14, 2023 | $348.19B+7% | SEC ↗ |
| Q1 2023 | May 15, 2023 | $325.11B+9% | SEC ↗ |
| Q4 2022 | Feb 14, 2023 | $299.01B+1% | SEC ↗ |
| Q3 2022 | Nov 14, 2022 | $296.10B−1% | SEC ↗ |
| Q2 2022 | Aug 15, 2022 | $300.13B−17% | SEC ↗ |
| Q1 2022 | May 16, 2022 | $363.55B+10% | SEC ↗ |
| Q4 2021 | Feb 14, 2022 | $330.95B+13% | SEC ↗ |
| Q3 2021 | Nov 15, 2021 | $293.45B+0% | SEC ↗ |
| Q2 2021 | Aug 16, 2021 | $293.02B+8% | SEC ↗ |
| Q1 2021 | May 17, 2021 | $270.44B+0% | SEC ↗ |
| Q4 2020 | Feb 16, 2021 | $269.93B+14% | SEC ↗ |
| Q3 2020 | Nov 16, 2020 (amended) | $235.94B+17% | SEC ↗ |
| Q2 2020 | Aug 14, 2020 | $202.41B+15% | SEC ↗ |
| Q1 2020 | May 15, 2020 | $175.53B−27% | SEC ↗ |
| Q4 2019 | Feb 14, 2020 | $242.05B+13% | SEC ↗ |
| Q3 2019 | Nov 14, 2019 | $214.67B+3% | SEC ↗ |
| Q2 2019 | Aug 14, 2019 | $208.10B+4% | SEC ↗ |
| Q1 2019 | May 15, 2019 | $199.48B+9% | SEC ↗ |
| Q4 2018 | Feb 14, 2019 | $183.07B−17% | SEC ↗ |
| Q3 2018 | Nov 14, 2018 | $221.02B+13% | SEC ↗ |
| Q2 2018 | Aug 14, 2018 | $195.62B+4% | SEC ↗ |
| Q1 2018 | May 15, 2018 | $188.94B−1% | SEC ↗ |
| Q4 2017 | Feb 14, 2018 | $191.24B+8% | SEC ↗ |
| Q3 2017 | Nov 14, 2017 | $177.68B+10% | SEC ↗ |
| Q2 2017 | Aug 14, 2017 | $162.14B+0% | SEC ↗ |
| Q1 2017 | May 15, 2017 | $161.87B+9% | SEC ↗ |
| Q4 2016 | Feb 14, 2017 | $147.99B+15% | SEC ↗ |
| Q3 2016 | Nov 14, 2016 | $128.79B−1% | SEC ↗ |
| Q2 2016 | Aug 15, 2016 | $129.70B+1% | SEC ↗ |
| Q1 2016 | May 16, 2016 | $128.57B | SEC ↗ |