Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Latest Stock Holdings

20-Nov-2010

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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of September 30, 2010. This list appears to have many more changes than what we have been previously used to seeing. Some of these in all have changed slightly since the end of March. These public stock holdings have been broken down into 3 groups of ‘A to G’ and ‘H to R’ and ‘S to Z’ so it is more concise and clear to see the path of changes etc. Here are Warren Buffett’s holdings and accompanying notes for the group ‘A ot G.’

American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) over 151.6 million shares, SAME AS last quarter.
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) 5 million shares; SAME AS last quarter.
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.n (NYSE: BK) is a NEW POSITION at 1,992,759 shares.
Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE: BDX) is 1.889 million shares, SAME AS LAST QUARTER after having seen more than 1 position raise before then.
Coca Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) right at 200 million shares, SAME AS BEFORE.
Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is a LOWER POSITION and almost entirely eliminated as the report lists only 186,897 shares down from 12 million before.
Comdisco Holdings (NASDAQ: CDCO) roughly 1.5 million shares, SAME AS before.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is roughly 29.1 million shares, SAME AS LAST QUARTER after having cut and cut the stake.
Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) 4,333,363 Shares, SAME AS last quarter after having lowered it before.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) 421,800 shares; SAME AS before but lowered from 1.276 million shares originally.
Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV) is already a LOWER POSITION at 3.91+ million shares, down from a previously new position of 4.4 million shares.
Gannett Co. (NYSE: GCI) 1.74 million, SAME AS BEFORE after having decreased from earlier.
General Electric Corp. (NYSE: GE) 7.777 million shares; SAME AS before but does not include the huge preferred shares from late in 2008.
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) 1.51 million shares, SAME AS before.

Buffett listed no shares of Carmax Inc. (NYSE: KMX), which had been 7,725,900 shares. Consider Carmax a SOLD POSITION.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is NOT LISTED and the word is out that Goldman Sachs has been hung up from being able to pay Buffett back because of the rules governing TARP banks and the debt repayments or dividend payments.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on September 30, 2010 and the changes continue be much more extreme than in prior quarters. These are Buffett’s most recent holdings, even though some may have changed slightly since the end of March. These have been broken down into 3 groups of ‘A to G’ and ‘H to R’ and ‘S to Z’ so it is more concise and clear to see the path of changes etc. Here are Warren Buffett’s holdings and accompanying notes for the group ‘H to R.’

Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR) 636,600 shares, WAY DOWN YET AGAIN… was over 5.6 million before and was 7.78 million over a year ago.
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is a HIGHER POSITION listed as over 42.62 million shares; that is another increase in J&J even though well under the 62 million at the peak.
Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) is 105.21 million, SAME AS BEFORE after having been cut and down from the 138+ million before he was critical of the Cadbury deal.
Lowe’s Companies (NYSE: LOW) 6.5 million shares, SAME AS BEFORE.
M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB) is 5.363 million, SAME AS BEFORE after having been cut before then.
Moody’s Corp. (NYSE: MCO) is a LOWER POSITION AGAIN at 28.87+ million shares; down from 30.783 million before after several prior decreased positions.
Nalco Holding (NYSE: NLC) 6,142,300 shares; DOWN FROM PRIOR 9.15 million shares.
Nestle ADR is 3.4 million shares, SAME AS BEFORE.
Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) is a DECREASED POSITION of 3,642,929 shares; down from 7.641 million.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) is an INCREASED POSITION at over 76.7 million shares; was 70.071 million shares last quarter and over 78.317 million a quarter before that. That is still well under the 87.5 million and 96.3 million in the quarters before that.

Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) is not listed but was a not common stock so is not included in these filings; Buffett still likely holds the preferred shares and warrants.

Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) HAS BEEEN ELIMINATED; previous holdings showed 2.757 million.

Republic Services Inc. (NYSE: RSG) HAS BEEN ELIMINATED after having been 10.827 million.

NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE: NRG) HAS BEEN ELIMINATED as it was 6 million shares before.

Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) had been increasing in the prior quarters but IT IS GONE and not listed as a holding any longer versus 8 million before.

Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY) is SAME AS BEFORE at just over 4 million shares.
Torchmark Corp. (NYSE: TMK) is SAME AS BEFORE at roughly 2.82 million shares.
US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) SAME AS BEFORE at roughly 69 million shares.
USG Corp. (NYSE: USG) SAME AS BEFORE at 17.072 million shares.
United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) SAME AS BEFORE at 1.429 million shares.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) SAME AS BEFORE at just over 39 million shares after having been raised before.
Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) SAME AS BEFORE at over 1.72 million shares.
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) is an INCREASED POSITION to 336.4+ million shares after about 325 million a quarter ago and after having been raised before in prior quarters.
Wesco Financial Corp. (NYSE: WSC) SAME AS BEFORE at 5.703 million shares. This is one that almost does not matter because Buffett and Munger have already expressed an interest in an at-the-money acquisition of the rest of the company.

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