Warren Buffett is undoubtedly the most famous and influential investor in modern history, so it’s no surprise that the investment portfolio of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the holding company of which Buffett is chairman and CEO, attracts widespread attention. But Buffett’s investment model has long been transparent, simple and consistent: he invests in large blue chip companies with strong balance sheets and attractive valuations, often over the long term, and has never been afraid to make significant new investments or divest from long-standing assets, Yahoo writes.

He and his team demonstrated this in early 2022 by making a big bet on Chevron Corp. and getting rid of Wells Fargo & Co, a stock Berkshire Hathaway has owned since 1989. Here is the following list of Berkshire Hathaway’s top 5 stocks as of March 31, 2022.

1. Apple Inc. – is Berkshire’s largest holding, accounting for nearly 41% of the stock portfolio. As of Q1 2022, they were valued at $159.1 billion. Berkshire Hathaway acquired this stake between 2016 and 2019 for less than $35 million.

2. Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is Berkshire Hathaway’s second largest holding, with a stake valued at $42.6 billion or 10.9% of the portfolio as of Q1 2022. Berkshire Hathaway owns 12.5% of the bank’s outstanding shares. Buffett purchased 700 million of the 1 billion shares of Bank of America stock now held by Berkshire Hathaway in 2017 at a price of about $7.14 per share in exchange for warrants received by Berkshire Hathaway.

3. American Express (NYSE:AXP) is Berkshire Hathaway’s third holding. The financial services provider’s shares account for 7.3% of Buffett’s $28.6 billion portfolio, and 20.1% of American Express’ holdings were in the first quarter of 2022. This stake goes back to 1994, when Buffett purchased AmEx stock in exchange for warrants from a preferred stock investment that yielded a 64% return over 3 years.

4. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) – Berkshire Hathaway’s stake in Chevron rose to $25.9 billion in the first quarter of 2022, making the oil giant the fourth-largest holding. Chevron accounted for 6.6% of Berkshire Hathaway’s equity portfolio.

Buffett began buying Chevron shares in the third quarter of 2020, and Berkshire Hathaway reported a $4.5 billion stake at the end of 2021.

5. Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) is one of Buffett’s favorite companies, producing his favorite beverage. Berkshire Hathaway has a $24.8 billion stake in Coca-Cola, which is 6.4% of the portfolio. After Buffett began accumulating this position in 1988, he said he plans to hold it for a very “long time.”
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