Coca-Cola (KO) is named the top list of Berkshire Hathaway’s largest stock holdings with $13.64 billion holding value and a total of 200,000,000 shares. Following companies are Wells Fargo (WFC) with $8.82 billion, American Express with $6.95 billion and Procter & Gamble (PG) with $4.75 billion.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. which is an American conglomerate holding company manages an amount of subsidiary companies. Warren Buffett’s company gained an annual growth in book value of 20.3% to its shareholders for the last 44 years. As CEO and primary shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK), Warren Buffett, the world's most famous investor, has developed a well-known reputation of buying big stakes in companies he believes in. When Buffett buys shares of a company for BRK, the markets translate his moves as a vote of confidence for a firm's continued success.
Coca-Cola (KO)
Holding Value: $13.64 billion
Shares: 200,000,000
Coming at the top is Coca-Cola currently offers over 500 brands in above 200 nations and attends to more than 1.6 billion servings each day
Wells Fargo (WFC)
Holding Value: $8.82 billion
Shares: 352,327,608
Berkshire Hathaway bought around 10 million shares, rising up Wells Fargo’s holdings from 342,623,925 in May
American Express (AXP)
Holding Value: $6.95 billion
Shares: 151,610,700
American Express is well-known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler's cheque businesses and one of the top 20 most admired companies in the world
Procter & Gamble (PG)
Holding Value: $4.75 billion
Shares: 76,766,036
The 5th most beloved company 2011 featured with an array of business innovations including brand management and the soap opera
Kraft Foods (KFT)
Holding Value: $3.45 billion
Shares: 99,467,624
Berkshire Hathaway sold approximately 5 million shares of Kraft Foods, reducing its holdings from 105,214,584 in May
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Holding Value: $2.76 billion
Shares: 42,624,563
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), one of the world's most respected companies is placed in the sixth of BRK’s biggest stock holdings
ConocoPhillips (COP)
Holding Value: $1.96 billion
Shares: 29,109,637
ConocoPhillips, the fifth largest private sector energy corporation in the world
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT)
Holding Value: $1.95 billion
Shares: 39,037,142
The biggest private employer in the world with over 2 million employees, Wal-Mart Stores is also mentioned in this ranking with $1.95 billion
US Bancorp (USB)
Holding Value: $1.57 billion
Shares: 69,039,426
US Bancorp is the fifth largest commercial bank in the United States based on $321 billion in assets and the ninth biggest stock holding of Berkshire Hathaway
Moody’s (MCO)
Holding Value: $929.2 million
Shares: 28,415,250
Moody’s is considered as the credit-worthiness of borrowers using a standardized ratings scale
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