Top 5 Performing Stocks in Warren Buffett’s Portfolio

If you are reading this article, the odds are that you know who Warren Buffet is. The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is one of the richest people in the world and has spent the majority of his life building wealth through the stock market. His Berkshire Hathaway investment portfolio owns stakes in 44 companies worth around $258 billion. As far as the stock market goes, it is difficult to get better than the Oracle of Omaha.

So, to learn from the best, let’s look at the top 5 performing stocks in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio.

5. American Express Company (NYSE: AXP)

Value of Holdings: $15.9 billion 

American Express is one of the leading financial services companies in the U.S. and it has a market cap of about $81.69 billion. Although the stock was down 2.78% in the last quarter, the stock has shot up 9.55% in the past month and is currently up 3.45% this week. The company is scheduled to report its next earnings results on October 16th 2020 and analysts expect the company to report $8.80 billion to $9.06 billion in sales.  

4. The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO)

Value of Holdings: $20.3 billion

Coca-Cola remains one of the longest-held stocks in Warren Buffet’s portfolio since he started buying its shares in 1988. Not only does Buffett love the company, but he is also famous for his love for the drinks. The Berkshire Hathaway CEO drinks about five cans of Coca-Cola products a day. Coca- Cola has a market cap of $204.22 billion and shares of the world’s largest beverage maker gained over 4.49% in the past month. It recorded a total revenue growth of about 8.6% in 2019. The company recently revealed that it is realigning its business units to focus on fast-growing products. 

3. Visa Inc (NYSE: V)

Value of Holdings: $2.08 billion

In terms of market capitalisation, Visa is now the eighth largest U.S company (after Tesla bumped it down from the No. 7 spot)  with a market cap of $451.1 billion.  Over the past three months, Visa stock has gained 10% and in the past month, the stock shot up 12.3%. In its Q2 2020, earnings report, the company posted a profit of $2.4 billion and its revenue climbed 11.5% to $23 billion.

2. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN)

Value of Holdings: $1.79 billion

Amazon is one of the biggest and most valuable technology companies in the world. With a stock price of over $3,000. Amazon has a market cap of $1.7 trillion.  In Q2 2020 alone, Amazon’s online sales grew by 48% and its stock soared 41.18%. Apart from being an e-commerce giant, Amazon, through Amazon Web Services, remains the leading cloud infrastructure and platform provider. Although its share price is currently trading at all-time highs, many analysts believe that there’s more growth to come for the stock.

1. Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL)

Value of Holdings: $123.2 billion

The most valuable publicly-traded company in the world will definitely be on the “Warren Buffett list”. Apple makes up 44% of Buffet’s entire investment portfolio. Buffett started purchasing stakes in Apple in the first quarter of 2016; those stakes have yielded more than $80 billion in the last four years. This year alone, Apple stock has risen 76% on the market and the company’s market cap has hit the $2 trillion mark – making it the first U.S. publicly-traded company to achieve that feat. Even after Apple did its 4-for-1 stock split, the stock still soared to record highs.

Overall, technology makes up the largest part of the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio with 46% of total assets. The financial sector makes up 32% of the investment portfolio.

Over to you.

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