An Analysis of the Stocks With the Highest Weight Percentage in Warren Buffett's Portfolio

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Jan 16, 2015
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Warren Buffett (Trades, Portfolio) of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, Financial) (BRK.B, Financial) is currently holding 47 stocks in his portfoliom valued at $107,785 Mil. Three of the sectors he tends to trade in the most are: Financial Services, which is responsible for 42.4% of his overall portfolio; Consumer Defense, carrying 24.8% of his portfolio's weight and Technology, which makes up 13.1% of his portfolio.

The top four stocks in Buffett's portfolio that carry the most weight are Wells Fargo & Co (WFC, Financial), Coca-Cola Co (KO, Financial), International Business Machines Corp (IBM, Financial) and American Express Co (AXP, Financial).

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Wells Fargo carries the most weight in Buffett's portfolio at 22.3%. He currently owns 463,458,123 shares, valued at $24,039,600. Over the past five years, Buffett purchased 143,369,738 shares at an average price of $30.64/share, which gave him a 67% gain overall. The stock is now trading for $51.02/share.

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The second-most weighted stock in Buffett's portfolio is Coca-Cola, which is 15.8% of his portfolio. As indicated in the chart above, Buffett did not sell or buy any shares of this stock in the past five years and has held onto the 400,000,000 shares, valued at $17,064,000. The stock's current price is $42.27.

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The application software company International Business Machines carries 12.4% of the portfolio's weight, with 70,478,012 shares bought at an average price of $173.31/share. The stock's current price is $156.89/share.

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Like the KO stock, Buffett has been holding on to the same 151,610,700 shares of American Express for more than five years. The stock's weight is 12.3% and valued at $13,272,000 in his portfolio.

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