The new Buffett holdings are below.
American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) was roughly 151.6 million shares, SAME AS last quarter.
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK) was almost 19 million shares, which appears to be slightly lower but it had been raised before. What matters here is that it remains a substantial holding still.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. (NYSE: CBI) was a NEW POSITION at just over 6.5 million shares worth over $400 million.
Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) was more than 400 million shares due to the stock split of 2012, but this is virtually the SAME AS BEFORE.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is the SAME POSITION at 24.1 million shares, but this is lower than in prior quarters.
Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) was the SAME POSITION at 4,333,363 shares.
DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA) was a LARGER POSITION and already more than a 10% stake and we recently saw that Berkshire Hathaway had entered into a standstill agreement not to buy more than 25% of the company after already having increased its stake recently. This was listed as 14.97 million shares as of March 31 versus 13.6 million shares before.
Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) was the SAME POSITION at roughly 4 million shares.
DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) was HIGHER YET AGAIN at 37.275 million shares versus almost 34 million shares and that was also higher than before.
Gannett Co. (NYSE: GCI) was the SAME POSITION of 1.74 million shares.
General Electric Corp. (NYSE: GE) is listed as the SAME POSITION at 588,900 shares, but this is still way down from prior reports.
General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) is the SAME POSITION at 25 million shares, but this was previously up from smaller positions.
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) is the SAME POSITION at 1.51 million shares.
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) was SLIGHTLY LARGER at 68.12 million shares, but this had been raised in prior quarters and Buffett himself has hinted at a larger position.
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) was the SAME POSITION at only 327,100 shares, but this is way down from prior quarters and years earlier.
Kraft Foods Group Inc. (NASDAQ: KRFT) is SLIGHTLY LOWER at 1.602 million shares versus 1.668 million shares before. This remains a tiny fraction of the past holdings.
Lee Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: LEE) was officially the SAME POSITION of only 88,863 shares, but a recent deal may have given more leverage on the debt size.
Liberty Media Corp. (NASDAQ: LMCA) was the SAME POSITION of 5.62 million shares, but this had risen in prior quarters.
M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB) was the SAME POSITION at 5.38 million shares.
MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) was the SAME POSITION at 405,000 shares.
Media General Inc. (NYSE: MEG) was the SAME POSITION of 4.64 million.
Mondelez International Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is a SMALLER POSITION at 7.05 million shares versus 12.84 million shares last quarter.
Moody’s Corp. (NYSE: MCO) was officially the SAME POSITION at 28.4 million as of March 31, but consider this a LOWER STAKE as reports have already registered newer share sales since that March 31 date.
National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NYSE: NOV) was a LARGER POSITION YET AGAIN at 7.484 million shares versus about 5.3 million shares at the end of 2012 and versus 4.18 million shares before that.
Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) was the SAME POSITION at 27.16 million shares after having been added in prior quarters after the Conoco spin-off.
Precision Castparts Corp. (NYSE: PCP) was the SAME POSITION at roughly 2 million shares, but this was higher before and still relatively new.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) was the SAME POSITION at 52.8 million shares but that had been lowered in 2012 from a prior peak of 96.3 million shares.
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Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY) was the SAME POSITION at 4.06 million shares.
Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA) was a NEW POSITION of 5.622 million, but this directly shows up under the Liberty holdings from above.
Torchmark Corp. (NYSE: TMK) was the SAME POSITION at more than 4.2 million shares.
US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) was SLIGHTLY LARGER at 61.458 million shares, but this may be a simple account adjustment as the last quarter was shown to be 61.2+ million shares. This is still down from prior quarters.
USG Corp. (NYSE: USG) was the SAME POSITION at 17.072 million shares.
United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) was the SAME POSITION at 59,400 shares, but this is way down from 2012 and hardly worth the effort.
VeriSign Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) is a LARGER POSITION at 8.174 million shares after having been a new position a quarter earlier at 3.685 million shares.
Verisk Analytics Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSK) was the SAME POSITION at 1,563,434 shares, but that is lower than prior quarters.
Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA) was the SAME POSITION of 7.6+ million shares, but that had been raised in prior quarters.
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) was the SAME POSITION of 1.555 million shares but this is still lower than in 2012.
WABCO Holdings Inc. (NYSE: WBC) is technically a HIGHER POSITION but it is still just over 4.076 million shares. The gain was literally just a few thousand shares.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was a HIGHER STAKE at 49.247 million shares versus 47.5 million shares last quarter and 46.7 million shares in the prior quarter.
Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) was the SAME POSITION at over 1.72 million shares.
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) was HIGHER YET AGAIN at over 458 million shares versus 439.8 million as of the end of 2012 and it has steadily risen through time. There is a reason we kept this as the best of “The 7 Safest Banks in America” again.
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Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM) was REMOVED ENTIRELY despite having been a new position of 5.95 million shares worth some $163.1 million as of the end of 2012.
General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) was REMOVED ENTIRELY versus 3.877 million shares before.
While this was not listed as a formal holding of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) in the SEC filing, we know that the merger of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ) is a part of the Berkshire Hathaway empire as a preferred holding. We also know that Warren Buffett himself personally owns shares of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and he has recently been praising Jamie Dimon ahead of the CEO/Chairman split vote.
Jon C. Ogg
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