Warren Buffett built Berkshire Hathaway by paying reasonable prices for durable cash flows, and three of his current bets still trade below $30 a share. With Greg Abel sitting on a record cash pile, the sub-$30 aisle is where value hunters are scanning for the kind of brand-heavy, cash-generative franchises Omaha tends to favor when sentiment sours.
Here are five stocks under $30 that fit the Buffett template: three Berkshire already owns, plus two Abel could plausibly add to the book.
Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ: KHC)
Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC | KHC Price Prediction) owns Heinz, Philadelphia, Lunchables, and Primal Kitchen. Shares recently traded at $23.96, paying a 6.76% dividend yield at a forward multiple near 12. Q1 adjusted EPS hit $0.58 against a $0.5027 consensus, the fourth consecutive beat, while free cash flow jumped 58.9% to $766M. CEO Steve Cahillane’s $600M reinvestment plan anchors the turnaround case. The risk: organic net sales are guided down 1.5% to 3.5% on SNAP and private-label pressure. With analyst targets clustered near $23.87, the value here lives in the dividend.
Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI)
Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) operates satellite radio and Pandora and just locked in an exclusive U.S. audio ad partnership covering YouTube’s roughly 255 million monthly listeners. Shares sit near $27.10, up 37.2% year to date, on a trailing P/E of 11 and forward P/E of 9. The dividend yields 4.04% at $0.27 quarterly. Q1 churn hit a record-low 1.5% and podcast revenue grew 37%, with full-year free cash flow guided to $1.35B. The bear note: self-pay subscribers are still shrinking. Wall Street targets average $28.08, leaving the cash return as the main draw.
Liberty Latin America (NASDAQ: LILA)
Liberty Latin America (NASDAQ:LILA) runs broadband and mobile networks across the Caribbean and Latin America under Flow, Liberty, and Más Móvil. Shares recently sat at $7.63, up 63.38% over the past year. Q1 operating income rose 13%, the company added 50,200 postpaid subscribers, and CEO Balan Nair announced plans to distribute $500M in 9% preferred stock. Berkshire still holds the position. The risk is real: net leverage sits at 4.5x and Hurricane Melissa weighed on Caribbean revenue. Analyst targets at $11.90 imply meaningful upside if recovery holds.
Nu Holdings (NYSE: NU)
Nu Holdings (NYSE:NU), Latin America’s largest digital bank, sits outside Berkshire’s current portfolio yet matches the profitable, scale-driven financial profile Abel has flagged interest in. It’s also formerly a Berkshire Hathaway holding. Shares trade near $13.80 at a trailing P/E of 23. Full-year revenue grew 42.06% to $15.77B, net income climbed 45.61% to $2.87B, and Q4 return on equity hit 33%. Nubank also secured conditional OCC approval for a U.S. national bank. Risks include Brazilian macro exposure and $4.20B in expected credit losses. Consensus target sits at $19.87, well above the current quote.
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) is another non-Berkshire name that fits the Buffett-style screen Abel may inherit. Shares recently traded at $25.68, up 21.96% over the past year, pairing a 6.6% yield with a forward P/E of 9. The non-COVID portfolio grew 9% operationally in Q4, with Vyndaqel, Eliquis, and Abrysvo all posting double-digit gains. Q4 adjusted EPS came in at $0.66 versus a $0.57 consensus. Risks include a $1.5B loss-of-exclusivity headwind plus Most-Favored-Nation pricing uncertainty. Consensus target stands at $29.11.
A low share price by itself is never a thesis. Each of these names carries a specific risk that could undo the cheap headline multiple, from food-volume erosion to Brazilian macro to drug-pricing reform. Treat this list as a starting point for your own diligence, not a substitute for it.
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