Lingering mysteries from Berkshire's portfolio update
In this article BRK.B DAL M 8058.T-JP 8053.T-JP BRK.B Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT (This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and
In this article BRK.B DAL M 8058.T-JP 8053.T-JP BRK.B Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT (This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) Lingering mysteries from Berkshire's portfolio update Staff loads packages on a Delta Air Lines plane at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York City, on April 23, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Did Buffett buy a 'tiny' Macy's stake? Berkshire's new Macy's position is also a short-term win, but the total value is just a fraction of the Delta buy. It's gone from $55 million as of March 31 to $63 million now, an increase of 14.2%, including a 12.2% rally this week. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Usually, a position that accounts for less than 0.02% of Berkshire's equity portfolio would be seen as the work of a portfolio manager.
But in that March interview with CNBC, Becky asked him if he is still making new purchases and he replied, "Got one tiny purchase, but we aren't finding things that — we weren't finding them before." CNBC thinks he may have been referring to the Macy's stake but notes he could also have been talking about an international purchase or other investment that would not have to be included in the 13F filing. Macy's flagship store in Herald Square in New York, Dec. 23, 2021. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Barron's also believes Buffett's comment could have been a reference to the Macy's position. It sees the retailer's "significant real-estate holdings" as a plus and recalls that in 2015, Buffett personally bought for his own account an 8% stake in Seritage Growth Properties, which controlled stores and real estate spun off by Sears. "It would be notable if the Macy's buy was done by Buffett. It would show that at 95, he still loves the investment game and can't resist a bargain-priced stock even if the size of the holding is too small to matter at Berkshire." Berkshire keeps buying in Japan Two new filings in Japan show Berkshire is continuing to build its positions in at least two of the country's enormous "trading houses." Its Mitsubishi stake increased to 11.1% as of April 30, up from 9.7% previously, and its Sumitomo stake rose to 10.3% as of May 12, up from 9.3%.
Abel has been involved in Berkshire's Japanese investments for the past several years and almost certainly is behind the additional purchases. Berkshire may be buying more shares of its other Japanese stocks but only needs to file updates when a holding ratio increases by 1% or more. The total value of the six stocks, as currently disclosed, is almost $46 billion. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards BUFFETT & BERKSHIRE AROUND THE INTERNET BERKSHIRE STOCK WATCH Four weeks Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Twelve months Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards BRK.A stock price: $728,641.00 BRK.B stock price: $486.38 BRK.B P/E (TTM): 14.48 Berkshire market capitalization: $1,048,584,611,864 Berkshire Cash as of December 31: $373.3 billion (Down 2.2% from Sept. 30) Excluding Rail Cash and Subtracting T-Bills Payable: $369.0 billion (Up 4.1% from September 30) Berkshire repurchased $234 million of its shares in Q1 2026. BERKSHIRE'S TOP EQUITY HOLDINGS - May 22, 2026 Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Berkshire's top holdings of disclosed publicly traded stocks in the U.S. and Japan, by market value, based on the latest closing prices.
Holdings are as of March 31, as reported in Berkshire Hathaway's 13F filing on May 15, except for: Mitsubishi, which is as of April 30 The full list of holdings and current market values is available from CNBC.com's Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio Tracker. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
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