Berkshire Hathaway’s BRK.A, BRK.B fourth-quarter 13F filing was released after market close on Feb. 17, offering investors a quarterly snapshot of portfolio activity led by Warren Buffett, Greg Abel, and investment managers Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, per Forbes.
Let’s delve deeper into Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway’s quarterly Form 13-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and analyze his investing pattern.
Berkshire Hathaway’s Top Holdings
Berkshire’s investment portfolio totaled $274.2 billion at quarter-end, spanning 42 companies.
The five largest holdings are: Apple (AAPL), American Express (AXP), Bank of America (BAC), Coca-Cola (KO) and Chevron (CVX).
These top five positions account for 70.9% of the overall portfolio. Overall, the top ten holdings represent roughly 88% of total invested assets, per the Forbes article.
Portfolio Allocation by Sectors: Heavy on Financials; Weak on Technology
Berkshire made no changes to its Apple position in the first quarter but trimmed the stake during the second, third, and fourth quarters. Prior to the 2024 reductions, Apple represented more than half of Berkshire’s publicly traded portfolio. Despite ongoing sales, it remains the largest holding at nearly 23%.
Due to these reductions, technology exposure — once heavily overweight due to Apple — has shifted to an underweight position relative to broader market benchmarks, per the above-mentioned Forbes article. The move puts focus on iShares U.S. Technology ETF IYW, where Apple is heavily invested.
The financial sector continues to be Berkshire’s largest overweight, making up about 40% of assets, even after cutting exposure to Bank of America shares during the quarter. With this move, one can bet on financials ETFs like Invesco KBW Bank ETF KBWB.
Berkshire now holds 26.9% of the outstanding shares in Occidental OXY, which, combined with Chevron, leads to a strong position in the energy sector, per Forbes. Occidental has about 8% weight in Texas Capital Texas Oil Index ETF OILT. The fund is an economic-value weighted index providing exposure to companies that extract oil and gas within Texas.
Due to holdings in the likes of Coca-Cola and Kraft Heinz, the portfolio also remains significantly overweight in consumer staples. In this regard, First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF FTXG and iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF IYK appear to be good bets.
Investments in Japan
Because 13F filings exclude non-U.S. equities, Berkshire’s sizable investments in Japanese trading companies are not reflected in the report.
Berkshire has stakes in five Japanese trading houses including Itochu Corp., Marubeni Corp., Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsui & Co. Ltd. And Sumitomo Corp (read: Buffett Boosts Stakes in Japan: ETFs to Play).
By October 2025, Berkshire’s ownership in these firms had risen to between 8.5% and 10.2%. In Buffett’s 2024 annual letter, he noted that the companies agreed to relax a prior 10% ownership cap, per Forbes.
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