- 01 Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate run by 95-year-old Warren Buffett, holds a $263 billion equity portfolio per its May 13F filing (the SEC form U.S. institutional managers use to disclose their stock holdings 45 days after each quarter end), built around one move: sell 15 holdings worth $12 billion and triple a bet on Alphabet.
- 02 The portfolio shrank from about $272 billion to $263 billion between filings, a rare deliberate contraction driven by more than $12 billion of outright exits.
- 03 The top 5 stakes hold about 67 percent of the portfolio: Apple at $57.8 billion, American Express at $45.9 billion, Coca-Cola at $30.4 billion, Bank of America at $25 billion, and Chevron at $17.5 billion.
- 04 Buffett kept his five largest holdings essentially untouched and stripped out nearly everything around them, exiting payments giants Visa and Mastercard, healthcare insurer UnitedHealth, and a dozen smaller names in a single quarter.
- 05 Berkshire’s Q2 2026 13F is due by mid-August. It will show whether the Alphabet stake continued growing, whether the new Delta Air Lines and Macy’s entries survived, and whether any more of the remaining 26 names were sold.
How Berkshire Hathaway Moved Last Quarter
Money In
5 positions
Money Out
15 exits + 4 cuts
Still The Biggest
Top 5, ~67% of portfolio
What to watch
1. Berkshire’s Q2 2026 13F is due by August 14, 2026. It will show whether the Alphabet stake continued growing or whether Buffett trimmed after the spring rally.
2. Buffett exited 15 holdings in a single quarter, the largest portfolio cleanup in recent Berkshire filings. The next filing will reveal whether this was a one-time cash raise or the beginning of a sustained liquidation of the non-core book.
3. Chevron was cut 35 percent but remains the fifth-largest holding at $17.5 billion. The pace of that trim will signal whether Buffett is gradually exiting energy or simply right-sizing a stake that grew too large relative to the rest.
Verified as of May 22, 2026.
Primary Filings & Announcements
SEC EDGAR: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 13F-HR Information Table (Q1 2026, filed May 15, 2026)
SEC EDGAR: 13F-HR Filing Index, Accession 0001193125-26-226661
SEC EDGAR: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. CIK 0001067983 Full 13F Filing History
Market Coverage
Yahoo Finance: Alphabet Inc. Quote and Performance
Yahoo Finance: Visa Inc. Quote and Performance
Yahoo Finance: Delta Air Lines Inc. Quote and Performance
Background & Analysis
SEC EDGAR: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Full Filing History (all forms)
SEC EDGAR: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Q4 2025 13F-HR Filing Index