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Feb.17
5:03 PM ET
Tuesday, 17 Feb 2009
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Cuts Johnson & Johnson Stake By Half
Posted By:Alex Crippen
Topics:Warren Buffett
Companies:Wesco Financial Corp | Wellpoint Inc | Washington Post Company | Wal-Mart Stores Inc | United Parcel Service Inc | Union Pacific Corp | USG Corporation | Torchmark Corp | Suntrust Preferred Capital I | Sanofi-Aventis SA | Norfolk Southern Corp | Nike Inc | Moody's Corp | M & T Bank Corp | Lowe's Companies Inc | Kraft Foods Inc. | Iron Mountain Incorporated | Home Depot Inc | General Electric | Gannett Inc | Costco Wholesale Corporation | Comcast Corp | Coca Cola Co | Bank of America Corp | American Express Co | Wells Fargo and Co | Unitedhealth Group Inc | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp | NRG Energy, Inc. | Ingersoll-Rand Co Ltd | Eaton Corp | US Bancorp | Procter & Gamble Co | CARMAX INC | Conocophillips | Nalco Holding Company | Johnson and Johnson | Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Here are the details from tonight's Berkshire Hathaway portfolio snapshot as of December 31, compared to the filing for September 30.
ADDED STAKES
- Constellation Energy added at 19,894,322 shares. Berkshire obtained these shares in mid-December as part of its break-up fee after Constellation agreed to be acquired by Électricitié de France and canceled its tentative deal with Berkshire's MidAmerican Energy Holdings. Subsequent filings show that Berkshire sold over five million shares in January and early February, bringing its holdings down to 14,831,107 shares as of February 6.
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INCREASED STAKES
- Burlington Northern increased 9.9% to 70,089,829 shares from 63,785,418 shares.
(Berkshire reported holding 76,777,029 shares as of January 30.)
[BNI Loading... ()] - Eaton Corp. stake increased 10.0% to 3,200,000 shares from 2,908,700 shares. Eaton was a new holding as of the end of the third quarter.
[ETN Loading... ()] - Ingersoll-Rand stake increased 38.1% to 7,782,600 shares from 5,636,600 shares.
[IR Loading... ()] - NRG Energy stake increased 44.0% to 7,200,000 shares from 5,000,000 shares. The stake was also up in the third quarter, increasing by 54.4%.
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DECREASED STAKES
- Carmax stake decreased 4.4% to 17,636,500 shares from 18,444,100 shares from 21,300,000 shares.
[KMX Loading... ()] - ConocoPhillips stake decreased 4.8% to 79,896,273 shares from 59,688,000 shares.
[COP Loading... ()] - Johnson & Johnson stake decreased 53.7% to 28,611,591 shares from 61,754,448 shares.
[JNJ Loading... ()] - Procter & Gamble stake decreased 9.0% to 9,530,990 shares from 105,847,000 shares.
[PG Loading... ()] - US Bancorp stake decreased 7.4% to 67,551,426 shares from 72,937,126 shares. [USB
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- UnitedHealth Group stake decreased 1.3% to 6,300,000 shares from 6,379,900 shares. [UNH
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- Wells Fargo stake decreased 0.1% to 290,244,868 shares from 290,407,668 shares. [WFC
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UNCHANGED STAKES
- American Express unchanged at 151,610,700 shares.
[AXP Loading... ()] - Bank of America unchanged at 5,000,000 shares. The stake had dropped 45.1% in the third quarter.
[BAC Loading... ()] - Coca-Cola unchanged at 200,000,000 shares.
[KO Loading... ()] - Comcast unchanged at 12,000,000 shares.
[CMCSA Loading... ()] - Comdisco unchanged at 1,538,377 shares.
[CDCO Loading... ()] - Costco Wholesale unchanged at 5,254,000 shares.
[COST Loading... ()] - Gannett unchanged at 3,447,600 shares.
[GCI Loading... ()] - General Electric unchanged at 7,777,900 shares.
[GE Loading... ()] - GlaxoSmithKline unchanged at 1,510,500 shares.
[GSK Loading... ()] - Home Depot unchanged at 3,700,000 shares.
[HD Loading... ()] - Iron Mountain unchanged at 3,372,200 shares.
[IRM Loading... ()] - Kraft Foods unchanged at 138,272,500 shares.
[KFT Loading... ()] - Lowes Companies unchanged at 6,500,000 shares.
[LOW Loading... ()] - M&T Bank unchanged at 6,715,060 shares.
[MTB Loading... ()] - Moody's unchanged at 48,000,000 shares.
[MCO Loading... ()] - Nike unchanged at 7,641,000 shares.
[NKE Loading... ()] - Norfolk Southern unchanged at 1,933,000 shares.
[NSC Loading... ()] - Sanofi Aventis unchanged at 3,903,933 shares.
[SNY Loading... ()] - SunTrust Banks unchanged at 3,204,600 shares.
[STI Loading... ()] - Torchmark unchanged at 2,823,879 shares.
[TMK Loading... ()] - USG unchanged at 17,072,192 shares.
[USG Loading... ()] - Union Pacific unchanged at 8,906,000 shares.
[UNP Loading... ()] - United Parcel Service unchanged at 1,429,200 shares.
[UPS Loading... ()] - Wabco Holdings unchanged at 2,700,000 shares.
[WBC Loading... ()] - Wal-Mart Stores unchanged at 19,944,300 shares.
[WMT Loading... ()] - Washington Post unchanged at 1,727,765 shares.
[WPO Loading... ()] - Wellpoint stake unchanged at 4,777,300 shares.
[WLP Loading... ()] - Wesco Financial unchanged at 5,703,087 shares.
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Current Berkshire stock prices:
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Class B: [US;BRK.B
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