Berkshire Hathaway just added 6 new stocks to its portfolio.
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B) released its quarterly 13F filing on Thursday, which reveals the moves the conglomerate made in its $260 billion stock portfolio.
The 13F filing is always closely scrutinized by investors as it shows how one of the greatest investing minds in the world, Warren Buffett, is seeing the market.
Buffett and his team have been reluctant to invest much in recent years, due to the uncertainty and volatility. They have been hoarding cash, with about $340 billion sitting on the sidelines, waiting for the right opportunities to be deployed.
In this second quarter, Buffett deployed some of that cash, according to the 13F, adding several new stocks to the $260 billion portfolio. The biggest position was taken in embattled healthcare insurer UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH), which saw its stock price soar as a result.
UnitedHealth stock rises 14%
Berkshire Hathaway had previously owned UnitedHealth stock back in the 2000s but sold out of it around 2010. Fifteen years later, in Q2 of 2025, the company took a new position in the stock, buying more than 5 million shares worth $1.57 billion in UNH stock – accounting for 0.61% of the total portfolio.
Buffett, who is retiring at the end of this year, did not elaborate on the purchase, but UnitedHealth would fit that deep value profile that Buffett looks for. The stock is down 40% year-to-date and has a P/E ratio of just 11. Also, it checks off other Buffett boxes as a leader in its industry and an insurer – both of which the Oracle of Omaha gravitates toward, among other things.
The news sent UnitedHealth stock up some 14% on Friday to around $308 per share as investors bought in following the Buffett de facto vote of confidence.
Homebuilders among other new Buffett buys
UnitedHealth was the biggest splash, but Berkshire Hathaway added 5 other new positions, according to Whale Wisdom, which slices and dices the numbers from the 13F. It was the most new stock positions that the company has added since 2020, so maybe it is the beginning of a buying cycle for Buffett and Co.
The second biggest new addition was Nucor (NYSE:NUE), a steel manufacturer. Berkshire added 6.6 million shares worth $857 million. It accounts for 0.33% of the portfolio.
Buffett also took new stakes in two homebuilders – Lennar (NYSE:LEN) and DR Horton (NYSE:DHI). He bought 7 million shares of Lennar worth $780 million amounting to a 0.30% stake and 1.485 million shares of DR Horton worth $191 million making up a 0.07% stake.
The other two new stakes were in Lamar Advertising (NASADAQ:LAMR) and Allegion (NYSE:ALLE), a cybersecurity firm. Buffett bought 1.17 shares of Lamar worth $142 million and 780K shares in Allegion worth $112 million.
Buffett also completely sold out of T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS), which he added 5 years ago.
Adding Chevron, reducing Apple
In addition, among stocks already in the portfolio, Buffett made the biggest addition to Chevron (NYSE:CVX). Buffett added 3.45 million more shares so now the total position is worth $17.5 billion. Chevron is now the fifth largest stock in the Berkshire portfolio, accounting for 6.79% of total assets.
Further, Berkshire continues to dump Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), selling another 20 million shares. Apple remains the largest stock in the portfolio with a $57.5 billion stake – or 22% of the portfolio.
At the end of 2023, Berkshire held about $174 billion in Apple stock, accounting for 49% of the entire $350 billion portfolio at the time. The firm has shed its investment in Apple by two-thirds in less than two years.
Buffett and Co. also sold 26 million shares in Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), the third largest stock in the portfolio. The Bank of America stake is now $28.6 billion, or 11.1% of the portfolio.
