BASF’s conglomerate structure can’t take the strain
Financial Times M&A
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
German chemicals group has been buffeted by high energy prices and hamstrung customers
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Financial Times M&A
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
German chemicals group has been buffeted by high energy prices and hamstrung customers
The Motley Fool
AUGUST 22, 2024
According to Berkshire's 13-F filing for the second quarter of 2024 (ended June 30), the conglomerate just sold a substantial amount of stock, which implies Buffett might be feeling cautious about the broader market. It's the most money the conglomerate has invested in any company since Buffett took the helm in 1965.
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Financial Times M&A
MAY 26, 2024
Business owned by $240bn IHC broke into market last year with acquisition of a major Zambian copper mine
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AUGUST 13, 2024
Berkshire has become a conglomerate with several wholly owned companies under its umbrella, in addition to a portfolio of 47 publicly traded stocks and securities. In addition, the conglomerate's portfolio of publicly traded stocks and securities is worth $302.4 The conglomerate delivered $49.3 Berkshire also reported $43.3
Financial Times M&A
JUNE 27, 2024
Bid just highlights the underperforming group’s discount to the value of its parts
Financial Times M&A
MAY 29, 2024
Calls for more radical break-ups are likely to intensify
The Motley Fool
AUGUST 28, 2024
billion even after Buffett nearly halved the conglomerate's position in the iPhone maker. billion of the conglomerate's $42.3 However, that threshold is much lower than the current level, which is the highest ever for the conglomerate. Its stake in Apple is worth $90.7 Berkshire's stake in AmEx totals close to $38.5 Treasuries?
The Motley Fool
AUGUST 5, 2024
In 2023, he called Apple "a better business than any we own," referencing the portfolio of wholly owned companies that fall under the Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate. The conglomerate already has a market cap approaching $950 billion. Berkshire Hathaway stock currently sports a price-to-book ratio of 1.6
The Motley Fool
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Do you want a diversified conglomerate? This blue chip conglomerate continues to shuffle its portfolio Buying and selling pieces of your company can be risky, but it can also pay off if done well. Technology may change the industrial factory, but the basic need to produce goods and services will never disappear. and its allies?
The Motley Fool
OCTOBER 21, 2024
In particular, the conglomerate's decision to sell much of its stake in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) this year caused some to scratch their heads. But Buffett's conglomerate has sold stock over the last three quarters, through the second quarter of 2024. (It Berkshire's stock moves always attract attention because of Buffett's stature.
The Motley Fool
AUGUST 27, 2024
The conglomerate's portfolio includes a host of high-quality stocks like Apple , Coca-Cola , and American Express , but in 2020, it acquired a small stake in cloud computing company Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW). of the conglomerate's $312 billion portfolio. million today. Here's why I'm not surprised. Image source: The Motley Fool.
Financial Times M&A
OCTOBER 17, 2023
The retail network in the country has been bleeding cash and losing market share to rivals
The Motley Fool
JULY 17, 2024
After months of speculation, in its most recent 13F disclosure, the conglomerate revealed that the mystery position was commercial property and casualty insurance company Chubb (NYSE: CB). That might seem like a high valuation for a conglomerate that has boring businesses like insurance companies and railroads among its biggest subsidiaries.
The Motley Fool
AUGUST 21, 2024
Berkshire Hathaway is actually a conglomerate of many different privately owned companies that just so happens invest its idle cash in publicly traded organizations. In time, a corporation's or conglomerate's value always shines through. Berkshire Hathaway Last but not least, add Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B)
The Motley Fool
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
Buffett's conglomerate has been steadily selling off Bank of America, and it's not fully clear why. The conglomerate already has a record-high cash balance after dumping so much of its Apple stake. In fact, the banking/insurance sector has likely been the sector he's invested the most in over his career. So what should investors do?
The Motley Fool
AUGUST 18, 2024
Note, though, that the Japanese conglomerate trades via two over-the-counter stocks. Berkshire owns stakes in five Japanese conglomerates. He likes the diversification these conglomerates offer, as well as their management teams' "shareholder-friendly policies." The company's forward dividend yield tops 3.1%.
The Motley Fool
JUNE 15, 2024
And even if they know something about Amazon's competitors, they might not understand that they are actually conglomerates involved in several other businesses. One less-understood conglomerate is MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) , often called the "Amazon of Latin America."
PE Hub
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Samyang Holdings is the holding company of Samyang Group, a Korean heritage global conglomerate that was founded in 1924. The post OpenGate Capital sells chemical manufacturer Verdant to Samyang Group for $250 million appeared first on PE Hub.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 23, 2024
Berkshire Hathaway has thrived under Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway is a conglomerate, owning numerous businesses across multiple industries. They are steady producers of cash flow, which is a big part of the conglomerate's growing cash stockpile. How about current shareholders? Should they hold on to the stock, or sell it?
The Motley Fool
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
The conglomerate's stake in BofA is currently worth a whopping $30.6 billion worth of Oxy shares, enough to make it the conglomerate's sixth-largest holding. Berkshire's stake in the Japanese conglomerate totals nearly $5.6 Berkshire's stake in the conglomerate stands at nearly $2.2 Berkshire owns $13.6
The Motley Fool
JULY 7, 2024
But three stocks Berkshire already owns are set to benefit tremendously from AI, and they account for more than 45% of the conglomerate's entire $398.7 of the conglomerate's stock portfolio. The conglomerate has spent around $38 billion accumulating shares starting in 2016, and its position is now worth $177.6 Snowflake: 0.2%
The Motley Fool
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
Between 1965 and 2023, the conglomerate's portfolio earned average annual returns of 20%, well above the 10% average return of the S&P 500. However, Berkshire finally bought a stake in the stock in 2019 as the potential of the e-commerce and cloud computing conglomerate became too lucrative to ignore.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 12, 2024
At recent prices, shares of healthcare conglomerate CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) offer a 3.5% Know the risks CVS Health isn't the only healthcare conglomerate that knows how to successfully combine related healthcare businesses. People can avoid paying for travel and luxury goods when the economy is in a slump. dividend yield.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 27, 2024
The conglomerate's 19.8% Berkshire Hathaway transformed from a failed textile business to a multinational conglomerate In the 1960s, Berkshire Hathaway was a textile manufacturing business on its final legs. Through the third quarter, the conglomerate's railroad, utilities, and energy businesses brought in $26.2 Is it a buy?
The Motley Fool
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
latest 13F filing revealed that the conglomerate trimmed its stake in Amazon by roughly 5%. However, Buffett said that several of the conglomerate's major equity holdings were overseen by the two investment managers. I wrote only a few weeks ago that Amazon ranked among three Warren Buffett stocks with strong moats to buy right now.
The Motley Fool
AUGUST 14, 2024
Warren Buffett's diversified conglomerate generated those steady returns even as inflation, elevated interest rates, and geopolitical conflicts rattled the broader markets. Berkshire Hathaway 's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) stock has rallied more than 20% over the past 12 months, and only trades about 3% below its all-time high.
The Motley Fool
AUGUST 23, 2024
In other words, a $100 investment in the conglomerate back then would be worth nearly $4.4 Buffett's long track record of success is why investors eagerly await Berkshire Hathaway's Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which shows which stocks the conglomerate bought and sold during the most recent quarter.
The Motley Fool
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Today, the conglomerate brings together several components to deliver a dependable quantum system. Also, Microsoft pays a dividend, which the conglomerate increased 10% in September to $0.83 Any outside influence, such as an increase in temperature, can disrupt a qubit, causing calculation errors. IonQ does not pay a dividend.
The Motley Fool
MAY 25, 2024
Marubeni is a huge Japanese conglomerate. The conglomerate secured regulatory approval in 2022 to acquire up to 50% of the company but currently owns only 28%. However, it's one of Buffett's favorite stocks. He likes the company's significant U.S. oil and gas assets and its leadership in carbon capture technology.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 23, 2024
of the conglomerate's $372 billion publicly traded stocks and securities portfolio. Berkshire bought Amazon stock in 2019, and while it only accounts for a small fraction of the conglomerate's portfolio, Buffett has often expressed regret for not buying more. Image source: The Motley Fool. Amazon: 0.5% Amazon: 0.5%
The Motley Fool
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
To shed some light on how the Oracle of Omaha's current bets on AI are positioned, two Motley Fool contributors have profiled a top AI stock in the investment conglomerate's portfolio. of Berkshire's total stock holdings, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stands as just the 23rd largest position in the conglomerate's portfolio.
Financial Times M&A
MARCH 21, 2022
Warren Buffett dips into company’s $147bn cash pile to agree deal for former railway group
The Motley Fool
MAY 11, 2024
of the conglomerate's $362 billion portfolio of publicly traded stocks and securities today. However, the conglomerate might wish it owned a larger stake in the coming years as the AI opportunity unfolds. billion, even after discounting the recent sale of 13% of the conglomerate's position. Image source: The Motley Fool.
The Motley Fool
JUNE 23, 2024
More recently, he made what may be a once-in-a-generation bet on Southeast Asian conglomerate Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) after having sold most of his shares in 2022. Ultimately, internal and external factors increase the likelihood that Sea Limited will become one of the world's premier e-commerce conglomerates.
The Motley Fool
AUGUST 8, 2024
ITW's recipe for success Illinois Tool Works, commonly known as ITW, is an industrial conglomerate that owns dozens of brands serving a variety of end markets. The conglomerate model can also reduce redundancies and costs across segments and streamline a global supply chain and manufacturing process. Image source: Getty Images.
PE Hub
AUGUST 29, 2023
Large conglomerates are looking at their balance sheet, liquidity, cash situations and focusing in again on their core business, creating opportunity for private equity,' said von Niederhaeusern. The post BlackRock’s Nathalie von Niederhaeusern: Leaning into take-privates, carveouts appeared first on PE Hub.
The Motley Fool
AUGUST 30, 2024
28 -- Warren Buffett's conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). In other words, $1,000 invested in the conglomerate the day Buffett took over would be worth $57 million today. These companies have all leveraged technology to achieve staggering growth. compounded annual return to investors.
The Motley Fool
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Combining those two investment techniques, Buffett has built his conglomerate into an empire of wide-moat businesses that can survive and thrive no matter what happens in the economy. Buffett's conglomerate now holds $277 billion in cash and Treasury bills, and that sum has soared recently.
The Motley Fool
JUNE 25, 2024
Although it is the leading e-commerce conglomerate in China, its stock has suffered amid political turmoil. Still, if one can stomach the political risk, the stock could become a tremendous opportunity to buy an e-commerce conglomerate at a huge discount. Alibaba is an American Depositary Receipt rather than an actual stake in Alibaba.
The Motley Fool
JUNE 22, 2024
Some will be conglomerates and operate in a few lines of business or sectors. Berkshire Hathaway is like a conglomerate on steroids; it operates in the finance, energy, utility, transportation, retail, construction, and manufacturing sectors, among others.
The Motley Fool
JUNE 13, 2024
Still, the conglomerate's lack of significant exposure to companies at the heart of the AI revolution is arguably another underappreciated risk factor. Instead, the conglomerate's equity portfolio is crafted to leverage its massive positions in dividend-paying companies, thereby creating value for shareholders through compounding.
The Motley Fool
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Apple is still the conglomerate's top holding by far. The conglomerate bought a little over 690,000 shares of Ulta Beauty that were worth $266.3 However, we learned a few months later that Buffett sold roughly $80 billion of Apple stock in the second quarter of 2024. During the quarter, Berkshire bought around 1.04 Berkshire spent $2.9
The Motley Fool
MARCH 10, 2024
Berkshire's $38 billion bet on Apple was a home run, but the conglomerate has spent nearly twice that amount since 2019 accumulating stock in another company that has nothing to do with the Magnificent Seven, or the technology sector, at all. That holding is worth just $1.7 billion since 2019 is.Berkshire Hathaway. That's right.
The Motley Fool
AUGUST 31, 2023
Moreover, the industrial conglomerate performed precisely as you might expect one to do considering the market right now, with strength in aerospace and performance materials & technologies (PMT) offsetting a slowing in Honeywell Building Technologies (HBT) and safety and productivity solutions (SPS). HON data by YCharts.
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