The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Warren Buffett, one of the world's most closely followed investors, has led his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) It doesn't issue any cards of its own -- it only partners with banks and other financial institutions which are responsible for issuing the cards, handling those accounts, and collecting all that debt.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Over the last couple of years, he's built up a 28% stake in Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) for Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). The company now holds a significant amount of debt. Management plans to divest non-core assets to accelerate the paydown of that debt. For one, it's heavily reliant on the price of oil.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 13, 2024

Over that 59-year stretch, he steered the conglomerate to average annual returns of 19.8%, which is nearly twice the average annual return delivered by the S&P 500 index over the same period. Erica can remind customers about upcoming bills, locate historical transactions, and even offer ideas for saving money and reducing debt.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 20, 2024

British American Tobacco is rumored to be in the process of selling a sizable stake in Indian conglomerate ITC, which itself has a sizable cigarette operation. The best part of the story, however, is that British American Tobacco isn't planning to sell its entire stake in ITC. This is where things get interesting.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 5, 2023

Berkshire's stake in Bank of America currently stands at around $31.8 While that's enough to make it the second-biggest stock in the conglomerate's portfolio, it owns a lot more of another asset -- U.S. However, that was mainly because of the political battles over increasing the debt limit, not because the U.S. Treasuries.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The entertainment conglomerate also owns Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars , ESPN, ABC, Hulu, and a slew of cable networks, including those it gained from Fox in its 2018 deal. The entertainment giant now has roughly $47 billion in debt on its books, and it added substantial borrowings when it acquired Fox's entertainment assets in 2018.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 3, 2023

debt ceiling would be raised. of Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio, BofA stands as the investment conglomerate's second-largest stock holding. Berkshire also holds a stake in the bank totaling 13%, and it wouldn't be surprising to see the Oracle of Omaha add to the position in the coming years.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 5, 2024

As the dust settles on the breakup of the industrial conglomerate known as General Electric, markets are still trying to figure out how to price the different parts of the business. A powerful force unleashed Amid all the issues experienced by General Electric over the last decade, aerospace was always a standout piece of the operation.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Apleona, which provides facility-management services to the commercial, industrial and public sectors, was formerly part of the German industrial conglomerate Bilfinger SE. EQT acquired the Company in 2016 through a carve-out from Bilfinger SE, a listed German industrial services conglomerate. stake in Indian cancer.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 5, 2024

Since the beginning of 2022, Berkshire's brightest minds have grabbed more than 255 million shares of Occidental common stock , which equates to a nearly 29% stake in the company. Berkshire also holds more than 83.8 million warrants for Occidental common stock that have an exercise price of $59.624 per share.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 6, 2023

This is a massive conglomerate that spans the insurance, energy, and transportation sectors, among other things. He owns a huge stake in Berkshire Hathaway, so you are basically investing alongside the legend himself. Occidental's underperformance was driven at least partly by merger debt the company took on.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 23, 2024

But Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) Then last week, Berkshire disclosed it had increased that stake to 108.7 A bargain valuation Another reason Berkshire is increasing its stake in Sirius is that the equity is quite cheap. That debt is currently around 3.2 Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

AT&T's battle with debt Another factor bolstering AT&T's stock performance has been the strengthening of its financial health. Such costly acquisitions buried AT&T under a mountain of debt that totaled $180.8 For instance, AT&T sold a 30% stake in DirecTV to a private equity firm in 2021 for $7.8 billion in 2023.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The conglomerate holding company owns a majority stake in more than 60 businesses, like Dairy Queen and GEICO. Additionally, the company has a portfolio of over 40 stocks totaling $300 billion in value, with its largest stakes in Apple , American Express, and Bank of America. stake in Chubb Limited (NYSE: CB).

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Global private equity firm Carlyle Group is closing in on a deal to acquire a majority stake in Thyssenkrupp’s Marine Systems business at a value of about €1.5bn ($1.6bn) including debt, according to a report by Bloomberg. Agreement has yet to be reached in either case though and the deals may yet fail to progress.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 27, 2024

Those show up as wholly owned subsidiaries within the growing Berkshire conglomerate, as well as equity investments in its portfolio. He sold shares of Apple and revealed a stake in Chubb. He and his fellow portfolio managers also continued to add to Berkshire's significant stakes in Occidental Petroleum and Liberty Media.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

Private equity giant KKR has emerged as a key player in the race to acquire Cubico Sustainable Investments, a UK-based renewable energy firm valued at approximately $6bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters. The Canadian pension funds acquired Santanders stake in 2016, becoming equal owners. gigawatts (GW).

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

However, one stock the conglomerate can't stop buying lately is Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY). million shares in the oil and gas producer, bringing its total stake to 255.3 It ended up being one of the largest oil mergers ever as Occidental acquired the company and assumed Anadarko's debt in a deal valued at $57 billion.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

As of its most recent filings, Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate Buffett runs, owns roughly $16 billion worth of Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) stock. Its current stake hovers just below 30%, though it holds warrants that could boost that stake. Why does Buffett love this oil company? We don't have to wonder.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 26, 2025

Based on its latest Securities and Exchange Commission filing on that holding, the conglomerate now owns a 35% stake in it. billion easily covered its dividend payments of $143 million, leaving plenty of cash for Sirius XM to invest in its business, pay down debt, and repurchase shares. Should you also invest in Sirius XM?

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The shares of the giant conglomerate are now up more than 27% year to date, outperforming both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite by a wide margin. Its portfolio managers have been on something of a selling spree lately -- making a large reduction in its Apple stake earlier this year and trimming its Bank of America position by 14.5%

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In the cases of closed-end fund Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund (NYSE: GOF) and industrial conglomerate 3M (NYSE: MMM) , I think there's a real risk that their dividends will be cut. As you look at the chart below, you can think of anything below a BBB rating as being generally regarded as non-investment grade debt.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 27, 2024

Further, AT&T has made substantial headway in reducing its net debt following the divestment of content arm WarnerMedia in April 2022. Over the past two years, AT&T's net debt has declined by a shade over $40 billion to $128.7 Verizon, on the other hand, has yet to make meaningful progress reducing its outstanding debt.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 25, 2024

A conglomerate can own various brands but often operates within an industry. Lastly, it holds a portfolio of stakes in a few dozen publicly traded companies, which are the parts of Berkshire most investors probably follow the closest. Ideally, a business grows and accumulates assets faster than it does debt.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The conglomerate owns nearly $178 billion worth of the tech giant's shares, which make up roughly 50% of its total portfolio. billion of them, a 24% stake in the company. Buffett's strong track record is why his investment decisions draw a lot of attention. It has continued to add shares and now owns $13.2

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Enbridge frequently borrows to fund significant capital investments, so the lower rates will make its debt cheaper. The company has steadily spun off its acquired media assets, using the proceeds to shave tens of billions of dollars in debt off its balance sheet. AT&T recently announced it will sell its 70% stake in DirecTV for $7.6

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Motley Fool host Ricky Mulvey and contributor Matt Frankel dive into Boston Omaha , a company that could be poised to be the next great conglomerate. They couldn't build things fast enough to really satisfy the debt there. Matt Frankel and Ricky Mulvey they explore the potential of this conglomerate in the making.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

That honor typically belongs to Bank of America (which Buffett's Berkshire also owns a large stake in), JPMorgan Chase , or Wells Fargo. There was a time when credit cards were highly sensitive to the sort of economic headwinds we're seeing now -- inflation, high household debt, and sluggish earnings growth. Not anymore though.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 25, 2023

Ricky Mulvey: Today, the UFC is this mixed martial arts conglomerate. The company that Art Davie had partnered with was called Semaphore Entertainment Group that was a subsidiary of BMG, the Big Music Conglomerate, and they had started this smaller pay-per-view company. It's something that's regularly on ESPN. I think it will be TKO.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

When did CDPQ dismiss former executives Cyril Cabanes, Deepak Malhotra and Saurabh Agarwal for their participation in an alleged bribery scheme involving Indian conglomerate Adani Group? The indictment sent the stocks and bonds of Adani’s vast conglomerate tumbling and is the second governance crisis to hit the group in two years.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Alexandre Rajbhandari of Bloombeg reports Buffett sold More BofA stock while keeping Apple stake intact: Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in last years final months, while keeping a stake in Apple Inc. The Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate cut its stake in the bank to 8.9% intact following an earlier reduction.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 16, 2024

High profile investment funds including Stanley Druckenmiller’s Duquesne Family Office, David Tepper’s Appaloosa Management, Soros Capital and Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Capital all cut their stakes in Nvidia in the second quarter, the filings show. percent to its recently disclosed stake in insurance giant Chubb.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 22, 2024

billion in NetCo, Italy's largest fixed telecoms network; and the sale of its stake in the Hohe See and Albatros wind farms off the shores of Germany for $374 million in proceeds. Invested C$534 million in KPN, bringing our ownership stake to 2.9%. Japan, increasing our ownership stake to 3%.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Looking a little bit more at the debt side of it and what we're seeing with delinquencies. I think you're going to start hearing about something over the next couple of years called code debt. So I think that you're going to start to see a lot more investment in lowering that code debt. Their stake is now worth six billion.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 10, 2023

based global communications company, in which we now own an approximate 9% stake. stake in Pushpay Holdings Ltd., stake in the combined company. stake, to help fund the acquisition of four operating road concessions. Private Equity Completed the sale of Inmarsat, a European satellite service provider, to Viasat Inc.,

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

David Hollerith of Yahoo Finance reports Amazon, Alphabet, and Nvidia attract new interest from Wall Street's biggest investors: Some of Wall Street’s biggest investors made new bets on technology giants in the fourth quarter, loading up on stakes in Amazon ( AMZN ), Alphabet ( GOOG , GOOGL ), Alibaba ( BABA ), and Nvidia ( NVDA ).

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 24, 2024

Whether Buffett is selling out completely or simply reducing the size of the stake remains to be seen. Buffett should double down on Berkshire's Amazon stake John Ballard (Amazon): Amazon would make an excellent candidate to park some of Berkshire's billions for a couple of important reasons.

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