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). That leverage puts added pressure on management if oil prices decline in the future, making it less profitable to drill.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 1, 2024

Food conglomerate Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ: KHC) is a rare example of his investments gone bust. But management has brought leverage down to 2.9 All-time great investor Warren Buffett is known far more for his winners like Apple and Coca-Cola than for his losing stocks. The stock price is down over 60% from a high over six years ago.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Shares of mini-conglomerate Boston Omaha (NYSE: BOC) fell 5.4% Missing the mark, and its co-CEO Boston Omaha is a diversified mini-conglomerate involved in billboard advertising, fiber broadband, insurance, and other financial businesses, and used to be co-run by Warren Buffett's great-nephew Alex Rozek. on Wednesday as of 1:30 p.m.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 30, 2024

These companies have all leveraged technology to achieve staggering growth. 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. compounded annual return to investors.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Boston Omaha is an early-stage conglomerate with four major business segments. Last but certainly not least is the Boston Omaha Asset Management (BOAM) business, which so far has mainly invested in minority stakes in other companies. But management has big ambitions. And these are two very different types of businesses.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 28, 2025

The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as revealing that the sale process, which was initiated by Cubicos owners Canadas Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) and the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP) has also attracted interest from Italian energy conglomerate Enel, as well as other infrastructure investors and funds.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 29, 2023

This segment provides cloud solutions -- such as cloud computing , Internet of Things (IoT) , and artificial intelligence (AI) -- that help enterprises leverage the latest technology to improve their business operations. Over the years, Tencent has operated like a stock investor, buying up small stakes in growth companies like Snap and Tesla.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

This time, Berkshire got to accumulate its stake out of public view. Chubb isn't a diversified insurance conglomerate like Berkshire. Nearly every quarter since acquiring its original stake, Berkshire has purchased even more stock. Last quarter, for instance, it boosted its stake from 5.8 million shares to 6.9

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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

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. There's nothing wrong with returning capital from asset sales to investors; closed-end funds can use leverage to generate returns.

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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. One is Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ: SIRI). times earnings.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 22, 2024

billion stake). Bank of America You're likely already aware that Berkshire shed a big piece of its stake in Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) just a few weeks ago. First and foremost, while Berkshire Hathaway admittedly sold a sizable swath of its Bank of America stake, it still owns so much more.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 18, 2024

Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ: IEP) is a unique conglomerate, but it gets categorized in the energy sector because over 75% of its revenue is derived from its controlling stake in CVR Energy. On top of that, Chevron has one of the strongest balance sheets among its close peers.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 10, 2024

It's never a bad idea to start your search with stocks already hand-picked by Warren Buffett (and his lieutenants) and currently held by his conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway. That's a lot of scale, leverage, and subsequent pricing power. Berkshire's 107 million share stake in Nu is currently worth $1.45

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 31, 2025

Buffett has slashed Berkshire's stake in the iPhone maker in recent quarters. That's enough to rank Apple as the conglomerate's largest holding by far, making up 23.5% This stake comprises 0.9% It's leveraging that success to conquer the markets in other Latin American countries and has exceptionally great prospects in Mexico.

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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. Other categories affecting our total cost profile include taxes and expenses associated with various forms of leverage.

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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

DECEMBER 25, 2024

sold $133 billion worth of stock from the portfolio he manages for the conglomerate. of Occidental, but Buffett has said he has no plans of taking a majority stake in the business. The conglomerate previously owned nearly $1 billion worth of the company but sold off the position between 2020 and 2021. Not only does it own 28.2%

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The Oracle of Omaha has helped Berkshire grow to a market capitalization of more than $1 trillion, and the investment conglomerate owns a portfolio of publicly traded stocks totaling $299 billion. But Berkshire has actually been significantly reducing its stake in the company over the past year. Start Your Mornings Smarter!

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) , the beverage conglomerate known for its wide array of popular brands, recently released its fourth-quarter results for 2024 on Feb. The company's strategy centers around leveraging its diverse brand portfolio, exploring innovation, and forging strategic partnerships to maintain a competitive edge.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

As the company expands globally by signing up new franchisees, earnings and cash flow are leveraged higher. According to a recent corporate filing, the financial conglomerate purchased 1,277,256 shares of the global pizza delivery chain during the last quarter, and now holds a 3.7%

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 18, 2025

Yes, Berkshire has been lightening up its stake in Apple since late 2023, culling its position to less than half of what it was then. It's also worth remembering that Apple is still Berkshire Hathaway's single-biggest position, making up nearly one-fourth of the conglomerate's total stock portfolio. Don't lose perspective, though.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 8, 2025

Buffett made Berkshire a conglomerate in 1965, and today, it's a $1.1 The company's diverse portfolio of businesses and assets includes manufacturing businesses, insurance companies, railroads, energy utilities, pipelines, consumer brands, and stakes in dozens of other public companies. trillion market cap behemoth.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 30, 2024

AI-driven transformation is changing work, work artifacts and workflow across every role, function, and business process, helping customers drive new growth and operating leverage. We feel very, very good about sort of our investment stake in OpenAI. We're not a conglomerate here. billion in revenue, up 22%.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, I graduated from business school in 1987 and went to GE Capital for two years, financing leveraged buyouts. I mean, you know, I probably shouldn’t have been doing it because I had been a journalist covering public schools and knew nothing about leveraged buyouts. And I actually started out of business school. Fair statement?

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