5 Value Stocks Hedge Funds Like in 2022

1. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 108  

PE Ratio: 26.92

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) is an Omaha-based conglomerate with interests in transport, insurance, and other businesses. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, 108 hedge funds in the database of Insider Monkey held stakes worth $19.3 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B), compared to 106 in the preceding quarter worth $19.4 billion.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) recently disclosed that it had bought back nearly $7 billion of its own stock during the fourth quarter of 2021, taking the total share buybacks in the year to over $27 billion, up from $24 billion purchased in 2020. During the fourth quarter, the operating earnings of the firm jumped 45% year-on-year. 

In its Q1 2021 investor letter, Vltava Fund, an asset management firm, highlighted a few stocks and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) was one of them. Here is what the fund said:

“Despite the considerable rise in stock markets over the past year, there are still many attractive opportunities. Human nature also is playing a bit into our hands. Investor crowds often chase popular stocks, hot IPOs, or mysterious SPACs and completely leave aside stocks they consider boring and not sexy enough. A typical example of this category is our long-term largest position in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B). Since we bought it for the first time, its price has nearly quadrupled and yet it remains just as undervalued today as it was at that time. Considering the current rate at which it is buying back its own shares and the amount of cash that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) has, my greatest wish as a shareholder is for the company’s share price to remain as low as possible for as long as possible.”

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