Berkshire Hathaway Stock Portfolio: 5 Long-Term Stock Picks

1. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)

Berkshire Hathaway’s Stake Value: $121.5 billion
Percentage of Berkshire Hathaway’s 13F Portfolio: 41.46%
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 138

Berkshire Hathaway holds over 887 million shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), amounting to $121.5 billion in worth. The company represents 41.46% of the fund’s total portfolio value. By the end of the second quarter of 2021, 138 hedge funds out of the 873 tracked by Insider Monkey held stakes in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), worth roughly $145.5 billion, up from 127 hedge funds in the preceding quarter, with stakes worth approximately $131 billion.

On October 15, Evercore ISI analyst Amit Daryanani maintained an Outperform rating on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), alongside a $180 price target on the company’s shares, noting that the firm is gaining some share in the digital ads market

ClearBridge Investments, in its Q1 2021 investor letter, mentioned Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Here is what the fund said:

“As we actively manage holdings and position sizes, we look to regularly recycle capital into more compelling opportunities. Maintaining our valuation discipline, we sharply reduced our position in Apple, whose shares more than doubled following our initial purchase in mid-2019 with an earnings multiple rising from the low-to-mid teens to nearly 30x.”

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