These were Warren Buffett's 10 best performing stocks held by Berkshire Hathaway in 2022

Matthew FoxJan 5, 2023, 02:25 IST

Business Insider

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.AP Photo/Nati Harnik

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway wasn't immune from the 20% stock market sell-off in 2022.
The conglomerate's 48-stock portfolio only had 10 companies that saw gains in 2022.
These were Buffett's 10 best performing stocks owned by Berkshire Hathaway in 2022.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway was by no means immune to the stock market's crushing sell-off in 2022.

Berkshire Hathaway did see its own stock gain in 2022, rising 3% compared to the S&P 500's near-20% decline as the conglomerate's oil and gas investments benefited from surging commodity prices.

But Berkshire also owns a 48-stock portfolio that was worth just under $300 billion as of September 30. Of those 48 stocks, only 10 names saw gains in 2022. Meanwhile, its largest position, Apple, fell 27%. The worst performing stocks owned by Berkshire Hathaway in 2022 included Nu Holdings and Snowflake, which both sank 57%.

Despite the losers, Buffett still saw some big gains in Berkshire's stock portfolio. Some of the best performers have been owned by Buffett for decades, like Coca-Cola, while others were added to the portfolio in recent years, like T-Mobile.

These were the 10 best performing stocks owned by Berkshire Hathaway in 2022. The list also includes a Berkshire holding value as of September 30, and is according to data from Whale Wisdom.

10. Johnson & Johnson

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Ticker: JNJ
2022 Performance: 3.3%
Berkshire Holding Value: $53.4 million

9. Markel Corporation

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Ticker: MKL
2022 Performance: 6.7%
Berkshire Holding Value: $507 million

8. The Coca-Cola Company

Coca-Cola bottles in Lagos, Nigeria on November 5, 2019.Temilade Adelaja/Reuters

Ticker: KO
2022 Performance: 7.4%
Berkshire Holding Value: $22.4 billion

7. The Kraft Heinz Company

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Ticker: KHC
2022 Performance: 13.4%
Berkshire Holding Value: $10.9 billion

6. Activision Blizzard

The Activision Blizzard booth during the 2013 E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo at Los Angeles Convention Center on June 11, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.(Photo by Daniel Boczarski/WireImage)

Ticker: ATVI
2022 Performance: 15.0%
Berkshire Holding Value: $4.5 billion

5. T-Mobile US