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Berkshire Hathaway Class A

759 hedge funds and large institutions have $30.4B invested in Berkshire Hathaway Class A in 2015 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 41 funds opening new positions, 65 increasing their positions, 116 reducing their positions, and 31 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

32% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 41 | Existing positions closed: 31

2.83% more ownership

Funds ownership: 24.11%26.94% (+2.8%)

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 754759 (+5)

6% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $32.4B → $30.4B (-$1.96B)

7% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 8680 (-6)

44% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 65 | Existing positions reduced: 116

100% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $0 | Put options by funds: $12.6M

Holders
759
Holders Change
+5
Holders Change %
+0.66%
% of All Funds
20.45%
Holding in Top 10
80
Holding in Top 10 Change
-6
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-6.98%
% of All Funds
2.16%
New
41
Increased
65
Reduced
116
Closed
31
Calls
Puts
$12.6M
Net Calls
-$12.6M
Net Calls Change
-$12.6M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
GAI
76
General American Investors
New York
$22.5M
IR
77
IAT Reinsurance
New York
$21.7M
Bank of Nova Scotia
78
Bank of Nova Scotia
Ontario, Canada
$21.1M -$19.7M -92 -47%
SMI
79
Shelter Mutual Insurance
Missouri
$20.7M +$21.7M +101 New
D.E. Shaw & Co
80
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$20.5M +$21.5M +100 New
Commonwealth Equity Services
81
Commonwealth Equity Services
Massachusetts
$20.3M
CGT
82
Capital Guardian Trust
California
$19.9M -$215K -1 -1%
BC
83
Bartlett & Co
Ohio
$19.7M
Comerica Bank
84
Comerica Bank
Texas
$19.7M +$10.1M +47 +96%
LNWWM
85
Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management
California
$19.5M
State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D
86
State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D
New Jersey
$19.5M
SW
87
SVB Wealth
Massachusetts
$19.3M -$1.5M -7 -7%
HK
88
Horizon Kinetics
New York
$19.3M
NO
89
Ninety One
South Africa
$18.7M +$19.5M +91 New
Eagle Capital Management (New York)
90
Eagle Capital Management (New York)
New York
$17.6M -$78.7M -367 -81%
SAIG
91
Semper Augustus Investments Group
Colorado
$17.6M
LWCA
92
Locust Wood Capital Advisers
New York
$17M
DAM
93
Davis Asset Management
California
$16.4M +$1.29M +6 +8%
CT
94
Cambridge Trust
Massachusetts
$16.4M +$10.7M +50 +167%
William Blair & Company
95
William Blair & Company
Illinois
$16.4M
MFAM
96
Motley Fool Asset Management
Virginia
$15.8M -$2.57M -12 -13%
V
97
Veritable
Delaware
$15.8M -$858K -4 -5%
Goldman Sachs
98
Goldman Sachs
New York
$14.8M -$644K -3 -4%
FDCC
99
Foster Dykema Cabot & Co
Massachusetts
$14.7M -$215K -1 -1%
DWA
100
Douglass Winthrop Advisors
New York
$14.4M

BRK.A Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2015 in Review

759 of the 3,712 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Berkshire Hathaway Class A (BRK.A) for Q2 2015, worth a combined $30.4B — down 6.1% from $32.4B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 41 funds opened new BRK.A positions and 31 closed out — a net gain of 10 holders — while 65 added to existing stakes and 116 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Frontier Wealth Management, adding an estimated $12.3B. The largest seller was Cambridge Advisors, cutting an estimated $4.97B.

  • 759 institutional investors held Berkshire Hathaway Class A (BRK.A) as of Q2 2015, up from 754 in Q1 2015.
  • Funds reported $30.4B of Berkshire Hathaway Class A stock for Q2 2015, down 6.1% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 41 funds opened new Berkshire Hathaway Class A positions in Q2 2015 and 31 closed out, a net change of +10 holders.
  • The largest Berkshire Hathaway Class A buyer in Q2 2015 was Frontier Wealth Management, an estimated $12.3B added.
  • The largest Berkshire Hathaway Class A seller in Q2 2015 was Cambridge Advisors, an estimated $4.97B sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2015.