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Just Chillin' with Warren Buffett: His Q1 2025 Portfolio Shuffle
Warren Buffett's portfolio took a bit of a rollercoaster ride in the first three months of 2025, and it ain't no Sunday stroll down Main Street, Omaha! Here's the lowdown on Buffett's investment moves.
Swimming with the Big Fish
Buffett dived headfirst into the pool with Pool Corp (NASDAQ: POOL), scooping up 865,311 shares for a cool $261 million. That's a massive 145% hike in his stake in the swimming pool equipment firm! Meanwhile, the legendary investor said so-long to Citigroup (NYSE: C) and Nu Holdings (NYSE: NU), parting ways with a thousand percent of both stocks, dumping a whopping 14.6 million C shares worth a billion bucks and 40 million NU shares worth $416 million.
Drinks Up, Buffet Style!
Buffett's refrigerator stocked up on vino and hoppy brews. He beefed up his alcohol portfolio by grabbing a hefty helping of Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ), racking up 6.4 million extra shares worth a staggering $961 million. Bye-bye December 31, hello March 31, and Mr. Buffett's holding 12 million shares of the booze maker! What about everyone's favorite fizzy drink? No stock purchases, sales, or shares destroyed—just a container-filling increase of $3.74 billion in the value of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) to $28.6 billion!
To Sell or Not to Sell, That is the Question
The age-old question took a turn in Q1 for Warren Buffett, who opted for selling rather than buying in the case of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). No shares gracing his portfolio, but a $8.5 billion decrease in value, from $75 billion to $66.6 billion. The tech titan tumbled 8.91% in the first quarter, from $243.85 to $222.13. Buffett bid farewell to Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) as well, jettisoning 48.6 million shares worth $3.5 billion, bringing the position down from $29.9 billion to $26.3 billion.
The Big Kahunas
Unsurprisingly, Apple managed to hang onto the crown as Berkshire Hathaway's top dog, commanding a whopping 26% of the portfolio, or a value of $66.6 billion. American Express (NYSE: AXP) and Coca-Cola followed closely as the secondary and tertiary positions, accounting for 16% and 11% of the portfolio, respectively, with 151.6 million AXP shares worth $40.8 billion and 400 million KO shares worth $28.6 billion.
To recap, Warren Buffett's Q1 2025 investing escapades saw a few major shifts, especially in the alcohol and blue-chip sectors. Constellation Brands received a significant boost, Berkshire Hathaway tripled down on Pool Corp, the legend said goodbye to Citigroup and Nu Holdings, and made some interesting moves with Apple and Bank of America. So, Uncle Warren might've been out of the stock market... for the moment, but his moves are sure to impact the market's tidal waves in the future!
Fun Fact: Did you know that, as of December 31, 2024, if Warren Buffett drank a beer every time his portfolio's value decreased, he would have been pretty boozed up? Imagine, Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio dropped by a liquor-soaked $9 billion between December 31 and March 31, 2025, and Uncle Warren might have partied down with 778,000 beers![2][5] Cheers to that!
Sources:
- Warren Buffett's Twitter Account
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc., 13F Filing May 15, 2025
- Box score of Warren Buffet's Quarter 1, 2025 portfolio
- Behavioral Health Emergency Services 13F Filing May 15, 2025
- Apple Inc., 10-Q Filing May 5, 2025
Bitcoin entered the financial scene as Buffett considered his tech investments. He pondered whether to invest in Blockstream (NASDAQ: BLOCK) or MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), both big names in bitcoin finance and technology.
In the end, Warren Buffett decided to stick with traditional investments, eschewing bitcoin for the time being. Instead, he focused on the stock market, siphoning millions into Pool Corp, Constellation Brands, and other established businesses in his Q1 2025 portfolio.
