32% of Warren Buffett's $281 Billion Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio Is Invested in These 2 S&P 500 Dividend Stocks
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has steered his company to market-crushing performance over multiple decades -- so much so that he has earned the nickname "the Oracle of Omaha." When he steps down from his role as the company's chief executive at the end of this year, it will mark the close of one of the most fantastic corporate leadership runs in history.Under Buffett's tenure as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO, the company has never paid a dividend. Notably, the Oracle of Omaha has preferred to use the company's excess capital to make new acquisition moves, buy back shares of its own stock, or invest in bonds that also reliably generate income. But even though Berkshire is not a dividend-paying stock, the company's investment portfolio is heavily weighted toward companies that do return cash directly to shareholders. In fact, just two S&P 500 dividend stocks account for roughly 32% of Berkshire Hathaway's total public stock portfolio. Read on as two Motley Fool contributors explain why Buffett and Berkshire have put so much faith in this pair of income-generating companies.Continue reading
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has steered his company to market-crushing performance over multiple decades -- so much so that he has earned the nickname "the Oracle of Omaha." When he steps down from his role as the company's chief executive at the end of this year, it will mark the close of one of the most fantastic corporate leadership runs in history.
Under Buffett's tenure as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO, the company has never paid a dividend. Notably, the Oracle of Omaha has preferred to use the company's excess capital to make new acquisition moves, buy back shares of its own stock, or invest in bonds that also reliably generate income. But even though Berkshire is not a dividend-paying stock, the company's investment portfolio is heavily weighted toward companies that do return cash directly to shareholders. In fact, just two S&P 500 dividend stocks account for roughly 32% of Berkshire Hathaway's total public stock portfolio.
Read on as two Motley Fool contributors explain why Buffett and Berkshire have put so much faith in this pair of income-generating companies.
