Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway as of Sept. 30, 2004

Portfolio Holdings for Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway holds 28 positions in its portfolio as reported in the September 2004 quarterly 13F filing

Company (Ticker) Portfolio Weight Valued At Change in Shares Share Count Share Price
Coca-Cola Company (KO) 23.7 $8.0B 200M 40.05
American Express Company (AXP) 23.0 $7.8B 152M 51.46
Gillette Company 11.8 $4.0B 96M 41.74
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) 9.9 $3.4B 56M 59.63
Wesco Financial Corporation 5.9 $2.0B 5.7M 351.50
Moody's Corporation (MCO) 5.2 $1.8B 24M 73.25
Washington Post Company 4.7 $1.6B 1.7M 920.00
H&R Block (HRB) 2.1 $709M 14M 49.42
M&T Bank Corporation (MTB) 1.9 $642M 6.7M 95.70
Hca 1.5 $515M 14M 38.15
Nike (NKE) 1.4 $473M 6.0M 78.80
Standard Companies 1.2 $409M 11M 38.91
Shaw Communications Inc cl b conv 1.1 $367M 22M 16.68
First Data Corp 1.0 $348M 8.0M 43.50
Gannett 0.8 $289M 3.4M 83.76
Gap (GPS) 0.8 $280M 15M 18.65
Iron Mountain Incorporated 0.7 $235M 6.9M 33.85
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) 0.6 $218M 5.3M 41.51
Pier 1 Imports 0.4 $145M 8.0M 18.08
Comcast Corporation 0.4 $140M 5.0M 27.92
USG Corporation 0.3 $119M 6.5M 18.23
Torchmark Corporation 0.3 $108M 2.0M 53.18
Steakhouse 0.2 $76M 1.8M 41.53
Servicemaster Company 0.2 $72M 5.6M 12.86
Mueller Industries (MLI) 0.2 $59M 1.4M 42.95
Sealed Air (SEE) 0.1 $52M 1.1M 46.35
PetroChina Company 0.1 $35M 659k 53.76
Comdisco Holdings Company (CDCO) 0.1 $32M 1.5M 21.25