Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway’s Cash Pile Tops Record With $149.2 Billion, Sold Net $2 Billion of Stock in Third Quarter

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway’s Cash Pile Tops Record With $149.2 Billion, Sold Net $2 Billion of Stock in Third Quarter
Warren Buffet during the White House Summit on the United State of Women in Washington on June 14, 2016. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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According to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s NYSE:BRK third-quarter earnings report, the company’s cash stockpile hit new heights at $149.2 billion, surpassing the previous record of $146.6 billion set in 2Q 2020.

Buffett’s conglomerate, which holds stakes in Apple Inc. (AAPL), Coca-Cola Co. (KO), and other public companies, has spent $1.4 billion on stocks and sold $3.4 billion worth in the period. By comparison, the company bought about $1 billion worth and sold $2.1 billion of stock in the second quarter.