Berkshire's Q1 Stock Winners & Losers

These are the stocks in Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio that did the best, and the worst, during 2021's just-concluded first quarter.

VIEW IN BROWSER | SUBSCRIBE THU, APR 01, 2021 WARREN BUFFETT WATCH Berkshire's Q1 stock winners and losers It's been a good first quarter for shares of Berkshire Hathaway.   The Class A stock hit an intraday all-time high of $407,750 per share on March 10 and is finishing Q1 with a gain of 12.2%.   The Class B shares also hit an all-time intraday high on March 10: $267.50 per share.  Their Q1 gain is 11.4%.   Both outperformed the benchmark S&P 500 stock index, which is up 7.4%, including dividends, in the first quarter.    Here's a look at the biggest Q1 winners and losers for the stocks in Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio as of December 31, 2020. (Holdings as of yesterday, the end of the first quarter, won't be disclosed until mid-May.)   We're showing you the rankings based both on the absolute price change of the stock, and also weighted by the size of Berkshire's holding compared to the total value of its portfolio. The winners The losers BUFFETT AROUND THE INTERNET Some links may require a subscription Business Insider: Elon Musk slammed Warren Buffett's Texas power plan as 'crazy' - and called for the state to rely on Tesla instead Quartz: Warren Buffett's firm is proposing an $8 billion boondoggle to prevent the next Texas blackout Forbes: Protests Arise As Warren Buffet Seeks To Profit From Recent Texas Power Blackouts Forbes: Survey Shows Texans Don't Like Warren Buffett's $8 Billion Texas Power Plan CNBC.com: Warren Buffett-backed electric automaker hit by rising battery costs, analysts trim price targets Bloomberg: Buffett-Backed BYD's Profit Surges 162% on Electric-Car Boom Bloomberg Law: Warren Buffett's Company Runs Without In-House Lawyers (Podcast) Market Watch Opinion: Why the long-term shareholders Buffett cultivated are a huge part of Berkshire Hathaway's success BERKSHIRE STOCK WATCH         BERKSHIRE'S TOP U.S. STOCK HOLDINGS - MON XX 2021     Berkshire's top holdings of disclosed publicly-traded U.S. stocks by market value, based on today's closing prices.   Holdings are as of December 31, 2020 as reported in Berkshire Hathaway's 13F filing on February 16, 2021, except for Apple, Bank of America, and U.S. Bancorp, which also include shares held as of December 31, 2020 as disclosed in New England Asset Management's 13F filing on February 16, 2021.   In addition to U.S. stocks, shares held as of December 31, 2020 of China's BYD, as listed in Buffett's 2020 letter to shareholders, are included. The price of those shares in U.S. trading is used to approximate the current market value of the position. The value of the stake as a percentage of the company's market value is fixed at what was listed as of December 31, 2020 in the letter.   The full list of holdings and current market values is available from CNBC.com's Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio Tracker.   QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS Please send any questions or comments about the newsletter to me at alex.crippen@nbcuni.com. (Sorry, but we don't forward questions or comments to Buffett himself.)   If you aren't already subscribed to this newsletter, you can sign up here.     -- Alex Crippen, Editor, Warren Buffett Watch   Unsubscribe Manage Newsletters Terms of Service   Digital Products Feedback Privacy Policy   © 2021 CNBC LLC. All rights reserved. A property of NBCUniversal. 900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes and Market Data and Analysis. Data also provided by THOMSON REUTERS