Berkshire Hathaway Sliced Its Apple Stock Holdings in The First Quarter [Video]

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) significantly cut its stake in Apple (AAPL) in the first quarter—a period during which the tech giant’s stock fell sharply—as the conglomerate built its cash position.

Berkshire noted in its quarterly earnings report Saturday that the value of its Apple stock holdings stood at $135.4 billion at the end of the first quarter, compared with $174.3 billion at the end of 2024. That would indicate, taking Apple’s share prices at the end of each period into account, that Berkshire cut its holdings in Apple stock by about 116 million shares, or nearly 13%, during the first quarter.

Though Apple remains by far Berkshire’s largest stock holding, the latest reduction is far greater than the 10 million-share cut disclosed for the fourth quarter. Berkshire is also Apple’s single largest shareholder.

Asked at the company’s annual shareholder meetingwhether his views about the economics of Apple’s business …