13F filing recap · Q4 2002

What did Berkshire Hathaway Inc buy in Q4 2002?

Reported stock-position changes between this filing and the previous one.

Stock value

$28.27B

Positions

Estimated turnover

1.8%

Turnover is a proxy: verified trade-origin share changes valued at period-end and divided by average reported stock value. SEC holdings reports do not disclose execution dates or prices. Corporate actions and unreconciled activity are excluded.

New positions

CDCOComdisco Holding Company, Inc.$113.30Mreported value+1.45M shares PNCThe Pnc Financial Services Group, Inc.$29.96Mreported value+715.0K shares BBYBest Buy Co., Inc.$13.11Mreported value+542.8K shares

Increased positions

FDCFirst Data Corp$397.81Mreported value+3.31M shares+41.8%IRMIron Mountain Inc$264.08Mreported value+1.33M shares+19.9%DOVDover Corp$116.64Mreported value+1.52M shares+61.3%SEESealed Air Corporation$30.01Mreported value+25.0K shares

Reduced positions

COSTCostco Wholesale Corp /new$147.43Mreported value-352.4K shares-6.3%TMKTorchmark Corp$70.80Mreported value-135.3K shares-6.5%DNBDun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc$36.83Mreported value-221.2K shares-17.2%JNYJones Apparel Group Inc$31.69Mreported value-2.32M shares

Exited positions

OMCOmnicom Group Inc.$27.84Mprior reported value-500.0K shares-100.0%