Warren Buffett's Favorite Stock Is Crushing the S&P 500 in 2025. Here's Why It's Still a Buy.

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) is a holding company with a number of wholly owned subsidiaries and a $280 billion portfolio of publicly traded stocks and securities. It's also sitting on a whopping $347 billion in cash that can be deployed into new opportunities. Berkshire's CEO is none other than investing legend Warren Buffett. Had you invested $1,000 in the company when he took the helm in 1965, it would have been worth an eye-popping $44.7 million at the end of 2024. The same investment in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) would have grown to just $342,906 over the same period. Berkshire is beating the S&P yet again this year, with an 11% gain so far compared to a flat performance for the index.Of all the stocks Buffett has bought on Berkshire's behalf over the last 59 years, one stands out as his clear favorite. That stock is Berkshire Hathaway itself. The conglomerate has spent twice as much money buying back its own shares over the last seven years than it has invested in any other company in its history. Here's why investors might want to add it to their portfolio.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool