Warren Buffett has generated life-changing returns for Berkshire Hathaway’s (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) long-term shareholders. Even after six decades, the tireless “Oracle of Omaha” continues to deliver market-beating results for the $1.1 trillion investment conglomerate’s owners.
If you’d like to profit alongside the legendary investor, here are three of Berkshire’s best stocks, all of which remain attractive buys today.
Visa (NYSE: V) currently accounts for a modest 1% of Berkshire’s nearly $300 million public equity portfolio. But while it’s a relatively smaller position for the investment conglomerate today, it’s easy to see why the financial technology provider’s stock could be one of Berkshire’s best performers.
Visa enables a staggering amount of global commerce. The fintech giant’s payments network spans over 200 countries and territories. It helps consumers, who collectively hold a whopping 4.7 billion credit and debit card accounts, more easily make purchases at more than 150 million merchant locations. Visa, in turn, processed a mind-blowing 310 billion transactions tallying almost $16 trillion in 2024.
Visa’s entrenched position as a fast and secure payments facilitator has it well-situated to benefit from the long-term growth of the global economy. Though it charges only a small fee for each payment it processes, these fees collectively amount to massive sums. Visa’s net income jumped 14% to a whopping $19.7 billion in its 2024 fiscal year, which ended on Sept. 30.
With its revenue and earnings projected to grow by double digits in the coming years, investors can expect Visa to further its 17-year streak of annual dividend hikes.
Long-time Buffett favorite Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) is another dividend stalwart worthy of your consideration. The beverage titan has boosted its cash payout to investors for a remarkable 63 straight years.
Many investors mistakenly view Coca-Cola as just a soda company. Yet its beverage empire reaches far beyond its namesake pop brand. The company’s diversified product lineup now features bottled water, milk, coffee, tea, juice, and even alcoholic drinks. These offerings are marketed under popular brands like Smartwater, Fairlife, Costa Coffee, Fuze, Minute Maid, and Simply.
Coca-Cola’s magic lies in its ability to create or acquire a new brand, feed it into its global marketing machine, and swiftly scale its revenue. The distribution dynamo can then recycle its earnings into new product innovations or additional acquisitions — or pass them on to shareowners via dividends.
Coca-Cola has been one of Buffett’s core holdings for more than three decades. With plenty of growth remaining in the U.S. and international markets, Berkshire’s $28 billion stake in the beverage leader is likely to appreciate even further in the years ahead. Buy shares today, and you can position yourself to profit alongside the billionaire investor.
If you’re more interested in Buffett’s latest buys, check out Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY). Berkshire purchased more of the oil and gas producer’s shares in early February, bringing its stake in Occidental to almost $13 billion.
Occidental owns valuable acreage and high-performing wells in the Permian Basin, an oil-rich region in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. The company’s scale and well-placed infrastructure provide it with cost advantages compared to its smaller rivals. Occidental’s expertise with enhanced oil recovery techniques, which use CO2 to boost the efficiency of its production operations, gives it an additional edge over its competitors.
Yet investors should note that Occidental is far more than just an oil driller. CEO Vicki Hollub has the company on track to be a leader in the potentially multi-trillion-dollar carbon capture industry. Hollub sees an opportunity to help build 1,000 facilities across the world that can remove carbon from the air and safely store it underground. Occidental has already announced deals with Microsoft and AT&T to assist these tech leaders with their carbon management initiatives, and many more partnerships likely lie ahead.
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Joe Tenebruso has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Visa. The Motley Fool recommends Occidental Petroleum. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
The Best Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy in 2025 was originally published by The Motley Fool