Value investor Warren Buffet is arguably the most famous investor of a generation (or two). So out of all of his stock holdings, which would rank as his best stocks? To help answer that question, the following table is the result of a scan of all securities held by Warren Buffett’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, and lists the 30 best performing stocks over the past 12 months. Twelve months is a helpful lookback period since it eliminates any seasonal impacts while also being short enough of a time frame to determine what has been working lately.
The table below includes and can be sorted on: company ticker symbol, company name, 12-month stock price percent change rank, dividend yield and market cap (in billions) as well as the stock’s one-day, one-month, and 12-month stock price percent change. This table is updated every day after the close.
| Symbol | Company | 12m Chg Rank 7-12-21 | Yield 7-12-21 | Market Cap 7-12-21 | 1d Chg 7-12-21 | 1m Chg 7-12-21 | 12m Chg 7-12-21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM | General Motors | 1 | 2.6% | 85.5 | 0.4% | -4.1% | 141.8% |
| SYF | Synchrony Financial | 2 | 1.3% | 28.8 | 1.6% | 0.3% | 119.4% |
| PNC | PNC Financial Services | 3 | 1.7% | 81.5 | 1.2% | 1.4% | 88.9% |
| AXP | American Express | 4 | 0.8% | 139.5 | 1.0% | 5.5% | 86.2% |
| UPS | United Parcel Service | 5 | 1.7% | 185.7 | -0.3% | 5.0% | 85.4% |
| GS | Goldman Sachs | 6 | 0.8% | 129.3 | 2.4% | 0.6% | 85.1% |
| AAL | American Airlines | 7 | 1.9% | 13.4 | -0.2% | -11.4% | 74.5% |
| WFC | Wells Fargo | 8 | 3.6% | 182.5 | 0.6% | -3.3% | 73.4% |
| BAC | Bank of America | 9 | 1.3% | 348.2 | 1.5% | -2.9% | 69.2% |
| STOR | STORE Capital | 10 | 3.5% | 9.8 | 1.4% | 1.1% | 64.5% |
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase | 11 | 1.6% | 478.3 | 1.4% | -1.4% | 64.1% |
| LUV | Southwest | 12 | 1.1% | 31.3 | 0.3% | -8.0% | 59.5% |
| STNE | StoneCo | 13 | 0.0% | 19.6 | -1.7% | -0.1% | 58.7% |
| DAL | Delta Air Lines | 14 | 3.0% | 27.4 | -0.2% | -7.8% | 58.2% |
| USB | US Bancorp | 15 | 2.2% | 85.8 | 1.1% | -2.6% | 58.0% |
| UAL | United Airlines | 16 | 0.0% | 16.4 | -0.9% | -10.4% | 54.9% |
| LILA | Liberty Latin America | 17 | 0.0% | 0.7 | 2.7% | 2.9% | 52.6% |
| DVA | DaVita | 18 | 0.0% | 13.1 | 1.3% | 1.2% | 52.4% |
| AAPL | Apple | 19 | 1.9% | 2,411.4 | -0.4% | 13.5% | 50.6% |
| LILAK | Liberty Latin America Ltd Class C | 20 | 0.0% | 2.6 | 2.2% | 1.9% | 47.4% |
| MTB | M&T Bank | 21 | 2.3% | 18.4 | 0.6% | -7.7% | 42.7% |
| SU | Suncor Energy | 22 | 4.7% | 34.5 | -1.5% | -8.2% | 42.1% |
| LSXMA | Liberty Media SiriusXM Series A | 23 | 0.0% | 4.6 | -0.5% | 1.7% | 38.0% |
| LSXMK | Liberty Media SiriusXM Series C | 24 | 0.0% | 10.5 | -0.6% | 1.2% | 37.2% |
| AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems | 25 | 0.0% | 7.1 | 0.2% | -3.7% | 36.8% |
| TRV | Travelers | 26 | 1.9% | 38.7 | 0.5% | -0.3% | 35.4% |
| PSX | Phillips 66 | 27 | 3.6% | 36.1 | -0.4% | -9.4% | 34.9% |
| CHTR | Charter Communications | 28 | 0.0% | 155.0 | -2.3% | 4.8% | 33.8% |
| BK | Bank of New York Mellon | 29 | 2.0% | 44.0 | 0.7% | -0.3% | 31.0% |
| MCO | Moodys | 30 | 0.5% | 70.2 | -0.1% | 8.8% | 28.0% |
| Summary Table | 12m Chg Rank 7-12-21 | Yield 7-12-21 | Market Cap 7-12-21 | 1d Chg 7-12-21 | 1m Chg 7-12-21 | 12m Chg 7-12-21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average of these 30 best perfoming stocks | - | 1.6% | 104.2 | 0.8% | 1.6% | 104.3% |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | - | - | - | 0.4% | 1.5% | 34.2% |