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Yahoo
7 hours ago
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- Yahoo
The Best Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy With $1,000 Right Now
Key Points Amazon Web Services will drive Amazon's growth for the foreseeable future. Amazon's operating income increased by nearly 200% over the past five years. Coca-Cola has one of the most reliable dividends in the stock market, with 63 consecutive years of annual increases. 10 stocks we like better than Amazon › To say that Warren Buffett has made a name for himself in the investing world would be a huge understatement. Buffett, who's 94 years old and plans to retire at the end of the year, has turned Berkshire Hathaway into a trillion-dollar company and amassed a personal 12-figure net worth. Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway's continuous success is why many investors closely follow their moves, hoping to gain some inspiration. Although the average investor and a trillion-dollar corporation may not share the same goals or risk tolerance, there are still benefits to be gained by keeping an eye on the company's portfolio. Two stocks in Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio that can make great investments are Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO). If you have $1,000 available to invest, consider putting $500 into each. This will provide you with opportunities for growth and reliable dividend income. From books to a full conglomerate Amazon was a stock that Buffett was admittedly reluctant to invest in -- and one he wishes Berkshire Hathaway had invested in sooner. Amazon has been a poster child for growth stocks, up 11,750% in the past 20 years, while the S&P 500 is up around 420%. Amazon has a tight grip on the e-commerce industry, but its business expanded far beyond delivering items to you in less than two days. It's grown to be one of the more prominent conglomerates in the tech world. Its main growth driver for the foreseeable future is its cloud platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS). It's one of the pioneers of cloud computing and has been the global leader since its release. It has a 30% market share, leading Microsoft Azure and Alphabet's Google Cloud, which stand at 21% and 12%, respectively. E-commerce generates revenue for Amazon, while AWS generates profits. AWS' operating income (profit from core operations) was around $3.08 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020. At the end of Q1 this year, it was $11.5 billion -- a 273% increase. This has helped Amazon's overall operating income increase by almost 200% in that span. Amazon has been diligent about expanding its business and diversifying its revenue streams, positioning it better for long-term growth. Aside from e-commerce and cloud computing, it has its hands in advertising, entertainment, healthcare, logistics, and a few other industries that could scale in time. A $500 investment in Amazon today could go a long way as it continues to expand. When in doubt, lean on the dividend Coca-Cola is one of Berkshire Hathaway's oldest and largest holdings. It comes down to two reasons -- its competitive moat and reliable dividend. The company's competitive moat stems from its brand and reach. Few, if any, brands are as recognizable worldwide as Coca-Cola. That's why it has been able to sustain its dominance and success for decades. Even with the ultra success of its flagship soda, Coca-Cola has been diligent about expanding its offerings and adapting to changing consumer preferences. It's added various waters, teas, plant-based drinks, and even ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages to its portfolio, further strengthening its position in the beverage industry. Coca-Cola's products sell regardless of economic conditions. It doesn't matter if it's a boom, a recession, or somewhere in between -- people will find a way to buy their favorite Coca-Cola product. This has given the company pricing power, which has helped its financials remain healthy and cash flowing in. You shouldn't invest in Coca-Cola expecting Amazon-like stock price appreciation, but you can expect consistent and reliable dividend income. Coca-Cola's dividend yield is routinely double that of the S&P 500's average, and the company increased the annual payout for 63 consecutive years. There's a reason Berkshire Hathaway never trimmed its Coca-Cola stake -- the dividend income is too valuable. With 400 million shares, Berkshire Hathaway will receive well over $800 million in dividends from Coca-Cola this year. Of course, you won't have that many shares, but with $500 invested today, you could begin building a decent stake in Coca-Cola that will pay off in the long run. This is especially true if you're reinvesting your dividends to accumulate more shares. Coca-Cola is a stock that I plan to hold onto for decades to come. Should you invest $1,000 in Amazon right now? Before you buy stock in Amazon, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and Amazon wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $652,133!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $1,056,790!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 1,048% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 180% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of July 21, 2025 Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. John Mackey, former CEO of Whole Foods Market, an Amazon subsidiary, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Stefon Walters has positions in Coca-Cola and Microsoft. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and Microsoft. The Motley Fool recommends the following options: long January 2026 $395 calls on Microsoft and short January 2026 $405 calls on Microsoft. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. The Best Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy With $1,000 Right Now was originally published by The Motley Fool Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
9 hours ago
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2 Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist -- and 1 to Avoid
Key Points BYD is the dominant EV maker in China, with sales up more than 30% this year. Amazon Web Services is a huge profit center for Amazon. The shine on Apple stock is beginning to fade. 10 stocks we like better than Amazon › Legendary investor Warren Buffett's track record can stand up to anyone's. The Oracle of Omaha is one of the best value investors in the world, using a simple investing philosophy of choosing well-established companies that are leaders in their field and have strong management, earnings, and a sustainable dividend. Buffett's portfolio at his conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway, often outperforms the S&P 500. In fact, Berkshire's portfolio advanced an incredible 5,502,284% from 1965 to the end of 2024, while the S&P 500 gained only 39,054%, including dividends. It's no wonder why so many people follow Buffett's philosophy and Berkshire's moves each quarter. However, not every stock in Berkshire's portfolio is a slam-dunk winner right now. If I'm starting a portfolio right now, there are two Buffett stocks that are must-haves, and one that I would avoid. Buffett stock to buy: BYD Buffett usually shuns tech stocks, so Chinese electric vehicle (EV) company BYD (OTC: BYDDY) is an odd choice for Berkshire. And truth be told, Buffett didn't make this selection himself -- Berkshire got involved with BYD on the advice of Charlie Munger, the late Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman and Buffett's investing partner. In China, BYD is the biggest EV maker, manufacturing vehicles like the Seal, Tang, Seagull, Dolphin, and Han. For the first six months of the year, sales of its battery and hybrid passenger EVs totaled 2.11 million, up 31.5% from a year ago. BYD also makes commercial vehicles, such as electric buses, trucks, and delivery vans. Those sales were 2.14 million in the first half of the year, up 33% on a year-over-year basis. Those sales figures are pushing BYD's revenue through the roof. For the first quarter, BYD reported revenue of 170.3 billion renminbi ($23.7 billion), up 36% from a year ago. Profits of RMB$3.75 billion were up 117% from a year ago, and earnings per share of RMB$3.12 were up 99% from last year. I would take a very educated guess that Buffett is pleased with Berkshire's BYD stake. Buffett stock to buy: Amazon A few years ago, I thought Alibaba Group was a far superior e-commerce stock than Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). I thought Alibaba had more potential to grow its e-commerce offerings than Amazon, which was already deeply entrenched with U.S. retailers. Today, I like Amazon more. And it has nothing to do with its e-commerce division. Instead, I am a big fan of Amazon Web Services (AWS), the massive profit driver that is giving Amazon a dominant position in the fast-growing cloud computing sector. AWS provided $11.5 billion in profits in the first quarter of 2025, with a solid profit margin of 39.4% -- much better than the 6.3% margin for Amazon's North America e-commerce sales, or its paltry 3% profit margin for international sales. AWS is a big driver thanks in part to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), which has changed how businesses and individuals function. Today, AI is used to compose text, photos, graphics, and videos and help people order food, process information, manage supply chains, and perform critical functions in the military and in healthcare. Creating massive data centers to run generative AI and machine learning platforms is cost-prohibitive for most companies, however, so Amazon's AWS allows companies to manage and improve their AI functions on Amazon's servers. Amazon is investing heavily -- $83 billion last year and an estimated $100 billion this year -- in capital expenditures to expand its data centers to handle the increased workload, but that's also going to mean massive profits in the years to come. Amazon currently has the top position in the cloud computing space, owning roughly 30% of the market share (Microsoft Azure is in second place with 21%, and Alphabet's Google Cloud has 12%). Buffett stock to avoid: Apple For years, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been Berkshire's biggest holding. At one point, the smartphone maker comprised more than 40% of the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio as its revolutionary phones, wearable tech, tablets, and computers revolutionized the tech industry. Apple even had a two-decade run as the most valuable company in the world. But Apple's shine is starting to fade. Its iPhone is still popular, but the newest models aren't must-have purchases for smartphone owners because they lack the groundbreaking innovation that Apple became known for. And unless the newest iPhone has a knock-your-socks-off new feature, people aren't inclined pay $1,000 to upgrade when their current phone still works just fine. Apple's revenue and profits have flatlined over the last three years and Apple is no longer seen as the massively impressive growth stock that it used to be. Even Buffett trimmed his stake in Apple last year, selling about 100 million shares to reduce Berkshire's stake to 300 million shares. Apple still makes up nearly 22% of the Berkshire portfolio, but it's clearly a stock on the wane. Should you invest $1,000 in Amazon right now? Before you buy stock in Amazon, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and Amazon wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $652,133!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $1,056,790!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 1,048% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 180% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of July 21, 2025 Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. John Mackey, former CEO of Whole Foods Market, an Amazon subsidiary, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Patrick Sanders has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Berkshire Hathaway, and Microsoft. The Motley Fool recommends Alibaba Group and BYD Company and recommends the following options: long January 2026 $395 calls on Microsoft and short January 2026 $405 calls on Microsoft. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. 2 Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist -- and 1 to Avoid was originally published by The Motley Fool
Economic Times
10 hours ago
- Business
- Economic Times
Warren Buffett's exit triggers slump in Berkshire shares, trailing S&P 500 in 2025
Shares of Berkshire Hathaway have remained under pressure since Warren Buffett unveiled his succession plans, falling more than 12% and underperforming the broader U.S. market. The stock is now heading toward its longest losing streak in three years, as investors grow increasingly uneasy about the conglomerate's post-Buffett trajectory. ADVERTISEMENT Since May 3, when Buffett revealed his intention to hand over the reins of the Omaha-based investment group, Berkshire's Class B shares have shed more than a tenth of their value. The decline has pared year-to-date gains to just 4.5%, falling short of the S&P 500's 7% advance over the same period. The slump has extended into the summer months, with the stock logging losses in six of the past seven weeks. Should it finish July in negative territory, it would mark Berkshire's third consecutive monthly decline, its longest such stretch since June 2022. The sell-off highlights market unease over the company's future in the absence of its long-standing leader. Buffett, who transformed Berkshire from a struggling textile firm into a sprawling conglomerate over six decades, has been a singular presence in global investing. His departure raises questions about whether the group's next generation of leaders can maintain the same performance edge. Still, Buffett has long sought to temper expectations about Berkshire's future returns.'With our present mix of businesses, Berkshire should do a bit better than the average American corporation and, more important, should also operate with materially less risk of permanent loss of capital,' he wrote in his 2023 annual letter. 'Anything beyond 'slightly better,' though, is wishful thinking.' ADVERTISEMENT He also acknowledged the difficulties of deploying Berkshire's vast cash pile, noting that the scale of the company makes it harder to find investments capable of moving the needle. Despite recent weakness, Buffett's long-term record at Berkshire remains unmatched. Since taking control in the 1960s, he has delivered a cumulative return of 5,502,284%, more than twice the average annual gain of the S&P 500 over that period. Even so, as the conglomerate adjusts to a future without Buffett at the helm, the stock's underperformance suggests that markets are beginning to recalibrate their expectations, not just for earnings, but for the intangible value of the Buffett brand itself. ADVERTISEMENT Also read | Warren Buffett's rare misstep: Will Kraft Heinz's breakup rewrite the ending or can it still pay off? (Disclaimer: Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. These do not represent the views of the Economic Times) (You can now subscribe to our ETMarkets WhatsApp channel)
Time of India
10 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Warren Buffett's exit triggers slump in Berkshire shares, trailing S&P 500 in 2025
Shares of Berkshire Hathaway have remained under pressure since Warren Buffett unveiled his succession plans, falling more than 12% and underperforming the broader U.S. market. The stock is now heading toward its longest losing streak in three years, as investors grow increasingly uneasy about the conglomerate's post-Buffett trajectory. Since May 3, when Buffett revealed his intention to hand over the reins of the Omaha-based investment group, Berkshire's Class B shares have shed more than a tenth of their value. The decline has pared year-to-date gains to just 4.5%, falling short of the S&P 500's 7% advance over the same period. The slump has extended into the summer months, with the stock logging losses in six of the past seven weeks. Should it finish July in negative territory, it would mark Berkshire's third consecutive monthly decline, its longest such stretch since June 2022. Market rethinks post-Buffett future The sell-off highlights market unease over the company's future in the absence of its long-standing leader. Buffett, who transformed Berkshire from a struggling textile firm into a sprawling conglomerate over six decades, has been a singular presence in global investing. His departure raises questions about whether the group's next generation of leaders can maintain the same performance edge. Still, Buffett has long sought to temper expectations about Berkshire's future returns. Live Events 'With our present mix of businesses, Berkshire should do a bit better than the average American corporation and, more important, should also operate with materially less risk of permanent loss of capital,' he wrote in his 2023 annual letter. 'Anything beyond 'slightly better,' though, is wishful thinking.' He also acknowledged the difficulties of deploying Berkshire's vast cash pile, noting that the scale of the company makes it harder to find investments capable of moving the needle. Legacy remains intact Despite recent weakness, Buffett's long-term record at Berkshire remains unmatched. Since taking control in the 1960s, he has delivered a cumulative return of 5,502,284%, more than twice the average annual gain of the S&P 500 over that period. Even so, as the conglomerate adjusts to a future without Buffett at the helm, the stock's underperformance suggests that markets are beginning to recalibrate their expectations, not just for earnings, but for the intangible value of the Buffett brand itself. Also read | Warren Buffett's rare misstep: Will Kraft Heinz's breakup rewrite the ending or can it still pay off?
Yahoo
19 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Forget 'Wealth': Warren Buffett Says This Word Is the True Measure of Success
Warren Buffett imparted his unique viewpoint on success, underscoring the significance of love and respect over the accumulation of wealth. What Happened: Buffett, while interacting with students at Georgia Tech, expressed that the ultimate yardstick of success is not wealth, but the love and respect one garners from others. In his biography 'The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life,' Buffett's insights suggest that the real measure of a successful life is the love one receives from those they hold dear. He pointed out that numerous affluent individuals receive public acclaim, but lack genuine love and respect from others. Trending: Tired of Grid Failures and Charging Deserts? This Startup Has a Solar Fix and $25M+ in Sales — Buffett's viewpoint challenges the traditional definition of success, which frequently highlights personal accomplishment and wealth accumulation. He contends that a concentration on caring for others, rather than oneself, leads to greater success in areas that truly count, such as trust, respect, loyalty, and meaningful impact. Buffett's message is especially relevant in the current climate of division and widespread burnout. He proposes that a leader's legacy is not determined by their professional accomplishments, but by how they treat others. Buffett's philosophy of success, centered around love and respect, provides a fresh perspective in a world often ruled by self-interest and It Matters: Buffett's unconventional perspective on success is a timely reminder of the importance of empathy and respect in a world often driven by materialistic pursuits. His philosophy underscores the significance of human connections and the value of earning love and respect from others. This approach, centered around love and respect, offers a refreshing perspective in a world often dominated by self-interest and competition. It serves as a reminder that success is not just about wealth accumulation, but also about the positive impact one can have on others. Read Next: Named a TIME Best Invention and Backed by 5,000+ Users, Kara's Air-to-Water Pod Cuts Plastic and Costs — And You Can Invest At Just $6.37/Share These five entrepreneurs are worth $223 billion – they all believe in one platform that offers a 7-9% target yield with monthly dividends Image: Shutterstock UNLOCKED: 5 NEW TRADES EVERY WEEK. Click now to get top trade ideas daily, plus unlimited access to cutting-edge tools and strategies to gain an edge in the markets. Get the latest stock analysis from Benzinga? This article Forget 'Wealth': Warren Buffett Says This Word Is the True Measure of Success originally appeared on © 2025 Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
