Overview
- Yahoo Finance highlights seven Berkshire-held stocks with dividend yields above the S&P 500’s roughly 1.7% payout.
- Berkshire does not pay a dividend, aligning with Warren Buffett’s guideline to distribute cash only when reinvestment cannot create more than $1 of value per $1 retained.
- Selected examples include Chevron at about 4.5%, Coca-Cola at 3.04%, and Kroger at 2.03%.
- Berkshire’s Japanese positions include Mitsubishi at 2.83% and Itochu at 2.41%, with reporting noting a strategy to hedge currency risk and capture a dividend–debt spread.
- Since 1965, Berkshire’s stock has compounded at nearly 20% annually, roughly double the S&P 500 over that period.