The Motley Fool

MARCH 23, 2024

Berkshire Hathaway has thrived under Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway is a conglomerate, owning numerous businesses across multiple industries. They are steady producers of cash flow, which is a big part of the conglomerate's growing cash stockpile. How about current shareholders? Should they hold on to the stock, or sell it?

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Financial Times M&A

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The retail network in the country has been bleeding cash and losing market share to rivals

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PE Hub

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Samyang Holdings is the holding company of Samyang Group, a Korean heritage global conglomerate that was founded in 1924. The post OpenGate Capital sells chemical manufacturer Verdant to Samyang Group for $250 million appeared first on PE Hub.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 23, 2024

More recently, he made what may be a once-in-a-generation bet on Southeast Asian conglomerate Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) after having sold most of his shares in 2022. Ultimately, internal and external factors increase the likelihood that Sea Limited will become one of the world's premier e-commerce conglomerates.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The conglomerate's stake in BofA is currently worth a whopping $30.6 billion worth of Oxy shares, enough to make it the conglomerate's sixth-largest holding. Berkshire's stake in the Japanese conglomerate totals nearly $5.6 Berkshire's stake in the conglomerate stands at nearly $2.2 Berkshire owns $13.6

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 25, 2024

Although it is the leading e-commerce conglomerate in China, its stock has suffered amid political turmoil. Still, if one can stomach the political risk, the stock could become a tremendous opportunity to buy an e-commerce conglomerate at a huge discount. Alibaba is an American Depositary Receipt rather than an actual stake in Alibaba.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 25, 2024

Marubeni is a huge Japanese conglomerate. The conglomerate secured regulatory approval in 2022 to acquire up to 50% of the company but currently owns only 28%. However, it's one of Buffett's favorite stocks. He likes the company's significant U.S. oil and gas assets and its leadership in carbon capture technology.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 22, 2024

Some will be conglomerates and operate in a few lines of business or sectors. Berkshire Hathaway is like a conglomerate on steroids; it operates in the finance, energy, utility, transportation, retail, construction, and manufacturing sectors, among others.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 12, 2024

At recent prices, shares of healthcare conglomerate CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) offer a 3.5% Know the risks CVS Health isn't the only healthcare conglomerate that knows how to successfully combine related healthcare businesses. People can avoid paying for travel and luxury goods when the economy is in a slump. dividend yield.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 11, 2024

of the conglomerate's $362 billion portfolio of publicly traded stocks and securities today. However, the conglomerate might wish it owned a larger stake in the coming years as the AI opportunity unfolds. billion, even after discounting the recent sale of 13% of the conglomerate's position. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 27, 2024

The conglomerate's 19.8% Berkshire Hathaway transformed from a failed textile business to a multinational conglomerate In the 1960s, Berkshire Hathaway was a textile manufacturing business on its final legs. Through the third quarter, the conglomerate's railroad, utilities, and energy businesses brought in $26.2 Is it a buy?

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Still, the conglomerate's lack of significant exposure to companies at the heart of the AI revolution is arguably another underappreciated risk factor. Instead, the conglomerate's equity portfolio is crafted to leverage its massive positions in dividend-paying companies, thereby creating value for shareholders through compounding.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

latest 13F filing revealed that the conglomerate trimmed its stake in Amazon by roughly 5%. However, Buffett said that several of the conglomerate's major equity holdings were overseen by the two investment managers. I wrote only a few weeks ago that Amazon ranked among three Warren Buffett stocks with strong moats to buy right now.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 23, 2024

of the conglomerate's $372 billion publicly traded stocks and securities portfolio. Berkshire bought Amazon stock in 2019, and while it only accounts for a small fraction of the conglomerate's portfolio, Buffett has often expressed regret for not buying more. Image source: The Motley Fool. Amazon: 0.5% Amazon: 0.5%

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The Motley Fool

JULY 17, 2024

General Electric built a conglomerate selling a wide range of products from plane engines to household appliances, and it became the world's first $100 billion enterprise in 1995. Alphabet is the tech conglomerate behind Google, YouTube, Waymo, DeepMind, and a host of other subsidiaries.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 8, 2024

The investment conglomerate's stake in the beverage titan is now valued at over $25 billion. These share purchases, which total over $77 billion, indicate that Buffett believes the investment conglomerate's stock is worth far more than its current price. Coca-Cola is far more than just a seller of soda.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

To shed some light on how the Oracle of Omaha's current bets on AI are positioned, two Motley Fool contributors have profiled a top AI stock in the investment conglomerate's portfolio. of Berkshire's total stock holdings, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stands as just the 23rd largest position in the conglomerate's portfolio.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 20, 2024

The wraps are finally off, with Berkshire's most recent 13-F filing disclosing all the conglomerate's equity positions as of the end of the first quarter. Shortly after taking control of Berkshire Hathaway, a mere textile company, in 1965, Buffett added an insurance business to the conglomerate. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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PE Hub

AUGUST 29, 2023

Large conglomerates are looking at their balance sheet, liquidity, cash situations and focusing in again on their core business, creating opportunity for private equity,' said von Niederhaeusern. The post BlackRock’s Nathalie von Niederhaeusern: Leaning into take-privates, carveouts appeared first on PE Hub.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 15, 2024

The diversified healthcare conglomerate sells pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and various other products worldwide through its two units: Innovative Medicine and MedTech. The healthcare conglomerate offers insurance, care, and technology solutions to a staggeringly large customer base of over 170 million people, 270,000 employers, 1.7

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 7, 2024

At the end of the first quarter, the conglomerate led by CEO Warren Buffett had over $189 billion in cash and short-term investments on its books. So relatively speaking, compared to the conglomerate's recent history, this level is pretty normal. Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) has never had more cash than it does now.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 10, 2024

Berkshire's $38 billion bet on Apple was a home run, but the conglomerate has spent nearly twice that amount since 2019 accumulating stock in another company that has nothing to do with the Magnificent Seven, or the technology sector, at all. That holding is worth just $1.7 billion since 2019 is.Berkshire Hathaway. That's right.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 12, 2024

In addition to these units, the auto conglomerate also houses businesses including Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, and Jeep. By the end of July, SoundHound integration is expected to have been launched for Peugeot, Opel, and Vauxhall vehicles in a total of 17 European markets.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 16, 2024

Meet the latest AI company to split its stock Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a tech conglomerate with operations in the semiconductor space, cybersecurity, and even cloud software, which it has built both organically and through a wave of acquisitions. Broadcom's AI revenue is soaring Broadcom generated $12.5

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 9, 2024

Even better, Buffett's success has allowed millions to get rich alongside him, especially those who invested early in his conglomerate. The chart below shows what stocks and how much the Buffett-led conglomerate purchased. . $1,000 invested in Berkshire in 1964 would be worth more than $40 million today. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The conglomerate first started buying shares in the iPhone maker during the first quarter of 2016. This sizable cash infusion would only exacerbate the conglomerate's problem. Many people believe that Warren Buffett is the greatest investor ever. As the longtime CEO of Berkshire Hathaway , he has held many winning investments.

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Financial Times M&A

MARCH 21, 2022

Warren Buffett dips into company’s $147bn cash pile to agree deal for former railway group

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 31, 2023

Moreover, the industrial conglomerate performed precisely as you might expect one to do considering the market right now, with strength in aerospace and performance materials & technologies (PMT) offsetting a slowing in Honeywell Building Technologies (HBT) and safety and productivity solutions (SPS). HON data by YCharts.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 24, 2024

Sunway, a Malaysian conglomerate, runs three hospitals in Malaysia with a combined capacity of 1,730 beds. Previous similarly sized transactions in the healthcare sector include the 2019 acquisition of Columbia Asia Hospitals in Southeast Asia by TPG and Malaysian conglomerate Hong Leong Group, valued at $1.2bn.

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Financial Times M&A

JULY 26, 2024

A focus on ‘power brands’ is the new mantra for conglomerates once known for their heft

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

According to a separate report in the Financial Times, the Skydance Media bid is more appealing to Shari Redstone, the media conglomerate’s controlling shareholder through her stake in National Amusements, although in the past she has been reluctant to part with Paramount Pictures, which her late father Sumner Redstone acquired in 1994.

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FinSMEs

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from BPEA EQT, Asia investment funds Atinum Investment and Golden Vision Capital, and corporate investment arms from Southeast Asia, including Krungsri Finnovate (under Bank of Ayudhya), Kasikornbank Financial Conglomerate and SMIC SG […] The post Klook Closes US$210M Funding (..)

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 14, 2024

Eurazeo’s target investors in Japan include local pension funds, insurance companies within Japanese conglomerates and banks, which either invest via their balance sheets or distribute products to private wealth clients. There is currently no set headcount target for the new North Asia branch.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

The beleaguered German conglomerate’s Marine Systems business makes submarines, surface vessels and naval electronics and selling a stake in the business would be a positive for Thyssenkrupp’s CEO Miguel Ángel López Borrego, who has recently suffered a series of setbacks after pledging to revive the company.

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FinSMEs

JUNE 6, 2024

Investors in Fund V include domestic and international pension funds, international banking conglomerates, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, consultants, and family offices. Yukon Partners, a Minneapolis, Boston, and West Palm Beach based private equity firm, closed Yukon Capital Partners V, L.P.,

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Financial Times M&A

MAY 30, 2024

Hanwha conglomerate argues it could help Austal build better naval ships but faces tough scrutiny

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Entrepreneur - VC

JULY 22, 2023

Smaller-scale enterprises will always struggle to gain a strategic edge against resource-rich conglomerates, but AI offers a new landscape, and there are proven ways to fuel employees' ability to embrace and maximize it. One of the most pivotal innovations that artificial intelligence offers small …

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