# What value investors bought and sold in Q1 2015 | moatshark

In Q1 2015, 29 value investors filed 13Fs. The most popular buy was Halliburton, added to by 6 managers, followed by Microsoft and Visa.

## Most bought

| Company | Buyers | New positions | Bought |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Halliburton (HAL) | 6 | 0 | $1.1bn |
| Microsoft (MSFT) | 6 | 1 | $964m |
| Visa (V) | 6 | 0 | $269m |
| Bank of America (BAC) | 6 | 1 | $196m |
| Medtronic (MDT) | 5 | 5 | $1.6bn |
| Alphabet (GOOG) | 5 | 1 | $963m |
| Precision Castparts | 5 | 2 | $910m |
| Mastercard (MA) | 5 | 0 | $10.8m |
| Schlumberger (SLB) | 4 | 0 | $894m |
| Baker Hughes | 4 | 0 | $796m |
| JPMorgan Chase (JPM) | 4 | 0 | $530m |
| Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) | 4 | 0 | $387m |
| National Oilwell Varco (NOV) | 4 | 0 | $301m |
| Twenty First Centy Fox | 4 | 0 | $192m |
| Liberty Global (LBTYA) | 4 | 1 | $144m |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 4 | 0 | $30.3m |
| Time Warner Cable | 3 | 0 | $786m |
| Actavis | 3 | 2 | $586m |
| General Electric (GE) | 3 | 0 | $541m |
| Express Scripts Holding | 3 | 0 | $450m |
| American Express (AXP) | 3 | 1 | $301m |
| W.W. Grainger (GWW) | 3 | 2 | $283m |
| Mondelez International (MDLZ) | 3 | 0 | $261m |
| Wesco International (WCC) | 3 | 2 | $130m |
| American International Group (AIG) | 3 | 0 | $111m |
| Discovery Communications Inc S (DISCK) | 3 | 2 | $80.2m |
| General Motors (GM) | 3 | 0 | $39.2m |
| Booking Holdings (BKNG) | 3 | 0 | $35.6m |
| Deere & Co (DE) | 3 | 0 | $28.3m |
| Verisk Analytics (VRSK) | 3 | 1 | $19.2m |

## Most sold

| Company | Sellers | Sold out | Sold |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 9 | 2 | $333m |
| BNY (BK) | 6 | 0 | $612m |
| Mcdonalds (MCD) | 6 | 1 | $400m |
| Medtronic | 5 | 5 | $1.6bn |
| Comcast (CMCSA) | 5 | 0 | $160m |
| American Express (AXP) | 5 | 0 | $131m |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 5 | 0 | $9.7m |
| Walt Disney (DIS) | 5 | 0 | $9.6m |
| Coca-Cola (KO) | 5 | 1 | $5.4m |
| International Business Machines (IBM) | 5 | 0 | $2.7m |
| Allergan | 4 | 4 | $6.0bn |
| Moody's (MCO) | 4 | 0 | $440m |
| Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) | 4 | 0 | $329m |
| Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) | 4 | 0 | $244m |
| Union Pacific (UNP) | 4 | 0 | $220m |
| Mcgraw Hill Financial | 4 | 2 | $159m |
| Carmax (KMX) | 4 | 0 | $159m |
| Visa (V) | 4 | 0 | $159m |
| Microsoft (MSFT) | 4 | 0 | $116m |
| ConocoPhillips (COP) | 4 | 0 | $85.5m |
| Philip Morris International (PM) | 4 | 1 | $55.9m |
| Mastercard (MA) | 4 | 0 | $35.7m |
| Goldman Sachs Group (GS) | 4 | 0 | $23.0m |
| General Electric (GE) | 4 | 0 | $19.1m |
| US Bancorp (USB) | 4 | 0 | $4.7m |
| Unilever (UN) | 4 | 0 | $1.2m |
| Procter & Gamble (PG) | 4 | 0 | $832k |
| Pepsico (PEP) | 4 | 0 | $815k |
| FedEx (FDX) | 3 | 0 | $997m |
| Family Dlr Stores | 3 | 1 | $882m |

## Most widely held

| Company | Managers | Value held | Largest weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 13 | $7.9bn | 30.6% |
| Visa (V) | 13 | $3.9bn | 7.5% |
| Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) | 12 | $35bn | 67.3% |
| Microsoft (MSFT) | 11 | $9.5bn | 16.9% |
| Alphabet (GOOG) | 11 | $8.2bn | 9.2% |
| Mastercard (MA) | 11 | $4.7bn | 9.3% |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 10 | $876m | 11.0% |
| American Express (AXP) | 9 | $15bn | 11.1% |
| International Business Machines (IBM) | 9 | $13bn | 15.4% |
| Bank of America (BAC) | 9 | $4.6bn | 3.4% |
| US Bancorp (USB) | 9 | $4.5bn | 4.8% |
| General Electric (GE) | 9 | $2.1bn | 2.4% |
| BNY (BK) | 8 | $8.6bn | 14.2% |
| Apple (AAPL) | 8 | $8.2bn | 20.5% |
| Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) | 8 | $8.1bn | 4.6% |
| Precision Castparts | 8 | $2.2bn | 3.7% |
| Pepsico (PEP) | 8 | $2.0bn | 20.5% |
| Philip Morris International (PM) | 8 | $1.5bn | 7.2% |
| Walt Disney (DIS) | 8 | $362m | 12.3% |
| Exxon Mobil (EXMOC) | 8 | $178m | 14.1% |
| Bausch Health Companies (BHC) | 7 | $16bn | 35.6% |
| Goldman Sachs Group (GS) | 7 | $5.6bn | 2.2% |
| Schlumberger (SLB) | 7 | $5.2bn | 4.8% |
| Comcast (CMCSA) | 7 | $4.7bn | 3.2% |
| Procter & Gamble (PG) | 7 | $4.5bn | 4.3% |
| National Oilwell Varco (NOV) | 7 | $3.2bn | 4.7% |
| Halliburton (HAL) | 7 | $2.9bn | 8.2% |
| Mcdonalds (MCD) | 7 | $1.7bn | 6.6% |
| Merck & Co. (MRK) | 7 | $1.5bn | 3.0% |
| Citigroup (C) | 7 | $1.4bn | 2.0% |
| 3M Company (MMM) | 7 | $1.4bn | 4.9% |
| Union Pacific (UNP) | 7 | $1.3bn | 3.5% |
| Diageo (DEO) | 7 | $1.2bn | 3.5% |
| Coca-Cola (KO) | 6 | $16bn | 15.1% |
| Ebay (EBAY) | 6 | $5.2bn | 16.4% |
| JPMorgan Chase (JPM) | 6 | $4.8bn | 8.9% |
| Oracle (ORCL) | 6 | $4.5bn | 6.0% |
| Moody's (MCO) | 6 | $3.6bn | 16.4% |
| Intel (INTC) | 6 | $2.9bn | 3.2% |
| Mondelez International (MDLZ) | 6 | $2.3bn | 24.0% |

Source: SEC filings, via moatshark (https://www.moatshark.com/q/2015-q1). Values traded and returns are estimates. Not investment advice. Built 2026-10-21.