# What value investors bought and sold in Q2 2015 | moatshark

In Q2 2015, 29 value investors filed 13Fs. The most popular buy was Alphabet, added to by 8 managers, followed by American Express and Precision…

## Most bought

| Company | Buyers | New positions | Bought |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alphabet (GOOG) | 8 | 0 | $351m |
| American Express (AXP) | 7 | 3 | $1.2bn |
| Precision Castparts | 5 | 2 | $408m |
| Bank of America (BAC) | 5 | 0 | $385m |
| National Oilwell Varco (NOV) | 5 | 0 | $251m |
| Allergan (ACT) | 4 | 4 | $545m |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 4 | 0 | $82.7m |
| Mastercard (MA) | 4 | 0 | $10.7m |
| Visa (V) | 4 | 0 | $7.4m |
| General Electric (GE) | 3 | 1 | $1.6bn |
| Apple (AAPL) | 3 | 2 | $319m |
| Brookfield (BN) | 3 | 1 | $249m |
| Pepsico (PEP) | 3 | 2 | $205m |
| Baidu (BIDU) | 3 | 1 | $185m |
| American Tower (AMT) | 3 | 2 | $177m |
| Halliburton (HAL) | 3 | 0 | $173m |
| JPMorgan Chase (JPM) | 3 | 1 | $164m |
| General Motors (GM) | 3 | 0 | $138m |
| Grupo Televisa (TV) | 3 | 0 | $64.1m |
| Tiffany & Co (TIF) | 3 | 0 | $47.6m |
| LKQ (LKQ) | 3 | 1 | $41.3m |
| United Rentals (URI) | 3 | 1 | $40.9m |
| W.W. Grainger (GWW) | 3 | 1 | $34.2m |
| M&T Bank (MTB) | 3 | 0 | $33.9m |
| Royal Dutch Shell PLC Spon (RDS.A) | 3 | 0 | $31.1m |
| Tapestry (TPR) | 3 | 0 | $20.6m |
| Walt Disney (DIS) | 3 | 0 | $6.8m |
| Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) | 3 | 0 | $3.6m |
| Comcast (CMCSA) | 2 | 1 | $814m |
| Booking Holdings (BKNG) | 2 | 1 | $798m |

## Most sold

| Company | Sellers | Sold out | Sold |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 7 | 2 | $219m |
| Microsoft (MSFT) | 7 | 1 | $102m |
| BNY (BK) | 6 | 1 | $1.2bn |
| Bausch Health Companies (BHC) | 6 | 0 | $1.0bn |
| Visa (V) | 6 | 0 | $104m |
| Mastercard (MA) | 5 | 0 | $284m |
| Diageo (DEO) | 5 | 0 | $106m |
| Union Pacific (UNP) | 5 | 1 | $73.3m |
| Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) | 5 | 0 | $49.2m |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 5 | 0 | $16.1m |
| International Business Machines (IBM) | 5 | 0 | $6.1m |
| Actavis | 4 | 4 | $936m |
| UnitedHealth Group (UNH) | 4 | 1 | $459m |
| Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) | 4 | 0 | $139m |
| Mcdonalds (MCD) | 4 | 1 | $101m |
| Comcast (CMCSA) | 4 | 0 | $69.7m |
| Oracle (ORCL) | 4 | 0 | $69.2m |
| Exxon Mobil (EXMOC) | 4 | 0 | $45.0m |
| Phillips 66 (PSX) | 4 | 1 | $19.8m |
| US Bancorp (USB) | 4 | 0 | $19.3m |
| 3M Company (MMM) | 4 | 1 | $18.6m |
| Intel (INTC) | 4 | 1 | $16.9m |
| American Express (AXP) | 4 | 0 | $16.2m |
| ConocoPhillips (COP) | 4 | 1 | $12.6m |
| Praxair (PXGBX) | 4 | 0 | $12.1m |
| Schlumberger (SLB) | 4 | 1 | $10.4m |
| Devon Energy (DVN) | 4 | 1 | $7.0m |
| Dnow (DNOW) | 4 | 0 | $5.7m |
| Procter & Gamble (PG) | 4 | 1 | $1.4m |
| TJX Companies (TJX) | 3 | 0 | $601m |

## Most widely held

| Company | Managers | Value held | Largest weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Visa (V) | 13 | $3.9bn | 7.5% |
| Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) | 12 | $36bn | 66.2% |
| American Express (AXP) | 12 | $16bn | 10.8% |
| Alphabet (GOOG) | 11 | $8.0bn | 8.6% |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 11 | $7.4bn | 29.7% |
| Mastercard (MA) | 11 | $4.8bn | 9.8% |
| Microsoft (MSFT) | 10 | $10bn | 17.5% |
| Apple (AAPL) | 10 | $8.5bn | 21.2% |
| General Electric (GE) | 10 | $3.7bn | 12.7% |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 10 | $875m | 10.6% |
| International Business Machines (IBM) | 9 | $13bn | 16.3% |
| Bank of America (BAC) | 9 | $5.4bn | 3.8% |
| US Bancorp (USB) | 9 | $4.5bn | 4.5% |
| Precision Castparts | 9 | $2.4bn | 3.7% |
| Pepsico (PEP) | 9 | $2.2bn | 16.5% |
| Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) | 8 | $7.0bn | 3.9% |
| Comcast (CMCSA) | 8 | $5.7bn | 18.7% |
| Philip Morris International (PM) | 8 | $1.6bn | 7.5% |
| Walt Disney (DIS) | 8 | $397m | 11.8% |
| Exxon Mobil (EXMOC) | 8 | $132m | 14.3% |
| Bausch Health Companies (BHC) | 7 | $17bn | 36.6% |
| BNY (BK) | 7 | $7.7bn | 12.3% |
| Goldman Sachs Group (GS) | 7 | $6.1bn | 2.4% |
| JPMorgan Chase (JPM) | 7 | $5.6bn | 9.5% |
| Diageo (DEO) | 7 | $1.1bn | 3.6% |
| Automatic Data Processing (ADP) | 7 | $948m | 4.5% |
| Schlumberger (SLB) | 6 | $5.3bn | 5.0% |
| Ebay (EBAY) | 6 | $5.3bn | 15.7% |
| Procter & Gamble (PG) | 6 | $4.3bn | 4.0% |
| Oracle (ORCL) | 6 | $4.2bn | 5.5% |
| Moody's (MCO) | 6 | $3.7bn | 9.7% |
| National Oilwell Varco (NOV) | 6 | $3.2bn | 4.8% |
| American International Group (AIG) | 6 | $2.9bn | 3.9% |
| Halliburton (HAL) | 6 | $2.6bn | 8.5% |
| Carmax (KMX) | 6 | $1.5bn | 8.1% |
| Mcdonalds (MCD) | 6 | $1.5bn | 6.3% |
| Citigroup (C) | 6 | $1.5bn | 2.2% |
| Merck & Co. (MRK) | 6 | $1.4bn | 3.0% |
| 3M Company (MMM) | 6 | $1.3bn | 6.0% |
| Costco Wholesale (COST) | 6 | $1.2bn | 1.8% |

Source: SEC filings, via moatshark (https://www.moatshark.com/q/2015-q2). Values traded and returns are estimates. Not investment advice. Built 2026-10-21.