# What value investors bought and sold in Q3 2015 | moatshark

In Q3 2015, 29 value investors filed 13Fs. The most popular buy was Alphabet, added to by 7 managers (3 buying for the first time), followed by American…

## Most bought

| Company | Buyers | New positions | Bought |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alphabet (GOOG) | 7 | 3 | $1.1bn |
| Kraft Heinz (KHC) | 6 | 6 | $23bn |
| Paypal Holdings (PYPL) | 6 | 6 | $2.6bn |
| American Express (AXP) | 6 | 0 | $815m |
| Baidu (BIDU) | 5 | 3 | $1.8bn |
| Liberty Global (LBTYA) | 5 | 1 | $384m |
| Apple (AAPL) | 5 | 0 | $150m |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 5 | 0 | $119m |
| Twenty First Centy Fox | 4 | 1 | $459m |
| 3M Company (MMM) | 4 | 1 | $127m |
| Grupo Televisa (TV) | 4 | 0 | $119m |
| Automatic Data Processing (ADP) | 4 | 0 | $91.9m |
| Pepsico (PEP) | 4 | 0 | $71.1m |
| Mastercard (MA) | 4 | 0 | $43.1m |
| Walt Disney (DIS) | 4 | 0 | $22.2m |
| Microsoft (MSFT) | 4 | 0 | $20.1m |
| Visa (V) | 4 | 0 | $13.5m |
| Mondelez International (MDLZ) | 3 | 1 | $1.8bn |
| General Electric (GE) | 3 | 1 | $1.3bn |
| Monsanto | 3 | 1 | $689m |
| Charter Communications (CHTR) | 3 | 2 | $489m |
| Harley-Davidson (HOG) | 3 | 1 | $469m |
| Capital One Financial (COF) | 3 | 1 | $442m |
| Du Pont EI de Nemours & Co | 3 | 1 | $436m |
| Schlumberger (SLB) | 3 | 0 | $432m |
| National Oilwell Varco (NOV) | 3 | 1 | $384m |
| General Motors (GM) | 3 | 0 | $356m |
| Allergan (ACT) | 3 | 1 | $335m |
| International Business Machines (IBM) | 3 | 1 | $259m |
| FedEx (FDX) | 3 | 1 | $204m |

## Most sold

| Company | Sellers | Sold out | Sold |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Visa (V) | 6 | 0 | $517m |
| Microsoft (MSFT) | 6 | 0 | $368m |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 6 | 1 | $10.1m |
| Ebay (EBAY) | 5 | 2 | $3.1bn |
| Alphabet (GOOG) | 5 | 0 | $668m |
| Precision Castparts | 5 | 2 | $640m |
| Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) | 5 | 0 | $469m |
| BNY (BK) | 5 | 0 | $423m |
| Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) | 5 | 1 | $302m |
| American Express (AXP) | 5 | 0 | $245m |
| Comcast (CMCSA) | 5 | 0 | $182m |
| Kraft Foods Group | 5 | 5 | $93.3m |
| Diageo (DEO) | 5 | 1 | $78.8m |
| International Business Machines (IBM) | 5 | 1 | $4.5m |
| Mastercard (MA) | 4 | 0 | $240m |
| General Electric (GE) | 4 | 0 | $114m |
| JPMorgan Chase (JPM) | 4 | 0 | $61.3m |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 4 | 0 | $57.3m |
| Oracle (ORCL) | 4 | 1 | $56.8m |
| Unilever (UN) | 4 | 0 | $8.3m |
| Exxon Mobil (EXMOC) | 4 | 2 | $3.1m |
| Google | 3 | 3 | $956m |
| Franklin Resources (BEN) | 3 | 0 | $862m |
| National Oilwell Varco (NOV) | 3 | 0 | $673m |
| UnitedHealth Group (UNH) | 3 | 0 | $602m |
| Loews (L) | 3 | 0 | $407m |
| Goldman Sachs Group (GS) | 3 | 0 | $379m |
| Booking Holdings (BKNG) | 3 | 0 | $226m |
| Mcdonalds (MCD) | 3 | 0 | $143m |
| Halliburton (HAL) | 3 | 0 | $125m |

## Most widely held

| Company | Managers | Value held | Largest weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alphabet (GOOG) | 14 | $9.6bn | 11.2% |
| Visa (V) | 13 | $3.6bn | 7.5% |
| Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) | 12 | $32bn | 66.1% |
| American Express (AXP) | 12 | $16bn | 8.8% |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 11 | $6.9bn | 29.4% |
| General Electric (GE) | 11 | $4.7bn | 19.5% |
| Mastercard (MA) | 11 | $4.5bn | 9.8% |
| Microsoft (MSFT) | 10 | $10bn | 19.4% |
| Apple (AAPL) | 10 | $7.5bn | 20.9% |
| US Bancorp (USB) | 10 | $4.2bn | 4.6% |
| International Business Machines (IBM) | 9 | $12bn | 18.3% |
| Pepsico (PEP) | 9 | $2.2bn | 14.7% |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 9 | $865m | 10.7% |
| Comcast (CMCSA) | 8 | $5.7bn | 23.4% |
| Bank of America (BAC) | 8 | $5.2bn | 3.8% |
| Philip Morris International (PM) | 8 | $1.6bn | 7.7% |
| Bausch Health Companies (BHC) | 7 | $14bn | 31.6% |
| BNY (BK) | 7 | $6.8bn | 10.1% |
| Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) | 7 | $6.1bn | 2.9% |
| JPMorgan Chase (JPM) | 7 | $5.0bn | 9.3% |
| Goldman Sachs Group (GS) | 7 | $4.8bn | 1.9% |
| American International Group (AIG) | 7 | $2.7bn | 3.9% |
| National Oilwell Varco (NOV) | 7 | $2.4bn | 3.9% |
| Precision Castparts | 7 | $2.0bn | 5.7% |
| 3M Company (MMM) | 7 | $1.3bn | 6.5% |
| Union Pacific (UNP) | 7 | $1.1bn | 4.1% |
| Automatic Data Processing (ADP) | 7 | $1.0bn | 5.0% |
| Walt Disney (DIS) | 7 | $376m | 11.5% |
| Kraft Heinz (KHC) | 6 | $23bn | 18.0% |
| Mondelez International (MDLZ) | 6 | $4.4bn | 26.3% |
| Procter & Gamble (PG) | 6 | $4.0bn | 4.1% |
| Liberty Global (LBTYA) | 6 | $3.6bn | 3.0% |
| Moody's (MCO) | 6 | $3.4bn | 8.2% |
| Twenty First Centy Fox | 6 | $3.1bn | 7.5% |
| Baidu (BIDU) | 6 | $2.7bn | 4.0% |
| Paypal Holdings (PYPL) | 6 | $2.6bn | 8.9% |
| Halliburton (HAL) | 6 | $2.1bn | 8.1% |
| Du Pont EI de Nemours & Co | 6 | $1.6bn | 10.6% |
| Mcdonalds (MCD) | 6 | $1.4bn | 7.0% |
| Carmax (KMX) | 6 | $1.3bn | 7.8% |

Source: SEC filings, via moatshark (https://www.moatshark.com/q/2015-q3). Values traded and returns are estimates. Not investment advice. Built 2026-10-21.