# What value investors bought and sold in Q1 2018 | moatshark

In Q1 2018, 32 value investors filed 13Fs. The most popular buy was Meta Platforms, added to by 8 managers (4 buying for the first time), followed by…

## Most bought

| Company | Buyers | New positions | Bought |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Meta Platforms (META) | 8 | 4 | $1.7bn |
| Alphabet (GOOG) | 8 | 0 | $699m |
| Visa (V) | 6 | 0 | $27.5m |
| Apple (AAPL) | 5 | 0 | $12bn |
| Comcast (CMCSA) | 5 | 1 | $1.2bn |
| Microsoft (MSFT) | 5 | 0 | $962m |
| Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) | 5 | 1 | $530m |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 5 | 0 | $102m |
| Liberty Latin America (LILAK) | 4 | 4 | $335m |
| US Bancorp (USB) | 4 | 0 | $207m |
| Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) | 4 | 1 | $82.5m |
| Johnson Controls International (JCI) | 3 | 0 | $1.1bn |
| Charter Communications (CHTR) | 3 | 0 | $670m |
| Carmax (KMX) | 3 | 0 | $327m |
| General Electric (GE) | 3 | 1 | $285m |
| United Technologies (UTXZ) | 3 | 1 | $267m |
| Colgate-Palmolive (CL) | 3 | 0 | $227m |
| Allergan (ACT) | 3 | 0 | $220m |
| Grupo Televisa (TV) | 3 | 0 | $214m |
| Dollar General (DG) | 3 | 0 | $203m |
| Philip Morris International (PM) | 3 | 0 | $199m |
| Capital One Financial (COF) | 3 | 1 | $149m |
| KKR & Co | 3 | 1 | $140m |
| Brown-Forman (BF.B) | 3 | 0 | $106m |
| Paypal Holdings (PYPL) | 3 | 0 | $99.2m |
| BNY (BK) | 3 | 0 | $89.5m |
| Walt Disney (DIS) | 3 | 0 | $63.3m |
| Moody's (MCO) | 3 | 0 | $44.5m |
| Liberty Capital (GLIBA) | 3 | 3 | $34.7m |
| Oracle (ORCL) | 3 | 0 | $34.2m |

## Most sold

| Company | Sellers | Sold out | Sold |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alphabet (GOOG) | 9 | 1 | $380m |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 7 | 0 | $764m |
| Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) | 7 | 1 | $314m |
| Visa (V) | 7 | 0 | $120m |
| Union Pacific (UNP) | 6 | 1 | $135m |
| American Express (AXP) | 6 | 0 | $47.1m |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 6 | 2 | $8.8m |
| Microsoft (MSFT) | 5 | 1 | $1.7bn |
| Liberty Global (LBTYA) | 5 | 0 | $900m |
| Bank of America (BAC) | 5 | 0 | $709m |
| Amazon.com (AMZN) | 5 | 2 | $533m |
| Express Scripts Holding | 5 | 4 | $528m |
| JPMorgan Chase (JPM) | 5 | 0 | $430m |
| Goldman Sachs Group (GS) | 5 | 1 | $379m |
| Mastercard (MA) | 5 | 0 | $302m |
| General Electric (GE) | 5 | 3 | $148m |
| Charles Schwab (SCHW) | 5 | 1 | $114m |
| BNY (BK) | 5 | 1 | $87.3m |
| Novartis (NVS) | 5 | 2 | $34.4m |
| Phillips 66 (PSX) | 4 | 1 | $3.5bn |
| Comcast (CMCSA) | 4 | 1 | $2.4bn |
| Apple (AAPL) | 4 | 3 | $780m |
| Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) | 4 | 2 | $565m |
| Altaba (AABA) | 4 | 2 | $505m |
| Caterpillar (CAT) | 4 | 2 | $428m |
| International Business Machines (IBM) | 4 | 2 | $320m |
| Booking Holdings (BKNG) | 4 | 0 | $297m |
| Baidu (BIDU) | 4 | 1 | $260m |
| FedEx (FDX) | 4 | 1 | $251m |
| Automatic Data Processing (ADP) | 4 | 0 | $101m |

## Most widely held

| Company | Managers | Value held | Largest weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alphabet (GOOG) | 16 | $17bn | 16.4% |
| Visa (V) | 15 | $5.3bn | 7.7% |
| Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) | 12 | $32bn | 52.1% |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 12 | $6.7bn | 43.1% |
| Mastercard (MA) | 11 | $6.6bn | 12.2% |
| US Bancorp (USB) | 11 | $5.4bn | 4.4% |
| American Express (AXP) | 9 | $19bn | 7.5% |
| Microsoft (MSFT) | 9 | $8.5bn | 9.1% |
| Comcast (CMCSA) | 9 | $6.7bn | 6.2% |
| Moody's (MCO) | 9 | $5.9bn | 26.5% |
| Meta Platforms (META) | 9 | $3.8bn | 10.2% |
| Bank of America (BAC) | 8 | $27bn | 43.0% |
| JPMorgan Chase (JPM) | 8 | $4.4bn | 7.2% |
| Union Pacific (UNP) | 8 | $2.7bn | 4.8% |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 8 | $983m | 8.7% |
| BNY (BK) | 7 | $9.0bn | 8.4% |
| Liberty Global (LBTYA) | 7 | $5.2bn | 8.9% |
| Booking Holdings (BKNG) | 7 | $3.3bn | 6.4% |
| Automatic Data Processing (ADP) | 7 | $3.0bn | 18.6% |
| Liberty Media (FWONA) | 7 | $2.6bn | 4.3% |
| General Electric (GE) | 7 | $2.3bn | 9.6% |
| Baidu (BIDU) | 7 | $2.2bn | 9.5% |
| Carmax (KMX) | 7 | $1.8bn | 9.1% |
| Apple (AAPL) | 6 | $41bn | 21.3% |
| Goldman Sachs Group (GS) | 6 | $5.9bn | 2.2% |
| Charles Schwab (SCHW) | 6 | $5.4bn | 13.5% |
| Philip Morris International (PM) | 6 | $2.3bn | 7.3% |
| United Technologies (UTXZ) | 6 | $1.8bn | 5.9% |
| 3M Company (MMM) | 6 | $1.7bn | 4.9% |
| Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) | 6 | $1.6bn | 56.9% |
| Costco Wholesale (COST) | 6 | $835m | 2.6% |
| Kraft Heinz (KHC) | 5 | $20bn | 10.7% |
| Coca-Cola (KO) | 5 | $17bn | 9.2% |
| Capital One Financial (COF) | 5 | $6.3bn | 5.5% |
| Procter & Gamble (PG) | 5 | $3.0bn | 30.3% |
| UnitedHealth Group (UNH) | 5 | $2.6bn | 2.7% |
| Mondelez International (MDLZ) | 5 | $2.5bn | 25.9% |
| O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY) | 5 | $1.2bn | 6.2% |
| Diageo (DEO) | 5 | $1.1bn | 3.5% |
| Pepsico (PEP) | 5 | $1.1bn | 9.2% |

Source: SEC filings, via moatshark (https://www.moatshark.com/q/2018-q1). Values traded and returns are estimates. Not investment advice. Built 2026-10-21.