Warren Buffett's Buys And Sells Surprisingly These Dividend Stocks

When it comes to dividends, Warren Buffett won't dish them out -- but he will take them.

Buffett has for years maintained a strict no-dividends policy at Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) (BRK.B). The conglomerate has paid only one dividend during his tenure, in 1967, and he has joked that he "must have been in the bathroom" when the decision was made.

"The question is about evaluating Berkshire when it doesn't pay any dividends," the billionaire said in a 1998 lecture at the University of Florida Business School. "And it won't pay dividends, either. That's a promise I can keep. All you get with Berkshire stock is that you can stick it in your safe deposit box, and every year you take it out and fondle it."

While Buffett won't distribute dividends to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, he has no qualms about collecting them from others. Most of the companies in his investment portfolio make regular dividend payments.

Attached you will find a list of Warren Buffett's latest stock holding buys and sells. Airlines are a major buy on Warren Buffett's shopping list.

For sure, financials, energy and media stocks are also long investment for the investment guru Warren Buffett. 

Take a look at Warren Buffett's latest investment buys and sells.

Here are the latest trades...

These Are Warren Buffett’s 5 Top Dividend Stocks

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway  isn’t known as a top dividend stock, but that doesn’t mean that Buffett doesn’t understand the power of income investing.

“The Oracle of Omaha” has maintained a strict no-dividend policy at the insurance giant for years. Since 1962, Berkshire has paid out only one distribution to shareholders; Warren Buffett even joked he, “must have been in the bathroom,” when that decision was made.

But while he may be stingy with shareholders, Buffett doesn’t mind collecting dividends himself. Every year, the conglomerate earns billions in distributions.

His portfolio has become a virtual “who’s who” of top dividend stocks.So if you’re looking for yield, you could do worse than skimming through Berkshire’s holdings.

No, the company isn’t a good idea for income investing, but Warren Buffett’s portfolio is filled with some of the best dividend stocks around. Here are five:

Here Is How Warren Buffett's Top Holdings Generate Outperformance

With all respect, Warren Buffett is the idol for the common investor. He came out of the middle class and created a fortune of over 50 billion out of nothing.

But his performance lacks behind the market. Does his strategy still work? Attached you will find a detail overview of his 10 top holding. Most of them underperformed the market in recent years.

The top holdings are shown in the table below, realized a yearly return of just 6.62%. Check out the list below where you can also find more statistics.

Recently, I wrote about Warren Buffett's latest portfolio movements. You can read the article here. Warren Buffett's Latest Portfolio Transactions.

Here are Warren Buffett's top holdings in detail...

Warren Buffett's 8 Latest Strategic Stock Movements In Detail

In its latest regulatory filing, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway didn't report too many big surprises, but there were a few notable moves. 

Specifically, it appears that Buffett is betting on a rebound in energy and commodity prices, and is harvesting some of his gains elsewhere.

Attached, at the end of this article, you will find a detailed view on his latest buys and sells.

Dividend stocks are in main focus and you will find a detailed introduction of Warren's latest dividend stock buys and sells of the quarter.

Here are the dividend stocks Warren Buffett bought and sold out during Q4/2015...

Warren Buffett Sells This First Class Stock And Buys Another Profit Machine

Warren Buffett is one of the most successful investors due to is massive investment success. His strategy is classified as value growth, a combination of value and growth.

Recently, I watched his latest portfolio activities via 13F fillings. As a result, we know that he bought one new stock and increased two additional stakes.

On the sell side, he sold out two companies and reduced three stocks. The biggest of them by investment amount were Philips 66, followed by Viacom.

Do you believe that Buffett is right with the stake reduction of Viacom? I don't think so. For sure, Charter is a better growth pick but if Viacom changes it's strategy from a buyback value pick to a growth stock, there could be a huge potential for investors.

However, these are the latest stock purchases by Warren Buffett. Attached is also a list of stocks with all activities of the recent quarter. Please leave a comment if you have something to discuss. Thank you.

Here are the results of the latest buys and sells....

Warren Buffett Buys Precision Castparts. These Are 11 Dividend Alternatives From The Industry

Warren Buffett used his trigger to shoot a white elephant. He announced to buy Precision Castparts, a metal fabrication company with focus on the aero plane industry.

PCP is a huge investment for Warren Buffett.

Today I like to introduce some alternatives from the same industry. 18 public listed companies are located to the metal fabricaton industry but only 6 stocks have a market capitalization of more than 1 billion USD.

There is a huge conentration in the industry. PCP next competitor, Tenaris, has a 15 billion market cap, nealy half the value Warren Buffett paid for PCP.

However, here are the best dividend picks from the metal fabrication industry...

8 Small Cap Dividend Growth Stocks Warren Buffett Would Love

Today I'd like to share small-capstocks with businesses that are both understandable and durable, but trade at prices I personally deem too high. All businesses have traits Buffett would love: durable brands, strong competitive positions, and low-cost advantages. If Mr. Market gives me a deal, I'll be buying shares of each with both hands.

The fascinating thing about low market valuations is that the company can grow at a faster pace because their current market potential seems to be enormous.

The bad thing about those stocks is that they offer a higher risk. However, let's try the screen and face the facts.

Here are the results:

Warren Buffett Sells These 7 Stocks

Recently, I wrote about the great value investor, Warren Buffett and introduced his latest dividend stock buys. This blog is dedicated to stocks with a long history of dividend growth.

I like those stocks, especially when they offer a bigger part of safeness due to a large diversification.

Today I like to show you those stocks that Warren Buffett sold within the recent quarter. In total, he decreased seven positions.

These are the results with the highest dividend yield....

Warren Buffett Buys Surprisingly These 8 Dividend Stocks

Warren Buffett is one of the most respected investors on the market at current times.

He created a massive portfolio in his life which is worth around $107 billion. Recently, Warren announced his latest stock buys and sells during the past quarter. 

His moves are watched closely because value and dividend growth investors try to catch a new idea from his thoughts and strategic buys and sells.

During the past quarter, Warren bought eight stocks and reduced seven positions. He did not close a full position or initiated a new.

The biggest acquisition by value was Wells Fargo, followed by Visa. Most of his stock increases had a P/E of less than 15 and pay a dividend.

These are the latest dividend stock buys from Warren Buffett from Q1/2015...

Warren Buffett's 10 Highest Yielding Dividend Stocks

Warren Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time. He reached a major track record over the past decades and impressed the whole investment community.

Warren is also famous for living modestly and investing in products that can be easily understood by anyone. What he buys and own catches major attention for investors because it could be a return promise.

Check out Warren Buffett's latest dividend portfolio here: 10 Most Popular Dividend Stocks Bought By Investment Gurus

Today I would like to show you the highest yielding stocks in Warren Buffett's portfolio. As of now, he owns 47 stocks that have a total value of 109.365 billion. Nearly half of his investments have a relationship to the financial sector.

Here are ten of the stocks with the highest dividend yield, 3 percecnt or more, that we should all seriously consider for our portfolios:

The Secret Guide to Stocks That Warren Buffett Targets

When you look for attractive investment opportunities, you might have taken a deeper look at the activities of the professionals like George Soros, Bill Ackman or Warren Buffett.

Warren Buffett is one of the most respected investors in the world and his investment criteria are simple: Buy a growing business with inimitable assets at a reasonable price. Here are his criteria from his annual letter in detail:

(1) Large purchases (at least $75 million of pre-tax earnings unless the business will fit into one of our existing units), 

(2) Demonstrated consistent earning power (future projections are of no interest to us, nor are “turnaround” situations), 

(3) Businesses earning good returns on equity while employing little or no debt, 

(4) Management in place (we can’t supply it), 

(5) Simple businesses (if there’s lots of technology, we won’t understand it), 

(6) An offering price (we don’t want to waste our time or that of the seller by talking, even preliminarily, about a transaction when price is unknown).

It sounds simple but often it is hard to find concrete stocks that could meet his restrictions.

Today I like to close this gap by introducing some stocks that would appear on Warren Buffett's investing radar.

These are the results....

10 Most Popular Dividend Stocks Bought By Investment Gurus

Recently I published an article about Warren Buffett's latest dividend stock buys and sells of the recent quarter.

I'm ever surprised about his new investment. He bought Deere, a great company with high market share in the farmer’s equipment segment, while I was selling it due to high debt loads and operational headwinds.

You also may like my article about 10 stocks with the highest Share Buyback Program on the market.

Today I like to show you what the other super investors like George Soros, David Tepper, Bill Ackman, Bruce Berkowitz or others bought during the latest quarter. Each of the attached stocks were bought at least four times by one of the 60+ superinvestors.

It's a clear signal. They put money into the oil services industry. Drilling and exploration companies- Those are suffering mostly from the low oil price. Is it an anti-cyclic bet? What do you think; please share your thoughts by leaving a small comment.

These are my main favorites from the list....

Warren Buffett Buys Surprisingly These 9 Top Dividend Stocks

Warren Buffett is one of the most respected investors on the market. When he invests, it’s mostly a guarantee for follow investors to make money but as we have seen in the past, it’s often not true.

Warren makes mistakes when you think on the investments in Exxon, Tesco, DaVita or even ConocoPhillips.

However, it's always good to know what moves he makes and he did a big shot during the latest quarter. Let's take a deeper look at his dividend picks. Here are the results: Warren Buffett's latest Stock Buys and Sells.

If you like more results from the big investor, you should read my latest article about the Q3/2014 Warren Buffett stock moves.

Warren Buffett’s latest dividend stock buys are...

Warren Buffett Buys Surprisingly These 8 Dividend Stocks

Warren Buffett released recently his Portfolio movements via 13F. 

I cover his investment changes and like to share my thoughts about his latest moves with you here on my blog. 

Sure, I like to keep my focus on dividend stocks but you will also get his non-dividend payer stock buys and sells.

During the past quarter, Warren bought 11 stocks of which eight pay a dividend. Four stocks were reduced and one, Deere, were sold out by the investment guru from Omaha.

General Motors and Suncor Energy are his highest yielding stock purchases from the past quarter. Completely new shares in his asset vehicle were Express Scripts Holdings, the health care plans operator.

In addition he added Visa and MasterCard. The trend of paying cash-less is fully intact and gains more and more momentum.

Also Wal-Mart and IBM shares were increased by Buffett. Below is a full list of his latest stock movements.

Here are Warren Buffett's latest dividend paying stock buys:

8 Stocks to Beat Warren Buffett's Portfolio Return Easily

Warren Buffett is one of the most trusted investors in the world. When he put money on the table, many institutional investors follow his moves and discover if they could make any money with the stocks he has chosen.

When I look at the recent earnings figures of some of his investments, I saw that many stocks reported results not in-line with investor’s expectations. As a result, they got sold massively out.

IBM, Coca Cola, Tesco, Exxon and now diabetes drug maker Sanofi who lost yesterday nine percent. Are these long-term opportunities or will they run flat in the future? I don't know but what I know is that some of the past results of those companies are not comparable to the current economic environment.

I personally checked some of his new investments and came to the result that Warren is building a new investment company, based on energy and capital intensive stocks. 

I'm a fundamental driven growth investors who love to see that the company is paying a good part of its free cash flow to shareholders.

You also may like: 10 Stocks With The Highest Share Buyback Volume In 2014

The market has many great companies to offer which have doubled sales in the past decade and paid 40 percent of the current stock price in dividends over the recent ten years. That's a good number in my view.

Today, when the markets have recovered, I start a new screen of high-quality dividend stocks with attractive fundamentals. I know that it is hard to find cheap companies in highly valuated markets but sometimes we must be creative to calculate the real values.

Below are five ideas with double digit-expected earnings per share growth figures for the next five years. They have also a lower beta than the overall market and acceptable debt-to-equity ratios.

I've compiled many stocks from different sectors and industries in order to create a good diversification. What do you think about my new ideas? Are they good enough to buy or do you still have some of them? Please let me know and thank you for reading and commenting.

These are my results:

Warren Buffett Buys An Auto Dealer - Here Are 5 Top Dividend Paying Alternatives

Yesterday, news jumped into the market: The oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett the mastermind behind the investment holding Berkshire Hathaway, bought an auto dealer. What - Auto and Dealer?

Yes, Buffett acquired an auto dealer. He still owns shares of car manufacturer General Motors and adds a fully business from the distribution site. The company named Van Tuyl Group and generated sales of just under USD 8 billion.

Van Tuyl Group says it is the biggest privately owned auto dealership group in the U.S. It has 78 independently operated dealerships and more than 100 franchises in 10 states. The company will be renamed Berkshire Hathaway Automotive and be based in Dallas.

The deal comes amid ongoing consolidation in the industry. Publicly traded giants, including Florida-based AutoNation and Oregon-based Lithia Motors have been snapping up smaller retail chains, often run by families who have been selling cars for generations.

It also could be possible that Buffett buys the Van Tuyl Group in order to create a new channel to sell auto insurance policies.

You also may like this: 3 Fairly Priced High-Margin Stocks Warren Buffett Would Like

I've also had some of my eyes on auto parts and car dealers in the past. The main problem was for me that they have no good diversification abroad. Most companies generate revenues in the United States but they have shown strong growth.

Below are five dividend paying alternatives from the auto dealership industry. Most of the industry members pay no dividends but for nearly all, double-digit earnings growth is predicted. If you like to follow my stories, please subscribe my blog news.

5 dividend paying auto dealers are..

3 Fairly Priced High-Margin Stocks Warren Buffett Would Like

Everybody wants to make money, big money over the long-haul. You put money into a stock and get twice of this amount back in 10 years. That's great and I have often invested into stocks that doubled in a decade easily.

Today I like to come back to return. It's very important to see that the company makes good profits on its annual sales. The higher the margin, net or operational, the better is the market dominance of the firm.

I like companies with high margins, Google and Apple have unbelievable high margins. You might wonder but they have no direct competition and can charge customers each price they want, there is no alternative and if you need those products or you think you must have them, you must pay the bill.

You also may like: These 7 Dividend Cash Cows Produce Money Like Milk

Warren Buffett is also a great investor who invested into stocks that produce high returns on invested capital. It's the guarantee that the firm makes internal revenues which could be used to pay investors.

I ran a screen that searched for the accompanying criteria: 

- Average returns on invested capital > 12% over the last 5 years
- Current return on invested capital > its 5-year average 

I sifted further for organizations with a long history of solid sales and profit improvements combined with robust, and enhancing, net revenues that are not profoundly leveraged by debt. I added the accompanying extra criteria: 

- Average sales growth > 10% over the last 5 years

- Average EPS growth > 10% over the last 5 years

- Average operating profit margin > 10% over the last 5 years

- Current operating profit margin > its 5-year average

3 companies jumped on top of my screen. Very informative...

Best Warren Buffett Documentary Ever!

Hello investment guys, hope you have a great day. I've stumbled and found a great documentary about the big long-term investor Warren E. Buffett. The film is around 45 minutes long but gives a great overview of his life. Very informative.

I hope you also get inspired and it helps you to perform your own investment style.

Investing is about passion and not to make money. I and my friends and community also very frugal persons who loves to invest. 

Honesty is also important. Don't cheat and have a good taste of humor.

Sound check...Testing....one million, two million, three million..Great :-)

 

Warren Buffett Buys Surprisingly These 8 Dividend Stocks (WMT, GM, IBM, VZ ...)

Warren Buffett is one of the most trusted investors in the world. Recently, he came out with his 13F Filling which informs about the recent investment activity.

I studied Warren's latest buys and sells. My thoughts are clear: He invest into calbe and telecom stocks. Below is a small overview of his latest purchases. In addition, I've implemented a detailed view on his latest dividend buys for you.

In total, Warren bought 13 stocks of which eight pay dividends. The highest yielding company was the telcom company Verizon followed by the car maker General Motors.

His total portfolio value hit the USD 107 billion benchmark and around 65 percent of his assets are invested into four companies (Wells Fargo, Coca Cola, American Express and IBM as well).

45 percent of his assets have a relationship to the financial sector. Insurance stocks have made him rich in the past but I think those shares were only a strong cash source for further investments. 

Buffett is a great investors with a fantastic sense for good investments but everybody should develop his own investment style.

Warren Buffett's Latest Dividend Stock Buys/Sells And His Portfolio - Q1/2014

Warren Buffett is one of the most observed investment gurus on the stock market. Each transaction he made will be discussed by thousands of analysts and investors. Today, I would like to highlight the latest dividend stock buys from Warren Buffett.

During the latest fiscal quarter, Warren added six stocks and purchased two new stock positions. The biggest influence to his portfolio had Wal-Mart and Verizon with a 62 and 50 percentage points.

On the short side, he reduced four stocks. Phillips 66 and General Motors were the most influential stocks.

Warren Buffett's latest dividend stock buys...