Exited position

Warren Buffett’s Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) position

Reported position history, portfolio importance and verified filing changes from public SEC disclosures.

Berkshire HathawayVerified through Q2 2026
Relationship snapshot

At a glance

The full verified relationship, including prior ownership episodes and exits where supported.

First reportedQ4 2001Earliest verified positive filing snapshot
Latest statusExited positionBased on the latest supported relationship state
Peak shares479.70MHighest verified quarter-end share count
Quarters reported76Verified quarters with shares above zero
What happened?

Berkshire Hathaway first reported Wells Fargo & Co in Q4 2001. The reported position was increased and reduced across later filings. The latest verified relationship event shows that Berkshire Hathaway sold the entire position in Q1 2022, and the stock is no longer reported in the latest verified portfolio.

Verified SEC history

Position over time

See the same verified relationship through reported shares, portfolio weight or reported value.

Metric

Gaps indicate periods that cannot be safely connected or where a verified corporate action changes the raw share scale. Stock price, when available, is market context and not a transaction price.

Key filing events

What changed

Latest filing plus the most meaningful reported changes. Unchanged quarters are collapsed by default.

Q1 2022
Sold the entire position−675.05K shares · No shares reported at quarter-end
Q1 2021
Sold 98.7% of the position−51.75M shares · 675.05K shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $39.07 · Estimated holding basis $27.15

Q4 2020
Sold 58.8% of the position−74.96M shares · 52.42M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $30.18 · Estimated holding basis $27.15

Q3 2020
Sold 46.4% of the position−110.20M shares · 127.38M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $23.51 · Estimated holding basis $27.15

Q2 2020
Sold 26.5% of the position−85.63M shares · 237.58M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $25.60 · Estimated holding basis $27.15

Q4 2019
Sold 14.6% of the position−55.16M shares · 323.21M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $53.80 · Estimated holding basis $27.15

31 unchanged quarters are collapsed by default.

Portfolio importance

How important was Wells Fargo & Co in Berkshire Hathaway’s reported portfolio?

Relative importance is measured only within the verified primary non-option reported portfolio for each quarter.

Last reported portfolio weight0.0%Q4 2021
Last reported rank#39of 44 reported positions
Peak portfolio weight24.1%Q2 2015
Best historical rank#1Q3 2008
At peak importanceQ2 2015
WFC
24.1%
Largest holding
24.1%
Cross-investor discovery

Who else owns Wells Fargo & Co?

Also reported by 3 other tracked investors in their latest verified filings.

Ray DalioBridgewater Associates, LP
WFC0.4% of reported portfolio
Joel GreenblattGotham Asset Management
WFC0.0% of reported portfolio
Tom RussoGardner Russo & Quinn · formerly Gardner Russo & Gardner
WFC0.0% of reported portfolio
Explore Wells Fargo & Co across all tracked investors →
SEC evidence & methodology

SEC filing evidence

Market context and filing-derived values are kept separate from actual transaction prices, which 13F filings do not disclose.

Latest verified stock price$90.292026-09-11

Market context only; not an investor transaction price.

Latest verified investor filingQ2 2026 · filed 2026-08-14
Open SEC filing ↗

This tracker follows Berkshire Hathaway’s Form 13F disclosures. It is not Warren Buffett’s personal brokerage account, and 13F filings do not reveal exact trade dates or execution prices.