Key Takeaways
- Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway purchased 763,017 shares of Occidental Petroleum on Friday for $35.7 million, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.
- The investment firm has grown its stake in recent years, but Buffett has said he has no interest in taking a majority ownership stake in the company.
- The stock has dropped about 17% over the past year.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) purchased 763,017 shares of Occidental Petroleum (OXY) on Friday for $35.7 million, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.
Berkshire Hathaway has grown its stake in the Houston-based energy company in recent years, with the latest purchase bringing its stake in the company up to 28.2%.
Berkshire also has warrants to buy another 83.9 million shares of the company for $59.62 each, or roughly $5 billion in total, after helping finance Occidental's acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum in 2019.
Despite the continued investments, Buffett has said Berkshire 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:does not intend to take control of the company. Occidental was Berkshire’s sixth-largest holding as of the end of the third quarter, according to a November filing.
Occ🐼idental shares slid 1.7% to $47.82 Wednesday, and have lost about 17% over the past year.