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Berkshire CEO Greg Abel has $397 billion in cash to deploy
The company already has carried out stock repurchases, with buyback activity expected to amount to a few billion dollars in the second quarter, according to the outlet.
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel is managing a very large liquidity position, with the conglomerate holding $397 billion in cash that has not yet been put to use, Yahoo Finance notes in a market-focused look at Abel’s likely options.
The outlet points to share buybacks as one area where Abel appears more willing to act than Berkshire’s longtime predecessor. It says Abel oversaw repurchases of more than a couple of hundred million dollars during his first quarter as CEO, and estimates that buybacks totaling a few billion dollars could materialize during the second quarter, though exact figures would be visible only after Berkshire’s Q2 filings.
While repurchases can return idle capital, the piece frames Abel’s longer-term objective as continued investing for long-run growth. It suggests Abel is less averse to holding certain technology names than Warren Buffett generally was, though it also says Alphabet is unlikely to be expanded because it is already among Berkshire’s largest holdings.
The article also cautions that predicting specific future moves is uncertain. It adds that it is not signaling an imminent new Nvidia position, instead pointing to other potential pathways for deploying cash tied to growth themes such as AI-related infrastructure, including the example of data center-related equities.