The US insurance and investment company Berkshire Hathaway raised the investment ratio of 5 Japanese trading company stocks. Excluding corporate shares held by each company, the average holding ratio is over 8.5%.
It is said that the total value of shares of the five companies ITOCHU Corporation, Marubeni Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsui & Co., and Sumitomo Corporation greatly exceeds the value of shares of listed companies in any country held by Berkshire other than the United States.
There is a possibility that the investment ratio will be raised to 9.9% for any of the five companies, but there are no plans to make further investments unless there is special approval from the board of directors of the investee companies.
Mitsubishi Corporation 6.59% → 8.31% (+ 1.72%)
ITOCHU 6.21% → 7.47% (+ 1.26%)
Mitsui & Co. 6.62% → 8.09% (+ 1.47%)
Marubeni 6.75% → 8.30% (+ 1.55%)
Sumitomo Corporation 6.57% → 8.23% (+ 1.66%)
It was decided that there is a possibility that the investment ratio will increase to 9.9% for the purpose of long-term ownership.
According to Berkshire, the current shareholding ratio is average8.5%It is strong, and the total investment amount is the largest among listed stocks outside the US.
The stock prices of the five major trading companies have all risen by 30% or more since the beginning of the year.
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