5 Best Financial Stocks to Buy According to Warren Buffett

4. Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO)

Berkshire Hathaway’s Stake: $10.8 Billion

Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) is one of the most prominent long-term bets of Berkshire Hathaway. The stock has consistently featured in the 13F portfolio of the hedge fund since the fourth quarter of 2010. Back then, this position comprised more than 28 million shares. This holding stayed constant till mid-2013, when the fund reduced the stake by more than 12%, taking ownership to over 24 million shares. Another 1% reduction to this holding was made in late 2013. Since then, no changes have been registered against this holding. Filings for the first quarter of 2026 show that the fund owned 24.6 million shares in the firm.

Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) recently beat market expectations on earnings per share and revenue for the first quarter of 2026, demonstrating that the dual-engine business model, Ratings and Analytics, is operating at peak efficiency. The firm posted an adjusted EPS of $4.33, comfortably beating Wall Street consensus projections of $4.26 per share. Total revenue climbed to $2.08 billion, driven by a recovery in global credit markets. While debt issuance volumes can fluctuate with macro cycles, hedge funds are highly attracted to the predictability of the Moody’s Analytics segment, which acts as a recurring software-as-a-service engine.