Bill Gates Portfolio: 5 Stocks to Buy and Hold for Over 5 Years

In this article, we discuss the 5 stocks to buy and hold for over 5 years according to Bill Gates. If you want to read about some more stocks in the portfolio of Bill Gates, go directly to Bill Gates Portfolio: 10 Stocks to Buy and Hold for Over 5 Years. 

5. Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) 

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 63

Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) operates retail, wholesale, and other units across the world. Mandatory filings show that Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust owned more than 6.9 million shares in the company at the end of the fourth quarter of 2021 worth over $1 billion, representing 4.35% of the portfolio. The fund did not register any new activity around the stock between October and December. 

Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) has been in the Gates portfolio since the third quarter of 2012. Between June and September 2012, the fund purchased 10.6 million shares in the firm at an average price of $73.17 per share. It then added to that stake slightly in the coming quarters. The fund started dumping the stock in early 2021. It has decreased its stake in the firm by almost half in the past four quarters. 

Among the hedge funds being tracked by Insider Monkey, Washington-based investment firm Fisher Asset Management is a leading shareholder in Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) with 5 million shares worth more than $729 million.