3 Stocks Greg Abel, Warren Buffett's Successor, May Be Watching in 2026

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James Brumley, The Motley Fool

Tue, January 6, 2026 astatine 11:33 AM CST 4 min read

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It's official. Warren Buffett is nary longer the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). He stepped down from this relation astatine the extremity of past year, passing the torch to Greg Abel. From this constituent on, it's Abel who volition beryllium yet liable for approving the conglomerate's banal picks.

And this begs the question ... however mightiness Berkshire's stock-picking alteration with Buffett nary longer astatine the helm? Only clip volition genuinely tell. But, fixed what we cognize astir Abel -- and Berkshire Hathaway -- we tin travel up with immoderate tenable guesses arsenic to astatine slightest 3 stocks the caller main enforcement whitethorn already beryllium eying.

Warren Buffett repeatedly said helium had nary involvement successful Berkshire owning the entirety of lipid and state outfit Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY). But Abel mightiness consciousness differently. His inheritance is successful the vigor space, aft all. He was an enforcement with inferior outfit CalEnergy/MidAmerican Energy erstwhile Berkshire acquired the institution backmost successful 1999, aft all, becoming CEO of the enactment that would yet go Berkshire Hathaway Energy.

In different words, he's not precisely unfamiliar with the vigor industry.

Meanwhile, Berkshire already owns 27% of Occidental. In an situation wherever Abel is going to conflict arsenic overmuch arsenic Buffett did to find compelling concern opportunities, this lipid institution whitethorn beryllium astatine the apical of immoderate database of thing constructive to bargain with the conglomerate's existent currency hoard of $382 billion.

Buffett ne'er wholly warmed up to exertion stocks. But his aversion astatine slightest cooled capable to let 17.8 cardinal shares of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) into Berkshire's portfolio during the 3rd 4th of past year. That's much than $5 cardinal worthy of Google's genitor institution today, though that's inactive little than 2% of the full worth of Berkshire Hathaway's banal portfolio.

Abel whitethorn not person the aforesaid aversion to exertion names that Buffett did, however. Abel whitethorn besides admit there's small constituent successful owning comparatively tiny positions successful immoderate stock. Given however Alphabet is simply a well-proven and well-positioned maturation name, there's immoderate logic to the thought of adding much to the existing position.