3 No-Brainer Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy Right Now

Key Points

• Coca-Cola is a consumer staples giant, performing relatively well, and is reasonably priced.

• Chevron is a diversified energy company with improving business fundamentals that is built to survive the industry's swings.

• Pool Corp. is a niche retailer with a model that is inherently growth-focused.

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If you have been around Wall Street long enough, you know the name Warren Buffett and the company he oversees, Berkshire Hathaway. Despite running a company, Buffett is best known as a stock picker.

And three no-brainer stocks he owns within Berkshire Hathaway right now are Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and Pool Corp. (NASDAQ: POOL). Here's why you might want to follow his lead on one or more of these publicly traded stocks.

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What does Buffett do?

Buffett is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a business that is a widely diversified conglomerate. It's operated more like a mutual fund than a company, with Buffett and his team selecting companies to invest in or buy outright.

Once a business is in the portfolio, Buffett is hands off, letting the company's existing management team do its thing. He only steps in if there is a specific need.

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In essence, Berkshire Hathaway is Warren Buffett's investment vehicle. So what really matters is the way he invests. While he doesn't give specifics, he has provided a broad overview: Buy well-run businesses while they are attractively priced and then hold for the long term to benefit from a company's growth.

And that is the background to keep in mind as you look at Coca-Cola, Chevron, and Pool Corp., three attractive investment candidates currently residing in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio.

1. Coca-Cola is reasonably priced and performing well

Coca-Cola is one of the largest consumer staples companies in the world, with a focus on the beverage niche, with brands that are iconic. The company is a powerhouse in distribution, marketing, and research and development. It is a great business, highlighted by its status as a Dividend King, with over six decades of annual payout increases.

What's attractive about Coca-Cola right now is that the business is outperforming key peers and the stock is attractively priced. On the valuation front, the price-to-sales, price-to-earnings, and price-to-book-value ratios are all below their five-year averages.

It isn't dirt cheap, per se, but with organic sales that are growing twice as fast as the No. 2 beverage maker, Coca-Cola's valuation still looks quite appealing right now.

2. Chevron is built to survive

Oil prices swing between extremes, but that hasn't stopped Chevron from increasing its dividend annually for 38 consecutive years. That's a testament to the strength of its integrated energy business model, which is diversified across the industry's three segments: the upstream (energy production), the midstream (pipelines), and the downstream (chemicals and refining). Chevron also has one of the strongest balance sheets among its integrated energy peers.

The stock is attractive today for a couple of reasons. First, its 4.3% dividend yield is well above the roughly 3.2% of the average energy stock. Second, its business fortunes have turned for the better of late, with a troubled merger finally being completed and its politically complex Venezuelan investments starting to function more normally.

If you are looking for an energy stock, Chevron is a no-brainer today and, frankly, a pretty solid choice most of the time.

3. Pool Corp. is growth-focused

Pool Corp. is going to be the hardest company to love on this list because its stock price has fallen more than 40% from its 2021 highs. Back then, investors were extrapolating elevated demand for pools during the pandemic period way too far into the future. When demand for new pools cooled off, so did Pool Corp.'s stock price.

However, the business includes both new pool construction and the maintenance of existing pools. So every new pool that's built adds to this niche retailer's customer base because not maintaining a pool leads to an ugly mess in your backyard.

Pool Corp. is also expanding its retail footprint, adding another layer of growth. Essentially, this is a deeply unloved growth stock that could be well-suited for those who think in decades and not days. If you can hold for the long term like Buffett, Pool Corp. could be for you.

Make sure your investments fit your needs

Coca-Cola, Chevron, and Pool Corp. are very different businesses, speaking to the eclectic nature of Buffett's investment approach. They probably won't all be a good fit for your portfolio, highlighting the fact that you shouldn't just buy a stock because a famous investor has bought it.

This trio of Buffett stocks are all attractive, but before you hit the buy button, make sure they fit with your investment needs and goals. If they don't, you could end up owning a stock you don't really like. But if they do jibe with your investment vibe, they could be no-brainer stocks to buy today.

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Reuben Gregg Brewer has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Berkshire Hathaway and Chevron. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.