3 Stocks Billionaires Bought Last Month

Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 9:30 AM 6 min read

• Amazon has huge opportunities in AI, and it's trading at an attractive price.

• Restaurant Brands has a compelling operating model and a high dividend yield.

• Whirlpool is suffering from a sour housing market, but should benefit as the tide turns.

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Investors love to track which stocks billionaire investors are buying. After all, they've invested successfully to the tune of becoming billionaires, and they clearly know a thing or two about how to do it right.

It doesn't make sense for most retail investors to completely copy billionaire portfolios, because money managers have different goals, responsibilities, and strategies. However, it certainly makes sense to get some investing inspiration from billionaires' trading activity, especially when a stock they buy aligns with your portfolio needs.

Money managers don't usually let people know exactly when they buy and sell, but they report quarterly holdings in their 13F filings. In the most recent quarter, well-known billionaire investors bought Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR), and Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR). Let's see what might make these good picks for investors now.

It's easy to see why billionaires have been piling into Amazon. The e-commerce giant has developed a formidable artificial intelligence (AI) business as part of Amazon Web Services (AWS), its cloud computing division, and it looks like that's a massive opportunity.

Even though it's the second-largest company in the world by sales, Amazon is still reporting double-digit growth, which is extremely impressive. Sales increased 13% over last year in the second quarter, with a strong showing from AWS at almost 18%. E-commerce was stronger than expected as customers rushed to buy certain items that are likely to increase in price due to tariffs, and sales were up 11% over last year. Advertising revenue accelerated to 23% and was the fastest-growing segment.

Amazon is also highly profitable. Operating income rose from $14.7 billion last year to $19.2 billion this year in the quarter, coming in way ahead of the high end of management's guidance.

What makes the Amazon position even more compelling today is its price. Amazon has historically traded at a premium valuation, and it's been looking cheap. At the current price, it trades at a P/E ratio of 34, less than half of its five-year average of 76.

Billionaire Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital bought 5,823,316 shares of Amazon stock worth $1.2 billion in the second quarter, and many of your favorite billionaire investors, including Warren Buffett, own it too.