With as impressive of an investing track record as Warren Buffett has achieved, you'd expect his Berkshire Hathaway portfolio would be loaded with great stocks. And you'd be right. The good news is that you don't need a huge amount of cash to buy many of those stocks.

S&P 500 investors are playing it safer in 2025 — so Warren Buffett's careful stock-picking is in style again.

These three top Warren Buffett stock picks have the potential to offer passive income investors a lifetime of reliable dividends.

Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.A 1.42%) ( BRK.B 1.11%) owns shares of more than 40 different companies in its portfolio. To be perfectly honest, there's a solid investment case to be made for all of them. After all, Warren Buffett and his team tend to invest in industry leaders with excellent cash flow and durable competitive advantages.