The Oracle of Omaha has more than enough justification to add to the roughly $78 billion he's spent buying shares of his favorite stock since mid-July 2018.

Buffett's biggest holdings include familiar names such as Apple and American Express. The top five ranking as 2025 begins has changed a little since one year ago. Two of Buffett's top stocks especially stand out as good picks right now.

There's one laggard in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio that can turn things around this year. Bonus: It also happens to come with a 4.7% yield.

These five US stocks -- one of which is near and dear to the Oracle of Omaha's heart -- stand out for all the right reasons.

Warren Buffett will likely go down as the greatest investor of all time -- and he recently proved just how good he is even at 94 years old. In a last-minute comeback, Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway beat the broader benchmark S&P 500 yet again in 2024.

Buffett has trimmed some stocks more than others. Integrated oil and gas company Chevron (NYSE: CVX), for example, is Berkshire's fifth-largest position, and Buffett only sold small amounts in the first and second quarters of 2024 and didn't sell any in the third quarter.