The Oracle of Omaha can't get enough of stocks that have solid records of compounding in value year after year, and it isn't too surprising why. Owning shares of reliably growing businesses means getting the advantage of their success for as long as you're willing to hold them.

Two companies in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio that fit that description and are worth buying hand over fist today are Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) -- especially if you can hold them for the many decades that Warren Buffett would.

Johnson & Johnson is a relatively minor Berkshire holding, but it's a great example of some elements of Buffett's investing style. The healthcare company owns leading consumer health brands for products that people use every day such as Band-Aids and Tylenol. Those products brought in $15 billion in 2022, and they provide recurring revenue that doesn't require much in the way of marketing or research and development spending to maintain. And Buffett loves brands with staying power because they provide an economic moat that protects a business' market share -- not to mention his affection for low-cost revenue streams in general.

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