You could even make the case that he's betting more heavily on the company through Berkshire Hathaway's new stake in Taiwan Semiconductor, which is an enormously important chipmaker for Apple. However, even if crude oil prices drop significantly, management expects to continue buying back shares and paying an attractive dividend. The beverage company's stock has handily beaten the S&P 500 this year, but management hinted during the Q3 conference call that inflation could present more problems for it in 2023 than it has thus far.