All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
BRK-B total return snapshot: BRK-B returned +3.23% over the past year and −1.78% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 9, 1996, BRK-B is up +2,028.06% in nominal total return, or +10.67%/yr, and is currently −8.54% below its total-return high on May 2, 2025.
Data ending Fri Jul. 10, 2026
| Thu 1996-05-09💬 to Fri 2026-07-10 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-B × |
−1.78%
2026-07-10 |
+3.23%
2026-07-10 |
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| Thu 1996-05-09💬 to Fri 2026-07-10 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-B × |
+2,028.06%
+10.67%/yr |
+9.70%/yr
(R2=0.956) |
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| Thu 1996-05-09💬 to Fri 2026-07-10 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-B × |
$10,000.00
1996-05-09 |
$212,806.03
2026-07-10 |
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| Year | BRK-B |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −1.78% |
| 2025 | +10.89% |
| 2024 | +27.09% |
| 2023 | +15.46% |
| 2022 | +3.31% |
| 2021 | +28.95% |
| 2020 | +2.37% |
| 2019 | +10.93% |
| 2018 | +3.01% |
| 2017 | +21.62% |
| 2016 | +23.43% |
| 2015 | −12.06% |
| 2014 | +26.64% |
| 2013 | +32.17% |
| 2012 | +17.56% |
| 2011 | −4.76% |
| 2010 | +21.90% |
| 2009 | +2.24% |
| 2008 | −32.14% |
| 2007 | +29.19% |
| 2006 | +24.89% |
| 2005 | −0.02% |
| 2004 | +4.30% |
| 2003 | +16.18% |
| 2002 | −4.04% |
| 2001 | +7.26% |
| 2000 | +28.63% |
| 1999 | −22.13% |
| 1998 | +52.70% |
| 1997 | +38.40% |
| 1996 | −4.14% |
| Thu 1996-05-09💬 to Fri 2026-07-10 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-B × |
−8.54%
from 2025-05-02 peak |
−53.86%
2009-03-05 from 2007-12-10 peak |
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| Period ending Fri 2026-07-10 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-B × | +3.23% |
+19.31% +9.23%/yr |
+44.73% +13.11%/yr |
+76.02% +11.97%/yr |
+243.69% +13.14%/yr |
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