All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
BRK-A real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, BRK-A returned −7.26% over the past year and −6.28% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, BRK-A is up +59,787.54% in real purchasing-power return, or +14.85%/yr, and is currently −13.46% below its real total-return high on May 2, 2025.
| Mon 1980-03-17? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-A × |
−6.28%
2026-05-22 |
−7.26%
2026-05-22 |
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| Mon 1980-03-17? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-A × |
+59,787.54%
+14.85%/yr |
+12.39%/yr
(R2=0.899) |
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| Mon 1980-03-17? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-A × |
$10,000.00
1980-03-17 |
$5,988,753.61
2026-05-22 |
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| Year | BRK-A |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −6.28% |
| 2025 | +7.96% |
| 2024 | +21.97% |
| 2023 | +12.02% |
| 2022 | −2.31% |
| 2021 | +21.05% |
| 2020 | +1.05% |
| 2019 | +8.50% |
| 2018 | +0.90% |
| 2017 | +19.38% |
| 2016 | +20.91% |
| 2015 | −13.11% |
| 2014 | +26.09% |
| 2013 | +30.74% |
| 2012 | +14.83% |
| 2011 | −7.48% |
| 2010 | +19.63% |
| 2009 | −0.03% |
| 2008 | −31.84% |
| 2007 | +23.68% |
| 2006 | +21.07% |
| 2005 | −2.52% |
| 2004 | +1.04% |
| 2003 | +13.67% |
| 2002 | −6.00% |
| 2001 | +4.86% |
| 2000 | +22.41% |
| 1999 | −21.95% |
| 1998 | +49.76% |
| 1997 | +32.64% |
| 1996 | +2.82% |
| 1995 | +53.45% |
| 1994 | +21.71% |
| 1993 | +35.22% |
| 1992 | +26.17% |
| 1991 | +31.55% |
| 1990 | −27.49% |
| 1989 | +76.39% |
| 1988 | +52.59% |
| 1987 | +0.17% |
| 1986 | +12.93% |
| 1985 | +86.64% |
| 1984 | −6.37% |
| 1983 | +62.86% |
| 1982 | +33.27% |
| 1981 | +20.95% |
| 1980 | +35.14% |
| Mon 1980-03-17? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-A × |
−13.46%
from 2025-05-02 peak |
−51.96%
2009-03-05 from 2007-12-10 peak |
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| Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-A × | −7.26% |
+9.63% +4.71%/yr |
+32.38% +9.80%/yr |
+35.53% +6.27%/yr |
+146.05% +9.42%/yr |
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