All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
BRK-B real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, BRK-B returned −2.52% over the past year and −5.67% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 9, 1996, BRK-B is up +886.34% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.90%/yr, and is currently −13.03% below its real total-return high on May 2, 2025.
Data ending Wed Jun. 17, 2026
| Thu 1996-05-09💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-B × |
−5.67%
2026-06-17 |
−2.52%
2026-06-17 |
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| Thu 1996-05-09💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-B × |
+886.34%
+7.90%/yr |
+7.18%/yr
(R2=0.927) |
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| Thu 1996-05-09💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-B × |
$10,000.00
1996-05-09 |
$98,634.01
2026-06-17 |
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| Year | BRK-B |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −5.67% |
| 2025 | +8.00% |
| 2024 | +23.53% |
| 2023 | +11.72% |
| 2022 | −2.96% |
| 2021 | +20.47% |
| 2020 | +1.00% |
| 2019 | +8.45% |
| 2018 | +1.08% |
| 2017 | +19.11% |
| 2016 | +20.93% |
| 2015 | −12.70% |
| 2014 | +25.70% |
| 2013 | +30.22% |
| 2012 | +15.56% |
| 2011 | −7.50% |
| 2010 | +20.10% |
| 2009 | −0.47% |
| 2008 | −32.20% |
| 2007 | +24.11% |
| 2006 | +21.82% |
| 2005 | −3.33% |
| 2004 | +1.01% |
| 2003 | +14.04% |
| 2002 | −6.27% |
| 2001 | +5.63% |
| 2000 | +24.42% |
| 1999 | −24.16% |
| 1998 | +50.27% |
| 1997 | +36.08% |
| 1996 | −5.48% |
| Thu 1996-05-09💬 to Wed 2026-06-17 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-B × |
−13.03%
from 2025-05-02 peak |
−54.33%
2009-03-05 from 2007-12-10 peak |
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| Period ending Wed 2026-06-17 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK-B × | −2.52% |
+12.85% +6.23%/yr |
+31.77% +9.63%/yr |
+42.08% +7.28%/yr |
+150.24% +9.61%/yr |
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