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Berkshire Hathaway-A BRK.A

US equityMarket cap rank #14Insurance - Diversified
$856,612.00 −$88.01 (-0.01%)
Market closed · Nov 9, 4:00 am ET · Last extended-hours $855,999.77 -0.07%
Open$843,280.00
Prev close$856,700.01
Day range$843,280.00 – $862,300.00
Volume169
Market cap$1.22T
P/E (TTM)14.4
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership52.3%+0.30 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding5,673+10 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)10 buys / 38 sellsNet selling
Short interest0.01% of floatDays to cover 1.0 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share3.3%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

0%3%6%8%Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$25.34M (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

+$78.0MSuper−$52.7MBig+$0.0Mid+$0.0Small

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 30.5% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • Warren Buffett13.19%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC6.11%
  • BlackRock5.69%
  • State Street Global Advisors3.56%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC1.99%
  • Perfin Wealth Management Ltda1.54%
  • FMR1.31%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC1.28%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund40.40%
  • Individual/Insider13.40%
  • Public Company3.01%
  • Private Company2.89%
  • Government Pension Fund1.47%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund1.19%
  • Hedge Fund1.13%
  • Family Office/Trust0.71%

Reported short interest has held roughly steady near 0.01% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +807 0.2%
Capital Research Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,556 0.3%
Wellington Management Group Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,316 0.2%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,083 3.6%
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +968 0.1%
Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +694 0.2%
Brewin Dolphin Wealth Management Limited Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +623 0.1%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +616 6.1%
National Bank Investments Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +582 0.1%
Yacktman Asset Management LP Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +564 0.1%
AQR Capital Management Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +487 0.1%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +437 1.3%
Two Sigma Investments, LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +436 0.1%
Citigroup Inc. Public Company 2026/Q3 +435 0.1%
SG Americas Securities, LLC Private Company 2026/Q3 +404 0.1%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
20 Oct 2026 Ajit Jain Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations & Director Other Disposition -19 – 298
2 Sep 2026 Ajit Jain Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations & Director Other Disposition -10 – 317
11 Aug 2026 Michael O'Sullivan General Counsel Open Market Acquisition +488 $513.61 1,151
11 Aug 2026 Charles Chang Senior Vice President Open Market Acquisition +2 $765,189.94 8
13 Jul 2026 Warren Buffett Former Chairperson Derivative Exercise and Sale -12,000,000 – 1,162
30 Jun 2026 Ajit Jain Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations & Director Other Disposition -3 – 327
31 May 2026 Charles Chang Senior Vice President Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 6
21 May 2026 Warren Buffett Former Chairperson Other Disposition -160 – 1,162
17 May 2026 Warren Buffett Former Chairperson Derivative Exercise and Sale -37,292 – 1,322
17 May 2026 Warren Buffett Former Chairperson Derivative Exercise and Retained +208 – 1,322
13 May 2026 Charlotte Guyman Independent Director Other Disposition -574 – 2,888
5 May 2026 Michael O'Sullivan General Counsel Open Market Acquisition +536 $470.22 663
2 May 2026 Michael O'Sullivan General Counsel Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 127
26 Mar 2026 Ajit Jain Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations & Director Other Disposition -22 – 330
16 Mar 2026 Warren Buffett Former Chairperson Other Disposition -2 – 196,315
3 Mar 2026 Gregory Abel Chief Executive Officer Open Market Acquisition +21 $733,300.00 249
9 Nov 2025 Warren Buffett Former Chairperson Derivative Exercise and Sale -2,700,000 – 1,114
2 Nov 2025 Charlotte Guyman Independent Director Derivative Exercise and Sale -410 – 3,462
2 Nov 2025 Charlotte Guyman Independent Director Derivative Exercise and Retained +1,090 – 3,462
21 Oct 2025 Ajit Jain Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations & Director Other Disposition -32 – 352

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Oct 2026 155 0.0% 1.0
30 Sep 2026 177 0.0% 1.0
15 Sep 2026 225 0.0% 1.2
31 Aug 2026 173 0.0% 1.3
14 Aug 2026 154 0.0% 1.0
31 Jul 2026 161 0.0% 1.0

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