Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is more than just a holding company, it’s an investment empire spanning insurance, railways, and consumer brands - with Apple as its crown jewel. While it doesn’t pay a dividend, Buffett’s strategy has made it a long-term wealth compounder, and Berkshire is sitting on a whopping pile of cash, ready to deploy when the opportunity is right.
Investors should consider its size as a potential headwind to future growth, but its stability and cash reserves make it a solid defensive choice. If you want to buy Berkshire Hathaway shares, it can give you some diversified stock exposure with a master at the helm steering the ship. Warren Buffett is also not immune to father time, and it’s impossible to say what direction the company will move in once he moves on.
How to buy shares in Berkshire Hathaway
Open a brokerage account.Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. To trade US shares you'll need to complete a W8-BEN form – typically part of the sign-up process.
Fund your account.Add money to your account via bank transfer or debit card.
Search the platform by ticker symbol.BRK-B in this case.
Choose an order type.Place a market order (or limit order, if you want to try to hold out for a specific price) with your preferred number of shares or investment amount.
Submit the order.It's that simple.
The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.
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Historical closes compared with the last close of $508.94
We're not expecting Berkshire Hathaway to pay a dividend over the next 12 months. However, you can browse other dividend-paying shares in our guide or even consider a dividend ETF.
Berkshire Hathaway's fiscal year ends in December.
Berkshire Hathaway's address is: 3555 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE, United States, 68131
Berkshire Hathaway's shares were split on a 50:1 basis on 20 January 2010. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 50 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Berkshire Hathaway shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 98% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Berkshire Hathaway shares which in turn could have impacted Berkshire Hathaway's share price.
It's as easy to sell Berkshire Hathaway as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Berkshire Hathaway shares that you already own.
Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
Sell your Berkshire Hathaway shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold
Most dealing providers will let you use your debit card to top up your account and buy shares. The main ways are with a debit card, bank transfer or with Apple/Google Pay.
The easiest way to get hold of some Berkshire Hathaway shares is to sign up for a share trading app and place a market order or basic order. This type of order tells the platform that you're interested, so it'll try to execute it as quickly as it can. It could take some time for the order to go through, especially if there's a lot of volatility in Berkshire Hathaway shares.
Yes. When you investing in a US stock, you need to complete a W8-BEN form to minimise your tax liability. Whether these are automatically handled for you depends on your broker, so it would be a good idea to check with them directly.
George is a deputy editor at Finder. He has previously written for The Motley Fool UK, Nasdaq, Freetrade, Investing in the Web, MoneyMagpie, Online Mortgage Advisor, Wealth, and Compare Forex Brokers.
He's focused on making personal finance and investing engaging for everyone. To do this he draws from previous work and his Level 4 Diploma for Financial Advisers (DipFA), sharing what he’s learnt. When he’s not geeking out about money, you’ll find him playing sports and staying active.
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