How to buy Berkshire Hathaway shares

Looking to buy shares in Berkshire Hathaway? Find out how you can buy stock in Warren Buffett's company and hang on to his investing coattails.

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

  1. Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. Then, complete an application.
  2. Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
  3. Search the platform by ticker symbol. BRK.B in this case.
  4. Choose an order type. Place a market order or limit order with your preferred number of shares or dollar amount.
  5. 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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£0 (0.45% for funds) £1 £419.10
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All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. If you’re not sure which investments are right for you, please seek out a financial adviser. Capital at risk.


Alternative ways to invest in Berkshire Hathaway

Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Berkshire Hathaway), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.

Berkshire Hathaway is a major part of the NYSE, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Is it a good time to buy Berkshire Hathaway stock?

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Technical analysis

View Berkshire Hathaway's price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

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Historical closes compared with the last close of $539.8

1 week (2025-04-27) 1.66%
1 month (2025-04-04) 9.37%
3 months (2025-02-04) 16.18%
6 months (2024-11-04) 21.29%
1 year (2024-05-04) 34.66%
2 years (2023-05-04) 66.67%
3 years (2022-05-04) 69.39%
5 years (2020-05-04) 206.65%
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