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Berkshire shares left behind as S&P 500 rallies to report excessive
On the shut on March 31, Berkshire shares have been nearly even with the S&P with year-to-date losses of round 4.7%.
The day earlier than, Berkshire B was working 1.8 share factors forward of the S&P, its greatest lead of the 12 months.
Friday, it closed 9.7 share factors behind the index, its greatest hole thus far in 2026.Â
On their very own phrases, Berkshire shares haven’t been performing effectively since they closed at report highs on Could 2, 2025, simply earlier than Warren Buffett introduced he can be stepping down as CEO on the finish of that 12 months.
Whereas they’re round 3% above their early-August lows, each courses are actually down a bit greater than 12% since Buffett’s announcement.
Berkshire’s monetary historical past will get an replace
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‘We do not begrudge the taxes we pay’ (2014)
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger clarify why they do not attempt to get round paying U.S. taxes.
ANDREW ROSS SORKIN: “Berkshire paid $8.9 billion in taxes in 2013. Pfizer is presently considering an acquisition that might permit it to maneuver its technical holding firm abroad and thereby save revenue tax expense and create shareholder worth. Is that this one thing you and Charlie would ever contemplate if it could create worth for Berkshire shareholders?”
WARREN BUFFETT: I feel the reply to that’s no.
What do you say, Charlie? (Applause)
CHARLIE MUNGER: I feel it could be — I feel it could be loopy to be as affluent as Berkshire and get our tax to zero whereas we stay this affluent. That may not be a authentic best. (Applause)
WARREN BUFFETT: Yeah.
We couldn’t have carried out Berkshire in every other nation besides the USA, both. , and simply take a look at what we have acquired and all the pieces.
America has, in a really, very, very huge manner, helped Charlie and I turn out to be very, very, very wealthy. (Laughs). Charlie?
CHARLIE MUNGER: I’ve received no complaints. And I go searching at this group, I see you at breakfast, it is a very pleased group of individuals.
I do not assume lots of people are gnashing their enamel that any person else has a bit extra.
WARREN BUFFETT: However we do not pay — I do not need to make it holier than thou, these things. We do not pay something past that — after we get all by determining tax on our 20,000 page-plus return, we simply do not — we do not add a tip of 20 % or 15 % or something.  (Laughter)
And we do sure transactions that are tax pushed. We’re in low-income housing tax credit, which, really, George Bush 41 congratulated me for. So it is bipartisan.
We — the wind power offers we do, the photo voltaic offers we do, they’re tax pushed to — I imply, they will not make financial sense in any other case.
So, we comply with the principles.
However we do not begrudge the taxes we pay. We have earned some huge cash whereas paying U.S. taxes. (Applause)
BERKSHIRE STOCK WATCH
BRK.A inventory value: ~$711,558.8
BRK.B inventory value: $474.58
BRK.B P/E (TTM): 15.29
Berkshire market capitalization: $1,023,449,080,531
Berkshire Money as of Dec. 31: $373.3 billion (Down 2.2% from Sept. 30)
Excluding Rail Money and Subtracting T-Payments Payable: $369.0 billion (Up 4.1% from Sept. 30)
Berkshire resumed inventory repurchases on March 4, 2026, however has not mentioned whether or not it made any further buys after that date.
(All figures are as of the date of publication, until in any other case indicated)
BERKSHIRE’S TOP EQUITY HOLDINGS – Apr. 17, 2026
Berkshire’s prime holdings of disclosed publicly traded shares within the U.S. and Japan, by market worth, primarily based on the newest closing costs.
Holdings are as of Sept. 30, 2025, as reported in Berkshire Hathaway’s 13F submitting on Nov. 14, 2025, aside from:
The complete record of holdings and present market values is accessible from CNBC.com’s Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio Tracker.
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