BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL BRK.A
CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP 084670108
American multinational conglomerate holding company
- SectorFinancials
- IndustryFire, Marine & Casualty Insurance
- HeadquartersOmaha, NE
- Founded1955
- Websiteberkshirehathaway.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($31.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $733076.62. Options: 0 managers hold calls (— notional), 1 hold puts ($798.4k).
Trends to Q1 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 1,035 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,077 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,071 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,072 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,000 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,036 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,030 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,032 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,038 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,070 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,394 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 116 | 173 |
| Q3 2023 | 122 | 236 |
| Q4 2023 | 122 | 167 |
| Q1 2024 | 123 | 168 |
| Q2 2024 | 130 | 167 |
| Q3 2024 | 116 | 153 |
| Q4 2024 | 132 | 170 |
| Q1 2025 | 500 | 191 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | $0 | $0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | $0 | $0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | $0 | $0 | — |
| Q1 2025 | $0 | $798.4k | — |
Biggest buyers
| Auto-Owners Insurance Co | Added | +9.4k |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | Added | +4.5k |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | New | +684 |
| Baldwin Investment Management, LLC | New | +556 |
| Mariner, LLC | Added | +239 |
| Creative Planning | Added | +190 |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | New | +133 |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +125 |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD | Added | +124 |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | Added | +111 |
Biggest sellers
| CIDEL ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -10.1k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP | Reduced | -8.6k |
| Pflug Koory, LLC | Sold out | -1.9k |
| FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. | Reduced | -548 |
| O'SHAUGHNESSY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -397 |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -270 |
| GARDNER RUSSO & QUINN LLC | Reduced | -212 |
| Punch Card Management L.P. | Reduced | -204 |
| Weaver Capital Management LLC | Reduced | -188 |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | -181 |
Biggest calls
| None |
Biggest puts
| Quaker Wealth Management, LLC | First filing | $798.4k1 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BUFFETT WARREN E 13D · may seek influence +0.5 pts · filed 2026-07-15 | 38.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: FMR LLC (4.7%, 2026-02-05)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $10.2m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-03 | WITMER MERYL B Director · Held by Spouse | Sold | —2 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FMR LLC 1.69% of their portfolio | 33.2k $26.5bn | Reduced -270 |
| FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. 33.20% of their portfolio | 14.3k $11.4bn | Reduced -548 |
| Auto-Owners Insurance Co 0.35% of their portfolio | 9.6k $13.1m | Added +9.4k |
| NORGES BANK 1.07% of their portfolio | 9.6k $7.6bn | Reduced -81 |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 17.60% of their portfolio | 4.6k $3.6bn | Added +4.5k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.9k $3.1bn | Added +27 |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 2.06% of their portfolio | 1.9k $1.5bn | Added +12 |
| GARDNER RUSSO & QUINN LLC 14.83% of their portfolio | 1.7k $1.3bn | Reduced -212 |
| Davis Selected Advisers 7.17% of their portfolio | 1.6k $1.2bn | Reduced -24 |
| EVERETT HARRIS & CO /CA/ 14.41% of their portfolio | 1.4k $1.1bn | Reduced -1 |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.2k $926.2m | Reduced -21 |
| Hikari Tsushin, Inc. 60.31% of their portfolio | 1.1k $899.8m | Unchanged |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.47% of their portfolio | 1.1k $891.9m | Reduced -32 |
| Markel Group Inc. 7.90% of their portfolio | 1.1k $889.5m | Unchanged |
| Paralel Advisors LLC 34.10% of their portfolio | 1.0k $820.8m | Unchanged |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 1.54% of their portfolio | 912 $728.2m | Reduced -4 |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.96% of their portfolio | 901 $719.4m | Reduced -22 |
| Graham Holdings Co Master Retirement Trust 85.92% of their portfolio | 829 $661.9m | Unchanged |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 821 $655.5m | Added +19 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.06% of their portfolio | 790 $630.8m | Reduced -4 |
| Hikari Power Ltd 49.55% of their portfolio | 783 $625.2m | Unchanged |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.39% of their portfolio | 703 $561.3m | Reduced -14 |
| WELLCOME TRUST LTD (THE) as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST 6.99% of their portfolio | 700 $558.9m | Unchanged |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. 2.64% of their portfolio | 684 $546.1m | New |
| Fiduciary Trust Co 6.72% of their portfolio | 643 $513.4m | Reduced -1 |
| Baldwin Investment Management, LLC 53.36% of their portfolio | 556 $443.9m | New |
| UBS Group AG 0.09% of their portfolio | 520 $415.2m | Added +125 |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.11% of their portfolio | 507 $404.9m | Added +11 |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 461 $368.1m | Reduced -33 |
| Graham Holdings Co 37.39% of their portfolio | 422 $336.9m | Unchanged |
| Fayez Sarofim & Co 0.78% of their portfolio | 395 $315.4m | Reduced -11 |
| BRIDGES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 4.48% of their portfolio | 389 $310.6m | Reduced -9 |
| Virtu Financial LLC 16.64% of their portfolio | 383 $305.8m | Added +57 |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 361 $288.2m | Reduced -11 |
| ALLEN HOLDING INC /NY 27.42% of their portfolio | 330 $263.5m | Reduced -30 |
| Canton Hathaway, LLC 50.01% of their portfolio | 310 $247.5m | Added +28 |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.64% of their portfolio | 308 $245.9m | Added +124 |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.05% of their portfolio | 301 $240.3m | Added +12 |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.05% of their portfolio | 298 $237.9m | Reduced -2 |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC 1.03% of their portfolio | 298 $237.8m | Added +11 |
| ARMSTRONG HENRY H ASSOCIATES INC 22.44% of their portfolio | 290 $231.5m | Reduced -2 |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 279 $222.8m | Added +5 |
| Mariner, LLC 0.36% of their portfolio | 274 $218.8m | Added +239 |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.11% of their portfolio | 264 $210.8m | Added +111 |
| WS MANAGEMENT LLLP 34.71% of their portfolio | 257 $205.2m | Unchanged |
| WINTON GROUP Ltd 10.55% of their portfolio | 217 $173.3m | Unchanged |
| UMB Bank, n.a. 2.79% of their portfolio | 212 $169.3m | Reduced -2 |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.28% of their portfolio | 212 $169.3m | Reduced -8.6k |
| Rede Wealth, LLC 59.22% of their portfolio | 210 $167.7m | Unchanged |
| Creative Planning 0.15% of their portfolio | 201 $160.4m | Added +190 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 200 $159.7m | Reduced -1 |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.23% of their portfolio | 198 $158.1m | Reduced -5 |
| BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO 1.08% of their portfolio | 194 $154.9m | Reduced -12 |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 187 $149.3m | Reduced -2 |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 186 $148.5m | Reduced -7 |
| TIMUCUAN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/FL 4.62% of their portfolio | 186 $148.5m | Reduced -16 |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 169 $134.9m | Reduced -6 |
| Tweedy, Browne Co LLC 11.82% of their portfolio | 167 $133.3m | Reduced -118 |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 164 $130.9m | Added +9 |
| Cable Hill Partners, LLC 12.58% of their portfolio | 161 $128.9m | Unchanged |
| Nordwand Advisors, LLC 47.97% of their portfolio | 160 $127.8m | Unchanged |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 159 $127.0m | Added +38 |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. 1.32% of their portfolio | 159 $127.0m | Reduced -2 |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 150 $119.8m | Unchanged |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.12% of their portfolio | 146 $116.6m | Added +10 |
| Punch Card Management L.P. 53.44% of their portfolio | 145 $115.8m | Reduced -204 |
| ROYAL LONDON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.27% of their portfolio | 141 $112.6m | Added +2 |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.85% of their portfolio | 139 $111.0m | Reduced -8 |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 133 $106.2m | Unchanged |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.21% of their portfolio | 133 $106.2m | New |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 1.08% of their portfolio | 130 $103.8m | Unchanged |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.02% of their portfolio | 127 $101.6m | Reduced -23 |
| HARTLINE INVESTMENT CORP/ 13.42% of their portfolio | 126 $100.6m | Reduced -7 |
| Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P. 1.83% of their portfolio | 126 $100.6m | Unchanged |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 125 $99.8m | Reduced -11 |
| Mill Capital Management, LLC 7.81% of their portfolio | 122 $97.4m | Reduced -10 |
| Davis Asset Management, L.P. 3.99% of their portfolio | 120 $95.8m | Unchanged |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.08% of their portfolio | 119 $95.0m | Added +24 |
| Vontobel Holding Ltd. 0.34% of their portfolio | 118 $94.2m | Reduced -2 |
| STATE OF MICHIGAN RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.53% of their portfolio | 116 $92.6m | Unchanged |
| SEMPER AUGUSTUS INVESTMENTS GROUP LLC 14.93% of their portfolio | 116 $92.6m | Reduced -4 |
| Well Done, LLC 13.95% of their portfolio | 113 $76.9m | Unchanged |
| CI INVESTMENTS INC. 0.38% of their portfolio | 112 $89.4m | Reduced -7 |
| GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC 6.52% of their portfolio | 110 $87.8m | Unchanged |
| Douglass Winthrop Advisors, LLC 1.64% of their portfolio | 108 $86.2m | Added +13 |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 102 $75.4m | Added +53 |
| PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVICES INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 100 $798.0k | Unchanged |
| Artemis Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 100 $798.4k | Unchanged |
| HOLLENCREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 3.33% of their portfolio | 95 $75.9m | Unchanged |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 94 $75.1m | Unchanged |
| Ninety One SA (Pty) Ltd 13.36% of their portfolio | 91 $72.1m | Unchanged |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 90 $71.9m | Added +7 |
| Bank Pictet & Cie (Europe) AG 1.70% of their portfolio | 89 $71.1m | Unchanged |
| Focus Partners Wealth 0.18% of their portfolio | 89 $71.1m | Added +23 |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.14% of their portfolio | 88 $70.3m | Reduced -2 |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 87 $69.5m | Reduced -4 |
| Chou Associates Management Inc. 37.12% of their portfolio | 86 $68.7m | Unchanged |
| ACR Alpine Capital Research, LLC 1.42% of their portfolio | 85 $67.9m | Reduced -63 |
| CHOREO, LLC 1.02% of their portfolio | 82 $65.5m | Reduced -1 |
| TIAA TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 0.20% of their portfolio | 82 $65.5m | Added +16 |