Berkshire Hathaway Stock hits $539180 on 28th March,2022. For those who don’t know about this company Berkshire Hathaway is brain child of Warren Buffet. It is basically insurance & investment firm. Berkshire Hathaway’s success story is known to world.
With rise in this stock price it is now one of the largest in world in terms of market capitalization. Current valuation of Berkshire Hathaway is more than $711.74 Billion.
Berkshire stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange in two classes, A shares and B shares. The A class shares are trading on very high value close to $484340.
History of Berkshire Hathaway Stock
Berkshire Hathaway is true wealth creator for investors. In 1965 Berkshire’s per-stock book value was $19 and today in 2022 it is $484340. If you have invested just $10000 in Berkshire shares in 1965 today you would have over $254 million.
In last 57 years stock value of berkshire hathaway jump by magical 25000 times. Berkshire Hathaway produced an annual gain of 20.1% compared to the S&P 500 (with dividends) gain of 10.5%
Berkshire Hathaway 20 Biggest stock holding
Berkshire Hathaway is holding stock of many company but its three biggest holdings are Apple, Bank of America and American express.
More than 43% holding of this stock is in Apple company. 15% holding is in Bank of America and 9% holding is in American Express. Together this three holding adds $225 billion to Berkshire balance sheet. More over these companies distributes profit in terms of dividend which again used to purchase more such stocks.
Other big companies where company has invested money are Coca Cola, Kraft Heinz, Moodys & Verizon Communications, Davita, General Motors, Chevron, Verisign etc.
The company believe in long term investment. The majority of stocks where company has invested money such as Coca Cola, Bank of America, American express, Davita, Moodys, General Motors are long term investments.
About Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet
Warren buffet is business magnet, successful investor, philanthropist, world third richest person, investment guru, wealth creator, oracle of omaha, good human being and many more. Warren Buffet is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway. He is ranked as wealthiest man of world consistently.
Learning from Berkshire Hathaway Stock price
- Wealth creation will take place if you identify great company and accumulate position in them for long-term rather than trading in and out from stocks. Invest in good company and allow your investment to grow I am sure you will enjoy good fruits in future. This means investor has to invest for longer duration to enjoy higher returns.
- Stock market can make you wealthy like warren buffet or rakesh jhunjhunwala. You just need time, money and patience.
- Stock market investment is most powerful investment and it is best for retirement you can imagine few stocks for Berkshire Hathaway, Apple, Tesla are enough for your retirement.
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