Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B (BRK B)
BRK B · Financials ·
United States
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B (BRK B) is a company in the Financials sector, based in United States. The stock is held in 20 ETFs we track – with its largest weight of 9.49 % in XUFI (msci-usa-financials). Anyone holding one of these ETFs also owns a small indirect stake in Berkshire Hathaway.
Above-average ETF coverage: 20 of the 95 ETFs we cover hold Berkshire Hathaway, spread across 9 indices. That puts the stock in more ETFs than 82.9 % of the 4,334 stocks we cover.
Price chart
Performance
| Year to date | +3.4 % | 1 year | +5.9 % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +4.3 % | 3 months | +5.8 % |
| Calendar year 2025 | +10.9 % |
Measured in euros, Berkshire Hathaway returned +5.3 % year to date and +8.3 % over one year. The gap to the dollar figures above comes from the exchange rate alone: each daily price is converted at the ECB euro reference rate for the same day.
Risk metrics
The close on Sep 16, 2026 was 3.7 % below the highest close since Sep 12, 2024, reached on May 2, 2025. Over the last 252 trading days, on days when the S&P 500 rose or fell 1 %, Berkshire Hathaway moved on average 0.04 % in the same direction. The correlation of 0.04 shows how reliable that average is: the broad market explained only a small share of the daily moves.
Correlated with
The strongest co-movers on top, the most inverse below. Low or negative values improve portfolio diversification.
| Instrument | r | −1 … +1 |
|---|---|---|
| Hartford Insurance Group Inc. | +0.54 | |
| Arch Capital Group Ltd. | +0.51 | |
| Church & Dwight Co. Inc. | +0.51 | |
| Mastercard Incorporated Class A | +0.51 | |
| McDonald's Corporation | +0.49 | |
| American Water Works Company Inc. | +0.47 | |
| Seagate Technology Holdings plc | -0.48 | |
| Sandisk Corporation | -0.45 | |
| Western Digital Corporation | -0.39 |
Held in these ETFs
| ETF | Index | Weight | per €1,000 in the ETF |
|---|---|---|---|
| XUFI / XUFN | msci-usa-financials | 9.49 % | €94.90 |
| WFIN | msci-world-financials | 4.96 % | €49.60 |
| XDWF | msci-world-financials | 4.95 % | €49.50 |
| SPYL / SPY5 | sp500 | 1.47 % | €14.70 |
| SXR8 | sp500 | 1.46 % | €14.60 |
| XDEB | msci-world-minimum-volatility | 1.26 % | €12.60 |
| XD9U / XD9D | msci-usa | 1.12 % | €11.20 |
| SWWD | msci-world | 0.81 % | €8.10 |
| EUNL | msci-world | 0.81 % | €8.10 |
| SPPW | msci-world | 0.81 % | €8.10 |
| XDWD / XDWL | msci-world | 0.81 % | €8.10 |
| WIMI | msci-world-imi | 0.72 % | €7.20 |
| SPYY | msci-acwi | 0.71 % | €7.10 |
| IUSQ | msci-acwi | 0.70 % | €7.00 |
| SPYI / SPSA | msci-acwi-imi | 0.59 % | €5.90 |
The last column turns the weight into euros: this much of €1,000 invested in one of these funds is allocated to Berkshire Hathaway as of the fund's latest holdings list.
Weight in EUNL since 2019
In EUNL, a fund tracking the MSCI World, Berkshire Hathaway had a weight of 0.65 % on Sep 30, 2019 and 0.81 % on Sep 16, 2026. Its share peaked at 1.04 % on Mar 31, 2025. The weight rises and falls with the stock's price relative to the other index members, and it also shifts when the index provider changes the composition.
How much Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B overlaps with other holdings in a portfolio is shown by the Portfolio X-Ray and the ETF overlap check.
Stocks with similar ETF exposure
Names that reach a portfolio through largely the same funds as Berkshire Hathaway — the figure counts the ETFs holding both.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.AJG · 20 shared ETFs
Aon Plc Class AAON · 20 shared ETFs- Brown & Brown Inc.BRO · 20 shared ETFs
Chubb LimitedCB · 20 shared ETFs
CME Group Inc. Class ACME · 20 shared ETFs
Mastercard Incorporated Class AMA · 20 shared ETFs · r +0.51
Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.MRSH · 20 shared ETFs
W. R. Berkley CorporationWRB · 20 shared ETFs
Key figures side by side
| Stock | 1 year | Volatility p.a. | Net margin | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Hathaway | +5.9 % | 17.0 % | – | – |
| Arthur J. Gallagher & | -16.4 % | 27.2 % | 10.7 % | +20.7 % |
| Aon Plc | -15.7 % | 24.3 % | 21.5 % | +9.4 % |
| Brown & Brown | -27.5 % | 27.1 % | 17.9 % | +22.8 % |
| Chubb Limited | +25.6 % | 19.7 % | 17.4 % | +6.5 % |
| CME Group | +4.9 % | 21.1 % | 62.5 % | +6.4 % |
| Mastercard Incorporated | -3.2 % | 22.0 % | 45.6 % | +16.4 % |
| Marsh & McLennan Companies | -10.2 % | 22.5 % | 15.4 % | +10.3 % |
| W. R. Berkley Corporation | -2.1 % | 22.1 % | 12.1 % | +7.8 % |
Return and volatility from our daily closing prices in US dollars; margin and growth from the latest SEC annual filing. Fiscal years do not all end on the same date.
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