Buyback yield (TTM)
0.02%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
0.02%
5Y share count change
-9.8%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$235.00M
Cumulative buybacks
$79.20B
Key takeaways
- Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) repurchased about $235.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 9.8% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -100.0% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 1% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B)
Latest: $0.00
Overview
The 2025 reading of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) buyback spend is $0.00 – plunged 100.0% year-over-year.
Looking at the 2020–2025 (5 years) stretch, Berkshire Hathaway buyback spend compounded at -100.0% per year, with a net decline across the window.
Berkshire Hathaway buyback spend peaked at $27.06B in 2021; the latest annual figure is $0.00 in 2025 (100.0% below peak).
The highest annual buyback spend of $27.06B was reported in 2021. The lowest in the available history was $0.00 in 1990.
Berkshire Hathaway Buyback Spend 2025: $0.00
2025's buyback spend for Berkshire Hathaway came in at $0.00, plunged 100.0% below 2024.
Berkshire Hathaway Buyback Spend 2024: $2.92B
Berkshire Hathaway posted buyback spend of $2.92B in 2024, plunged 68.2% below 2023.
Berkshire Hathaway Buyback Spend 2023: $9.17B
In 2023, Berkshire Hathaway reported buyback spend of $9.17B, grew 16.8% from 2022.
Berkshire Hathaway Buyback Spend 2022: $7.85B
Berkshire Hathaway buyback spend in 2022 was $7.85B, plunged 71.0% below 2021.
Berkshire Hathaway Buyback Spend 2021: $27.06B
Berkshire Hathaway buyback spend in 2021 was $27.06B.
See more financial history for Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.16B | +0.0% | |
| 2024 | $2.92B | $0.00 | $2.92B | 0.30% | 2.16B | -0.8% | |
| 2023 | $9.17B | $0.00 | $9.17B | 1.19% | 2.17B | -1.4% | |
| 2022 | $7.85B | $0.00 | $7.85B | 1.16% | 2.20B | -2.7% | |
| 2021 | $27.06B | $0.00 | $27.06B | 4.06% | 2.27B | -5.3% | |
| 2020 | $24.71B | $0.00 | $24.71B | 4.56% | 2.39B | -2.4% | |
| 2019 | $4.85B | $0.00 | $4.85B | 0.88% | 2.45B | -0.6% | |
| 2018 | $1.35B | $0.00 | $1.35B | 0.27% | 2.47B | -0.0% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.47B | +0.0% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.47B | +0.0% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.46B | -0.0% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.47B | -0.0% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.47B | -0.5% | |
| 2012 | $1.30B | $0.00 | $1.30B | 0.58% | 2.48B | +0.1% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.47B | +0.9% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.45B | +5.4% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.33B | +0.1% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.32B | +0.2% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.32B | +0.3% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.31B | +0.1% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.31B | +0.1% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.31B | +0.2% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.30B | +0.1% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.30B | +0.4% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.29B | +0.3% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.28B | +0.2% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 2.28B | +21.4% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.88B | +1.5% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.85B | +2.3% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 1.81B | — | |
| 1995 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
- 2025$0.00
- 2024$2.92B
- 2023$9.17B
- 2022$7.85B
- 2021$27.06B
- 2020$24.71B
- 2019$4.85B
- 2018$1.35B
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$1.30B
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$0.00
- 1994$0.00
- 1993$0.00
- 1992$0.00
- 1991$0.00
- 1990$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: N/A.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B)
How Berkshire Hathaway splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Berkshire Hathaway, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $34.59B | |
| $24.10B | |
| $19.52B | |
| $18.25B | |
| $13.39B | |
| $12.36B | |
| $11.73B | |
| $5.83B |
- $34.59B
- $24.10B
- $19.52B
- $18.25B
- $13.39B
- $12.36B
- $11.73B
- $5.83B
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $23.87B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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