Growth Metrics

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) Shares Repurchased (2018 - 2024)

Berkshire Hathaway has reported Shares Repurchased over the past 7 years, most recently at $2.9 billion for Q3 2024.

  • Quarterly results put Shares Repurchased at $2.9 billion for Q3 2024, down 58.18% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Sep 2024 was $12.8 billion (down 16.99% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2024 was $2.9 billion, down 68.18%.
  • Shares Repurchased for Q3 2024 was $2.9 billion at Berkshire Hathaway, up from $356.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Shares Repurchased for BRK-A hit a ceiling of $9.0 billion in Q4 2020 and a floor of $356.0 million in Q2 2024.
  • Median Shares Repurchased over the past 5 years was $3.8 billion (2022), compared with a mean of $4.3 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Shares Repurchased: skyrocketed 1231.31% in 2020 and later plummeted 86.18% in 2022.
  • Berkshire Hathaway's Shares Repurchased stood at $9.0 billion in 2020, then dropped by 23.63% to $6.9 billion in 2021, then crashed by 62.03% to $2.6 billion in 2022, then soared by 167.56% to $7.0 billion in 2023, then crashed by 58.18% to $2.9 billion in 2024.
  • The last three reported values for Shares Repurchased were $2.9 billion (Q3 2024), $356.0 million (Q2 2024), and $2.6 billion (Q1 2024) per Business Quant data.