Stats › Long run returns › Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire turned $100 into $6,088,896, the index $45,469

15: -12.48%-12.48%1516: 23.42%+23.42%1617: 21.91%+21.91%1718: 2.82%+2.82%1819: 10.98%+10.98%1920: 2.42%+2.42%2021: 29.57%+29.57%2122: 4%+4%2223: 15.77%+15.77%2324: 25.49%+25.49%2425: 10.85%+10.85%2526: -1.56%-1.56%26

Two negative years and a wide spread, but nothing resembling the 19.7% long run average in most individual years. Source: Slickcharts.

Berkshire Hathaway holds the longest documented record of a manager beating a broad stock index. Across sixty one years it compounded at close to twice the yearly rate of the S&P 500. The same starting stake ended about 134 times larger.

19.7%Berkshire, annualised
10.5%S&P 500, annualised
$6,088,896$100 in Berkshire
$45,469$100 in the index

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