BRK-BBerkshire Hathaway

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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire,” “Company” or “Registrant”) is a holding company owning subsidiaries engaged in numerous diverse business activities. 10-K, Item 1

Employees: 175,600
Headquarters: Omaha, NE
CEO: Warren E. Buffett
Next results: around Mar 1, 2027

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Dilution: new shares, stock pay and buybacks

prospectuses (S-3, 424B) of the last three years and the 10-K cash flow From EDGAR

Shares offered

Since Nov 11, 2023: 1 shelf registration; also 6 notes offerings.

Jan 31, 2025 Shelf registration: shares and other securities, amount not fixed S-3ASR

“We may, from time to time, offer to sell debt securities.”
S-3ASR, Jan 31, 2025 ↗

Every offering filing →

Paid in stock

no stock-based pay line in the 10-K XBRL, year to Dec 31, 2024

Bought back

$2.9B

cash paid for its own shares, year to Dec 31, 2024

No cash flow chart for banks and insurers: their operating cash flow moves with loans, deposits and trading, so it says little about how cash was spent.

Buybacks, year to Dec 31, 2024

$2.9B

cash paid for its own shares

Paid in stock to employees

stock-based compensation

Share count, 1 year

diluted average shares

Share count, 3 years

diluted average shares

Fiscal year to	Buybacks	Dividends	Stock pay	Shares issued for cash	Diluted shares
2024-12-31	$2.9B	-	-	-	-
2023-12-31	$9.2B	-	-	-	-
2022-12-31	$7.9B	-	-	-	-
2021-12-31	$27.1B	-	-	-	-
2020-12-31	$24.7B	-	-	-	-

From the XBRL of the 10-Ks (cash flow statement and diluted weighted average shares); each year as reported in the latest 10-K that includes it. Concepts: buybacks = PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock.

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