BRK.A Insider Trading

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Insurance - Diversified industry, with a market capitalization near $1.13T, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 387,800 people, carrying a beta of 0.59 to the broader market. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Led by Gregory Edward Abel, public since 1980-03-17.

In the last 12 months, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. insiders made 25 buy transactions and 1 sale transaction.

DateNameTypeSharesPriceValue
Sep 29, 2026Jain AjitS-Sale39,700$503.09$20.0M
Sep 4, 2026Jain AjitG-Gift10$0.00$0
Aug 13, 2026O'Sullivan Michael J.P-Purchase43$513.61$22.1K
Aug 13, 2026O'Sullivan Michael J.P-Purchase400$512.52$205.0K
Aug 13, 2026O'Sullivan Michael J.P-Purchase45$510.64$23.0K
Aug 13, 2026Chang Charles CP-Purchase1$0.00$0
Aug 13, 2026Chang Charles CP-Purchase1$0.00$0
Jul 15, 2026BUFFETT WARREN EC-Conversion12,000,000$0.00$0
Jul 15, 2026BUFFETT WARREN EG-Gift9,000,000$0.00$0
Jul 15, 2026BUFFETT WARREN EG-Gift1,000,000$0.00$0

BRK.A Insider Activity by Quarter

Reported Form 4 and Form 5 lines under BRK.A's own SEC company ID, by transaction date, back to Q4 2024. Purchases and sales are code P / S (open market or private) in the company's shares; other lines are purchases and sales of other securities (options, warrants, preferred), awards, exercises, tax withholding, gifts and other acquisitions and dispositions. Later filings and amendments can change the current quarter. Earlier quarters are not shown: the filings read reach back to Jan 11, 2017, and a quarter counts only when every filing for it was read. 18 lines filed under another SEC company ID are not counted.

QuarterPurchasesBoughtSalesSoldOther Lines
Q4 2026 (so far)0N/A0N/A0
Q3 20265$250.1K (3 of 5 priced)1$20.0M8
Q2 20262$250.5K0N/A6
Q1 202618N/A (0 of 18 priced)0N/A2
Q4 20250N/A0N/A10
Q3 20250N/A2$8.4M2
Q2 20250N/A0N/A14
Q1 20250N/A0N/A3
Q4 20240N/A1N/A (0 of 1 priced)16

Filings Under Another SEC Company ID

18 filing lines on file were filed under an SEC company ID (CIK) other than BRK.A's (1067983). Such a filing can be a predecessor company's (one that reorganized, redomiciled or converted files under a new CIK), a former holder of the BRK.A ticker's, or another company's that BRK.A or its insiders report holding; the CIK alone does not say which. They are not counted in the figures above.

CIKLinesDatesSecurities
92076018Sep 17, 2026 to Sep 21, 2026Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock

BRK.A Institutional Ownership (13F)

As of Jun 30, 2026 (Q2 2026), 1,417 institutions reported holding 307,927 BRK.A shares, valued at $63.67B as reported, 5.9% of its market cap (market cap of Jun 26, 2026). The market cap on file for BRK.A is about the same figure as for BRK.B, another security of the same company (the same issuer number and name on file), so that percentage is likely over the company's whole market cap. That is -9 institutions from the quarter before. Among managers whose reports for both quarters are comparable, 44 opened a position, 47 closed one, 86 added and 182 trimmed.

Top Holders, Q2 2026

ManagerSharesValueChange
Vinva Investment Management Ltd184,831$91.7M+106,504
FMR LLC14,533$10.88B-2,467
FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC.13,803$10.34B-166
NORGES BANK10,371$7.77BNo comparable report
VESTOR CAPITAL, LLC8,523$4.8KNew
VISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC.7,138$3.6M+1,462
Lester Murray Antman dba SimplyRich6,560$2.4K+6,558
McMill Wealth Management6,522$3.3M+6,519
COLDSTREAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC6,044$60.6M+6,038
SHEPHERD WEALTH MANAGEMENT Ltd LIABILITY Co2,516$1.3MNew

By Quarter

QuarterInstitutionsSharesValue
Q2 20261,417307,927$63.67B
Q1 20261,426172,477$55.32B
Q4 20251,411249,692$71.51B
Q3 20251,358189,890$65.75B
Q2 20251,3771,120,367$76.65B
Q1 20251,383120,985$79.64B
Q4 20241,062455,043$70.49B
Q3 20241,028812,674$65.14B
Q2 20241,020146,837$63.74B

From the SEC's Form 13F data sets: investment managers with $100 million or more in Section 13(f) securities report their holdings each quarter, up to 45 days after it ends; a restated filing replaces the original, and values are as the managers reported them (a position whose price runs about 1,000 times below other managers', from a manager whose positions mostly do, is read as reported in thousands of dollars). The same shares can be reported by more than one manager, so totals can count some twice.

ETFs Holding BRK.A

FundWeight of BRK.AShares (as reported)Value (as reported)Source updated
VTV Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF0.52%1,806$1.37BOct 7, 2026
VTI Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF0.04%1,153$872.4MOct 7, 2026
MGV Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap Value ETF1.02%188$142.3MOct 7, 2026
VT Vanguard Total World Stock ETF0.08%111$84.0MOct 7, 2026
VV Vanguard Morningstar Large-Cap ETF0.07%72$54.5MOct 7, 2026
MGC Vanguard Morningstar Mega Cap ETF0.11%16$12.1MOct 7, 2026
MODL VictoryShares WestEnd U.S. Sector ETF0.28%4$3.0MOct 8, 2026
OALC OneAscent Large Cap Core ETF0.55%2$1.5MOct 8, 2026
XCHG Ab US Equity ETF0.10%1$758.2KOct 8, 2026

From each fund's latest holdings file on record that shows BRK.A's listed security itself. A file counts when its line count is consistent with the fund's reported holdings count (at most twice it plus 10, or at most 1,000 lines for a reported count of exactly 10, which the data source gives many funds as a cap), read with that file or inherited from the fund's last classified file (within 20% of its line count, read within 60 days). Funds whose line for the company could not be confirmed as BRK.A's listed security, or that hold it through underlying funds (look-through), are not listed. Only long positions count: a fund is left out when any of its lines for BRK.A reports a negative weight, share count or value, or none of them above zero (a short position, or figures that disagree). Shares, value and weight are as reported in each fund's file, dated by the data source's last update of that file (not the date of the positions); the weight is BRK.A's share of that fund.

BRK.A Congress Trades

Members of Congress and their households disclosed 4 transactions in BRK.A on file (3 purchases, 1 sales) by 3 members, the latest trade on Sep 24, 2026.

MemberChamberTypeAmountTradedDisclosed
Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27)HouseSale$1,001 - $15,000Sep 24, 2026Oct 8, 2026
Ro Khanna (D-CA-17)HousePurchase$1,001 - $15,000Sep 2, 2026Oct 9, 2026
Ro Khanna (D-CA-17)HousePurchase$1,001 - $15,000Sep 2, 2026Oct 9, 2026
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)SenatePurchase$1,001 - $15,000Aug 6, 2018Sep 6, 2018

From the periodic transaction reports members of the Senate and the House file under the STOCK Act, within 45 days of a trade (some file later); amounts are the ranges the reports give (a few give an exact amount), and a transaction a later report lists again is counted once. On file: House reports disclosed from Apr 10, 2023 through Oct 14, 2026; Senate reports disclosed from Jan 30, 2014 through Oct 7, 2026. The party is the member's on the trade date. A trade is listed under the company that traded under its ticker on the trade date (dated from Feb 1, 2021, unless the filing describes another company of ours; before that, only when the filing's description of the security is the company's name).

How to Read BRK.A Insider Activity

Net insider sentiment is bullish over the trailing twelve months: 25 buy transactions versus 1 sales. Cluster buying by officers or directors is one of the cleaner insider signals because purchases require personal capital deployment and carry direct SEC scrutiny for material non-public information violations. The transaction table above includes the filer's reporting name, transaction type, share count, per-share price, and total dollar value where computable. For options traders, insider activity is one input to event-driven sizing alongside earnings calendar, analyst-rating cluster moves, and the implied-vol surface. Form 4 filings (the dominant Section 16 reporting form) must be submitted within two business days of the transaction; clusters of buys across multiple insiders within a short window are the strongest informational pattern. SEC EDGAR carries the underlying source filings for verification and additional historical depth.

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Frequently asked BRK.A insider trading questions

How active are BRK.A insiders right now?
Over the trailing twelve months, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A) insiders made 25 buy transactions and 1 sale transaction. Net insider sentiment over the trailing twelve months tilts to the buy side (25 buys vs 1 sales). The transaction list above shows the most recent filings; each entry includes the insider's name, transaction type, share count, and per-share price.
What counts as an insider transaction?
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act requires officers, directors, and 10% beneficial-owner shareholders to disclose changes in their holdings via Form 3 (initial statement), Form 4 (subsequent transactions, filed within two business days), and Form 5 (annual catch-up). Insider transactions cover open-market purchases and sales, exercise of stock options, gifts, and grants. The "transaction type" field on each row distinguishes these subcategories.
Are BRK.A insider buys a bullish signal?
Insider purchases (Type P, made on the open market or privately; the code covers both) carry more informational weight than insider sales: an insider must commit personal capital, and the SEC scrutinizes purchases under Rule 10b5-1 for material non-public information. Sales, by contrast, are often driven by liquidity, tax planning, or pre-scheduled 10b5-1 trading plans rather than negative information. Cluster buying (multiple insiders buying within a short window) is a stronger signal than isolated buys.
How do BRK.A insider transactions affect options pricing?
Insider transaction data does not directly drive implied volatility, but Form 4 disclosures can move single-name IV if the size or timing is unusual (e.g. a large CEO buy ahead of an earnings window). Options markets price the marginal informational content; routine transactions under pre-scheduled plans are typically ignored. For event-driven options sizing, pair the insider transaction history with the upcoming earnings calendar.