Berkshire Hathaway Stock Has Gone Almost Nowhere in a Year. Should You Buy It Right Now?

Key Points Second-quarter operating earnings rose 16% year over year even as Berkshire's insurance results softened. The company bought about $39 billion of stocks and sold about $28 billion in the first half of 2026, its first stretch as a net buyer in years. Berkshire repurchased about $4.5 billion of its own shares in the second quarter, at average prices of about $476 to $488 per B share. 10 stocks we like better than Berkshire Hathaway › Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKA) (NYSE:BRKB) has spent the past year standing still. The B shares trade near $510 as of this writing, and they haven't traded below about $464 or above about $538 over the past 52 weeks.