Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) Major Shareholder Berkshire Hathaway Inc Acquires 1,518,001 Shares

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B – Get Rating) major shareholder Berkshire Hathaway Inc bought 1,518,001 shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 15th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $56.70 per share, for a total transaction of $86,070,656.70. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 208,040,405 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,795,890,963.50. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Major shareholders that own at least 10% of a company’s stock are required to disclose their transactions with the SEC.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, March 13th, Berkshire Hathaway Inc bought 3,145,896 shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $59.17 per share, for a total transaction of $186,142,666.32.
• On Monday, March 6th, Berkshire Hathaway Inc bought 1,678,017 shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $61.56 per share, for a total transaction of $103,298,726.52.
• On Friday, March 3rd, Berkshire Hathaway Inc purchased 2,363,088 shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of $60.85 per share, with a total value of $143,793,904.80.

Berkshire Hathaway Price Performance

NYSE BRK-B opened at $302.01 on Friday.