Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company owning subsidiaries engaged in several business activities. Co.'s segments include: Insurance and Reinsurance Businesses, which provide insurance and reinsurance of property and casualty and life, accident and health risks; Railroad Business, which operates railroad systems in North America; Utilities and Energy Businesses, which generate, transmit, store, distribute and supply energy; Manufacturing Businesses, which include industrial products, building products and consumer products; and Service and Retailing Businesses, with service businesses providing grocery and foodservice distribution and retailing businesses including automotive operation. The BRK.A stock yearly return is shown above.
The yearly return on the BRK.A stock yearly return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the annual return over the calendar year 2019 for the given stock.
When performing this calculation it is important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's annual return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon.
One way to factor dividends into the return is simply to count them as cash — we don't do
that here. Instead, our website aims to empower investors
by performing the BRK.A annual return calculation with any dividends reinvested as applicable (on ex-dates).
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