Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (OTCMKTS:BRK-A – Get Rating) major shareholder Berkshire Hathaway Inc bought 8,174,228 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 5th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $57.94 per share, with a total value of $473,614,770.32. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 171,569,503 shares of the company's stock, valued at $9,940,737,003.82. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Large shareholders that own 10% or more of a company's shares are required to disclose their sales and purchases with the SEC.

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

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• On Friday, July 1st, Berkshire Hathaway Inc acquired 4,845,546 shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of $59.01 per share, with a total value of $285,935,669.46.
• On Wednesday, June 29th, Berkshire Hathaway Inc bought 2,135,265 shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock. The shares were bought at an average price of $59.08 per share, with a total value of $126,151,456.20.
• On Wednesday, June 22nd, Berkshire Hathaway Inc purchased 3,878,258 shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $55.49 per share, for a total transaction of $215,204,536.42.
• On Friday, June 17th, Berkshire Hathaway Inc bought 5,673,196 shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $55.27 per share, for a total transaction of $313,557,542.92.
• On Thursday, May 12th, Berkshire Hathaway Inc bought 185,419 shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $57.34 per share, for a total transaction of $10,631,925.46.
• On Tuesday, May 10th, Berkshire Hathaway Inc purchased 716,355 shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock. The stock was bought at an average price of $57.32 per share, for a total transaction of $41,061,468.60.
• On Monday, May 2nd, Berkshire Hathaway Inc bought 5,867,118 shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of $57.10 per share, for a total transaction of $335,012,437.80.

OTCMKTS BRK-A opened at $421,800.00 on Friday. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $447,411.43 and its 200-day simple moving average is $474,106.30.

Separately, Edward Jones cut shares of Berkshire Hathaway from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 5th.

Berkshire Hathaway Company Profile (Get Rating)

Berkshire Hathaway Inc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. It provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; and operates railroad systems in North America. The company also generates, transmits, stores, and distributes electricity from natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal sources; operates natural gas distribution and storage facilities, interstate pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and compressor and meter stations; and holds interest in coal mining assets.

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