Line chart of Berkshire Hathaway quarterly share buybacks, zero in 2025 then $0.24 billion, $4.53 billion and $9.65 billion in the first three quarters of 2026.

Berkshire Hathaway bought back $9.65 billion of its own stock in the third quarter, more than double the $4.53 billion it spent in the second quarter.

  • Third quarter buybacks came to $9.65 billion

  • Second quarter buybacks were $4.53 billion

Berkshire bought back no shares at all in 2025.

That is a marked turn for a company that sat out buybacks for all of last year.

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Phil Rosen
Phil Rosen

Phil Rosen is co-founder and CEO of Opening Bell Media and chief market strategist for Silvia Inc. (NASDAQ: SVIA). He hosts Full Signal and writes Opening Bell Daily — the markets briefing read by over 200,000 investors and published on Bloomberg Terminals — and has also published two books and won a Fulbright award for his reporting. Contact him at [email protected].

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