What if you invested in Berkshire Hathaway in 2005?
BRK-B · Financial · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 2005
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $9,466(+846.6%)
The S&P 500 returned $9,466 on the same $1,000. S&P 500 outperformed by $1,620.
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Growth of $1,000
Berkshire Hathaway vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2005 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Berkshire Hathaway starting January 2005
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | $59.88 | $1,000 | - |
| 2006 | $58.64 | $979 | -2.1% |
| 2007 | $73.35 | $1,225 | +25.1% |
| 2008 | $91.00 | $1,520 | +24.1% |
| 2009 | $59.78 | $998 | -34.3% |
| 2010 | $76.43 | $1,276 | +27.9% |
| 2011 | $81.75 | $1,365 | +7% |
| 2012 | $78.37 | $1,309 | -4.1% |
| 2013 | $96.93 | $1,619 | +23.7% |
| 2014 | $111.60 | $1,864 | +15.1% |
| 2015 | $143.91 | $2,403 | +29% |
| 2016 | $129.77 | $2,167 | -9.8% |
| 2017 | $164.14 | $2,741 | +26.5% |
| 2018 | $214.38 | $3,580 | +30.6% |
| 2019 | $205.54 | $3,433 | -4.1% |
| 2020 | $224.43 | $3,748 | +9.2% |
| 2021 | $227.87 | $3,805 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | $313.02 | $5,227 | +37.4% |
| 2023 | $311.52 | $5,202 | -0.5% |
| 2024 | $383.74 | $6,408 | +23.2% |
| 2025 | $468.67 | $7,827 | +22.1% |
| 2026 | $480.53 | $8,025 | +2.5% |
What this return means
$1,000 invested in Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) in 2005 is worth $7,847 today. That is a +684.7% gain, a little over 7.8x your money, measured to 2026-06-01.
That is about 10.1% a year compounded, broadly in line with long-run stock market averages. A plain S&P 500 fund would have grown that $1,000 to about $9,466 instead, beating Berkshire Hathaway by around $1,620. The index compounded at about 11% a year, a reminder that a single stock can lag a basket of them.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2022 at +37.4%, and the worst was 2009 at -34.3%. At its lowest point the position was down about 34% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
None of this is a recommendation. It is a record of what already happened, and past performance does not guarantee future results.
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